1840 Rhode Island gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1840 Rhode Island gubernatorial election Rhode Island 1837 Presidential no 1839 Rhode Island gubernatorial election 1839 1841 Rhode Island gubernatorial election 1841 April 15, 1840 x150px Samuel Ward King Whig Party (United States) 4,797 57.91% x120px Thomas F. Carpenter Democratic Party (United States) 3,418 41.27% 1840 Rhode Island gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 200px County results King: #FED463 50–60% #FE9929 60–70% #EC7014 70–80%Carpenter: #7996e2 50–60% Governor Samuel Ward King (acting) Whig Party (United States) Samuel Ward King Whig Party (United States) The 1840 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on April 15, 1840. April 16, 1840 State Election https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83021167/1840-04-16/ed-1/seq-3/ Herald of the times Newport, R.I. 3 21 October 2021 April 23, 1840 Rhode Island https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026784/1840-04-23/ed-1/seq-2/ Virginia free press Charlestown, Va. 2 21 October 2021 Incumbent Whig acting governor Samuel Ward King won election in his own right, defeating Democratic nominee Thomas F. Carpenter. General election Candidates Thomas F. Carpenter, Democratic, attorneyCaranci Paul F. 2013 The Hanging and Redemption of John Gordon https://books.google.com/books?id=L6V2CQAAQBAJ&pg=PT7 Charleston, SC The History Press 7 978-1-60949-868-9 Samuel Ward King, Whig, acting governor Results 1840 Rhode Island gubernatorial electionGubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997 Washington, D.C. Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998 76 1-56802-396-0 Glashan Roy R. American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978 Meckler Books Westport, CT 1979 270–271 0-930466-17-9Kallenbach Joseph E. Kallenbach Jessamine S. 1977 American State Governors, 1776-1976 I 512 Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. Oceana Publications, Inc. 0-379-00665-0 1888 Manual with Rules and Orders for the Use of the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island, 1888-89 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924106119559&view=1up&seq=127&skin=2021 Providence E. L. Freeman & Co., Printers to the State 102 May 14, 1840 General Election https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83021167/1840-05-14/ed-1/seq-3/ Herald of the times Newport, R.I. 3 21 October 2021 1840 The Politician's Register, 1840 https://archive.org/details/tribunealmanacfogree/page/n86/mode/1up?view=theater New York H. Greeley 5 Some sources give Carpenter's vote as 3,417.https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=237878 RI Governor, 1840 Our Campaigns 21 October 2021Dubin Michael J. United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County 235 McFarland 2003 978-0-7864-1439-0 Jefferson, North Carolina May 16, 1840 States of the Union https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433081665840&view=1up&seq=188&skin=2021 Niles' National Register Baltimore 164 21 October 2021 Whig Party (United States) Samuel Ward King (incumbent) 4,797 57.91% Democratic Party (United States) Thomas F. Carpenter 3,418 41.27% Scattering 68 0.82% 1,379 16.65% 8,283 Whig Party (United States) Notes References 1840 Rhode Island Gubernatorial Category:April 1840