1806 United States gubernatorial elections

none January 2025 1806 United States gubernatorial elections United States 1795 legislative no 1805 United States gubernatorial elections 1805 1807 United States gubernatorial elections 1807 10 state governorships March 11, 1806 – December 9, 1806 Seats up Democratic-Republican Party (United States) 12 governorships 12 12 7 7 Federalist Party (United States) 4 governorships 4 4 3 3 Independent (politician) 1 governorship 1 1 0 0 1806 United States gubernatorial elections.svg Results:#bef3be Dem-Republican hold #f2bfa6 Federalist hold United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1806, in 10 states, concurrent with the House and Senate elections. Five governors were elected by popular vote and five were elected by state legislatures. Results State Election date Incumbent Party Status Opposing candidates Connecticut 10 April 1806Glashan records this election as taking place on 7 April. Jonathan Trumbull Jr. Federalist Re-elected, 13,413 (58.27%)Some sources record the result as Trumbull 13,586, Hart 9,589; this includes 173 votes for Trumbull and 129 for Hart rejected by the General Assembly. William Hart (Democratic-Republican), 9,460 (41.10%)Scattering 144 (0.63%)https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=218389 CT Governor, 1806 Our Campaigns 14 August 2020Glashan 1979 38-39Congressional Quarterly 1998 44Dubin 2003Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977 86 Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives Connecticut 1806 Governor A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 14 August 2020 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/3j3333177 Maryland(election by legislature) 10 November 1806 Robert Bowie Democratic-Republican Term-limited, Democratic-Republican victory Robert Wright (Democratic-Republican), 59 votesCharles Carroll of Carrollton (Federalist), 11 votesJohn Eager Howard (Federalist), 3 votesThomas Johnson (Federalist), 1 votehttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=122150 MD Governor, 1806 Our Campaigns 14 August 2020Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977 250 Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives Maryland 1806 Governor A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 14 August 2020 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/ks65hd707 Votes and Proceedings of the Senate of the State of Maryland. November Session, 1806 https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc4800/sc4872/003186/html/m3186-0356.html Annapolis Frederick Green, Printer to the State 4 Massachusetts 7 April 1806 Caleb Strong Federalist Re-elected, 36,433 (50.06%)Disputed election. Many sources give the result as Strong 37,740, Sullivan 37,109, Scattering 330, but these are the results given before an investigation by the state legislature which rejected a large number of votes. The fullest account of the final result is given in the Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1906, cross-referenced with the town and county breakdown at A New Nation Votes.Stanwood Edward January 1906 January Meeting, 1906. The Frigate "Constitution"; Letter from Hon. H. C. Lodge; United States Postage Stamps; The Massachusetts Election in 1806 Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society Second Series 20 Massachusetts Historical Society 1–21 25078040 James Sullivan (Democratic-Republican), 36,034 (49.51%)Scattering 317 (0.44%)https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=224374 MA Governor, 1806 Our Campaigns 14 August 2020Glashan 1979 140-141Congressional Quarterly 1998 57Dubin 2003Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977 266 Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives Massachusetts 1806 Governor A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 14 August 2020 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/h702q659t Burdick Charles 1814 The Massachusetts Manual: or Political and Historical Register, for the Political Year from June 1814 to June 1815 I https://books.google.com/books?id=DP7Y2qQ68wAC&pg=PA26 Boston Charles Callender 26 The Massachusetts Register and United States Calendar; for the Year of Our Lord 1814, &c., &c. 1814 https://books.google.com/books?id=wcw7AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA36 Boston John West & Co. 36 Hayward John 1847 A Gazetteer of Massachusetts, &c., &c. https://books.google.com/books?id=4I0-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA417 Boston John Hayward 417 New Hampshire 11 March 1806 John Langdon Democratic-Republican Re-elected, 15,277 (74.26%)Various sources give slightly different results for this election. The result given here is that given in the New Hampshire Senate Journal. Timothy Farrar (Federalist), 1,720 (8.36%)John Taylor Gilman (Federalist), 1,553 (7.55%)Jeremiah Smith (Federalist), 902 (4.38%)Oliver Peabody (Federalist),Some sources describe Peabody as a Democratic-Republican. 