1839 Rhode Island gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1839 Rhode Island gubernatorial election Rhode Island 1837 Presidential no 1838 Rhode Island gubernatorial election 1838 1840 Rhode Island gubernatorial election 1840 April 17, 1839 x150px William Sprague Whig Party (United States) 2,908 47.11% x120px Nathaniel Bullock Democratic Party (United States) 2,771 44.89% x150px Tristram Burges Liberal daa06d 457 7.40% 1839 Rhode Island gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 200px County results Sprague: #FEE391 40–50% #FED463 50–60%Bullock: #6674de 60–70% Governor William Sprague Whig Party (United States) Samuel Ward King (acting) Whig Party (United States) The 1839 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on April 17, 1839. April 18, 1839 State Election https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83021167/1839-04-18/ed-1/seq-2/ Herald of the times Newport, R.I. 2 23 October 2021 April 24, 1839 The Election https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025561/1839-04-24/ed-1/seq-2/ The Rhode-Island Republican Newport, R.I. 2 23 October 2021 Incumbent Whig governor William Sprague ran for re-election for a second term against Democratic nominee Nathaniel Bullock and Liberal nominee Tristram Burges. Since no candidate received a majority in the popular vote, the senior senator, Samuel Ward King, acted as governor for the term. May 9, 1839 R. I. Legislature: (May Session – Newport) https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83021167/1839-05-09/ed-1/seq-1/ Herald of the times Newport, R.I. 1–2 23 October 2021 General election Candidates Nathaniel Bullock, Democratic, former U.S. Collector of Customshttps://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0063.html Bullock family of Massachusetts The Political Graveyard 23 October 2021 Tristram Burges, Liberal (Whig faction),https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/56696737.pdf Rhode Island Election Tickets: A Survey DeSimone Russell J. Schofield Daniel C. 2015 The University of Rhode Island Kingston, Rhode Island Figure 1–170 23 October 2021 Whig nominee for governor in 1836 William Sprague, Whig, incumbent governor Results 1839 Rhode Island gubernatorial electionhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=237877 RI Governor, 1839 Our Campaigns 23 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 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 State of Rhode Island manual https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924106119559&view=1up&seq=127&skin=2021 Providence E. L. Freeman & Co., Printers to the State 101 http://smallstatebighistory.com/rhode-island-in-the-1800s-failed-to-elect-a-governor-in-eleven-general-elections/ Rhode Island in the 1800s Failed to Elect a Governor in Eleven General Elections DeSimone Russell 2 November 2018 smallstatebighistory.com The Online Review of Rhode Island History 23 October 2021 Some sources give Sprague's vote as 2,901 1840 The Democrat's Almanac, and Political Register, for 1840 https://books.google.com/books?id=xVnOAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA35 New York The Evening Post 35 or 2,948.Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997 Washington, D.C. Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998 76 1-56802-396-0 May 11, 1839 Rhode Island https://books.google.com/books?id=4_MB9JDaoZoC The New-Yorker VII 8 New York H. Greeley & Co. 122 23 October 2021 Whig Party (United States) William Sprague (incumbent) 2,908 47.11% Democratic Party (United States) Nathaniel Bullock 2,771 44.89% Liberal Party Tristram Burges 457 7.40% Scattering 37 0.60% 137 2.22% 6,173 Whig Party (United States) Notes References 1839 Rhode Island Gubernatorial Category:April 1839