866 (4.21%)Scattering 255 (1.24%)https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=235662 NH Governor, 1806 Our Campaigns 14 August 2020Glashan 1979 200-201Congressional Quarterly 1998 66Dubin 2003Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977 372 Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives New Hampshire 1806 Governor A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 14 August 2020 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/rr171x844 A Journal of the Proceedings of the Honorable Senate of the State of New-Hampshire, at their Session, begun and holden at Hopkinton, on the first Wednesday of June, Anno Domini, 1806 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433010041816&view=1up&seq=11 Portsmouth Peirce and Gardner, Printers to the State 7 1807 Farmer James The New Hampshire Annual Register and United States Calendar, 1833 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hxkwqy&view=1up&seq=28 Concord Marsh, Capen and Lyon 18 New Jersey(election by legislature) 31 October 1806 Joseph Bloomfield Democratic-Republican Re-elected, unanimouslyKallenbach and Kallenbach 1977 411 Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives New Jersey 1806 Governor A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 14 August 2020 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/fb494926g Lee Francis Bazely 1902 New Jersey as a colony and a state 3 https://archive.org/details/newjerseyascolon05leef/page/159/mode/1up New York Publishing Society of New Jersey 159 The Legislature of New-Jersey https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024736/1806-11-11/ed-1/seq-3/ The enquirer Richmond, VA 11 November 1806 3 14 August 2020 Trenton, Nov. 3. Reformation https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83016082/1806-11-17/ed-1/seq-2/ Portland gazette and Maine advertiser Portland, District of Maine 17 November 1806 2 14 August 2020 North Carolina(election by legislature) 27 November 1806 Nathaniel Alexander Democratic-Republican Re-elected, "without opposition"https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=274299 NC Governor, 1806 Our Campaigns 14 August 2020Broussard James H. 1978 The Southern Federalists, 1800-1816 https://archive.org/details/southernfederali0000brou/ 219 Baton Rouge Louisiana State University Press 0-8071-0288-1 Raleigh, (N.C.) December 1 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024710/1806-12-09/ed-1/seq-3/ Virginia Argus Richmond, VA 9 December 1806 3 14 August 2020 Rhode Island 16 April 1806 April 17, 1806 Newport. Thursday, April 17, 1806 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83021188/1806-04-17/ed-1/seq-2/ Rhode-Island Republican Newport, R.I. 2 14 December 2021 Henry Smith (acting)As senior Senator, Smith became acting Governor on the death of Governor Arthur Fenner on 15 October 1805. Democratic-Republican No choice. Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island, Isaac Wilbour, served the term as acting Governor. Richard Jackson Jr. (Federalist), 1,662 (43.07%)Henry Smith (Democratic-Republican), 1,097 (28.43%)Peleg Arnold (Democratic-Republican), 1,094 (28.35%)Scattering 6 (0.16%)https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=237771 RI Governor, 1806 Our Campaigns 14 August 2020Glashan 1979 268-269Congressional Quarterly 1998 76Dubin 2003Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977 507 Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives Rhode Island 1806 Governor A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 14 August 2020 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/4q77fr690 J. Fred Parker, Secretary of State 1914 Manual, with Rules and Orders, for the use of the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island, 1914 https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Ky8tAQAAMAAJ/page/n144/mode/1up Providence, RI E. L. Freeman Company, State Printers 107 (Legislative election)(held, 15 May 1806)Richard Jackson Jr., 16 votesNay, 52 votesNo choice made. Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives Rhode Island 1806 Governor, Ballot 2 A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 14 August 2020 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/6t053g46k South Carolina(election by legislature) 9 December 1806https://www.carolana.com/SC/Governors/jbrichardson.html Charles Pinckney: 7th Governor of the State of South Carolina 1789-1792 and 1796-1798 and 1806-1808 carolana.com Lewis, J. D. Little River, S.C. 14 August 2020 A record of this State's executives https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn93067669/1914-05-26/ed-2/seq-20/ Anderson Daily Intelligencer Anderson, S.C. 26 May 1914 20 14 August 2020 Paul Hamilton Democratic-Republican Term-limited, Democratic-Republican victory (Second ballot)Charles Pinckney (Democratic-Republican), 73 votesHenry Middleton (Democratic-Republican), 66 voteshttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=40591 SC Governor, 1806 Our Campaigns 14 August 2020 Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives South Carolina 1806 Governor A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 14 August 2020 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/w3763807r Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives South Carolina 1806 Governor A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 14 August 2020 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/t722hb11z South Carolina https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024736/1806-12-27/ed-1/seq-2/ The enquirer Richmond, VA 27 December 1806 2 14 August 2020 Vermont 2 September 1806 Isaac Tichenor Federalist Re-elected, 8,851 (54.97%)Some sources record the result as Tichenor 9,435, Smith 7,241, Scattering 340; this includes 584 votes for Tichenor, 311 for Smith and 20 scattering votes from 21 towns rejected by the General Assembly. Israel Smith (Democratic-Republican), 6,930 (43.04%)Scattering 320 (1.99%)https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=144078 VT Governor, 1806 Our Campaigns 14 August 2020Glashan 1979 314-315Congressional Quarterly 1998 83Dubin 2003Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977 606 Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives Vermont 1806 Governor A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 14 August 2020 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/8w32r6779 https://vtelectionarchive.sec.state.vt.us/elections/get_source_documentation/82826&ved=2ahUKEwjF4OzT4rnqAhVzmVwKHUtnASUQFjABegQIAxAB&usg=AOvVaw00fRDCkLseXU15Zy0hM-Vt General Election Results: Governor 3 Election Results Archive Office of the Vermont Secretary of State 14 August 2020 June 2026 InternetArchiveBot Walton E. P. 1877 Records of the Governor and Council of the State of Vermont V https://archive.org/details/recordsofgoverno05verm/page/101/mode/1up Montpelier Steam Press of J. & J. M. Poland Records of the Governor and Council at the Session with the General Assembly at Middlebury, October 1806 101 Coolidge A. J. Mansfield J. B. 1860 History and Description of New England: Vermont https://archive.org/details/historydescrip00cool/page/965/mode/1up Boston Austin J. Coolidge Governors and Gubernatorial Vote 965 Virginia(election by legislature) 4 December 1806 Virginia Legislature. House of Delegates. Wednesday, December 3, 1806 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024710/1806-12-05/ed-1/seq-2/ Virginia Argus Richmond, VA 5 December 1806 2 14 August 2020 William H. Cabell Democratic-Republican Re-elected, "without opposition"https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=783630 VA Governor, 1806 Our Campaigns 14 August 2020 Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives Virginia 1806 Governor A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 14 August 2020 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/4t64gn97d General Assembly of Virginia https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024736/1806-12-05/ed-1/seq-2/ The enquirer Richmond, VA 5 December 1806 2 14 August 2020 Washington City. Wednesday, December 10 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045242/1806-12-10/ed-1/seq-3/ The national intelligencer and Washington advertiser Washington, D.C. 10 December 1806 3 14 August 2020 See also 1806 United States elections References 30em Notes Bibliography Glashan Roy R. American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978 Meckler Books Westport, CT 1979 0-930466-17-9 Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997 Washington, D.C. Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998 1-56802-396-0 Congressional Quarterly 1998 Dubin Michael J. United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County McFarland 2003 978-0-7864-1439-0 Jefferson, North Carolina Kallenbach Joseph E. Kallenbach Jessamine S. 1977 American State Governors, 1776-1976 I Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. Oceana Publications, Inc. 0-379-00665-0 Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977 collapsed