1800 United States gubernatorial elections

none January 2025 1800 United States gubernatorial elections United States 1795 legislative no 1799 United States gubernatorial elections 1799 1801 United States gubernatorial elections 1801 11 state governorships March 11, 1800 – December 7, 1800 Seats up Federalist Party (United States) 10 governorships 9 9 7 7 Democratic-Republican Party (United States) 6 governorships 7John Drayton (Democratic-Republican) succeeded South Carolina Governor Edward Rutledge (Federalist) who died in office in January 1800. 7 4 4 USgubernatorial1800.png 324px #5fd45f Democratic-Republican gain #237d23 Democratic-Republican hold#f08a62 Federalist gain #ba3e11 Federalist hold United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1800, in 11 states, concurrent with the House, Senate elections and presidential election. Six 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 1800Glashan records this election as taking place on 7 April. Jonathan Trumbull Jr. Federalist Re-elected, 5,544 (100.00%)https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=218399 CT Governor, 1800 Our Campaigns 4 July 2020Glashan 1979 38-39Congressional Quarterly 1998 44Dubin 2003Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977 86 Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives Connecticut 1800 Governor A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 7 July 2020 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/5425kb04f Kentucky 6–8 August 1800A New Nation Votes records this election as taking place on 5–7 August. James Garrard Democratic-Republican Re-elected, 8,390 (39.40%) Christopher Greenup (Democratic-Republican), 6,745 (31.67%)Benjamin Logan (Democratic-Republican), 3,995 (18.76%)Thomas Todd (Democratic-Republican), 2,166 (10.17%)https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=219046 KY Governor, 1800 Our Campaigns 4 July 2020Glashan 1979 108-109Congressional Quarterly 1998 53Dubin 2003Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977 203 Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives Kentucky 1800 Governor A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 7 July 2020 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/wh246s705 Maryland(election by legislature) 10 November 1800 Benjamin Ogle Federalist Re-elected, unanimouslyhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=122156 MD Governor, 1800 Our Campaigns 4 July 2020Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977 250 Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives Maryland 1800 Governor A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 7 July 2020 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/kd17cv287 Votes and Proceedings of the Senate of the State of Maryland. November Session, 1800 https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc4800/sc4872/003186/html/m3186-0021.html Annapolis Frederick Green, Printer to the State 5 Massachusetts 7 April 1800 Moses Gill (acting)As Lieutenant Governor, Gill became acting Governor on the death of Governor Increase Sumner on 7 June 1799. Federalist Defeated, 2,019 (5.17%)Gill was re-elected Lieutenant Governor in an election held concurrently with the gubernatorial election.Gill died in office on 20 May 1800. The Massachusetts Governor's Council headed by Thomas Dawes acted as Governor until Strong's inauguration on 30 May. Caleb Strong (Federalist), 19,630 (50.26%)Elbridge Gerry (Democratic-Republican), 17,019 (43.57%)Some sources give Gerry's total as 17,060, and scattering votes as 350. This discrepancy depends on the allocation of 41 votes given for "Elbridge Garry."Scattering 391 (1.00%)https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=224284 MA Governor, 1800 Our Campaigns 4 July 2020Glashan 1979 140-141Congressional Quarterly 1998 57Dubin 2003Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977 266 Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives Massachusetts 1800 Governor A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 7 July 2020 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/gq67js64k 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 New Hampshire 11 March 1800 John Taylor Gilman Federalist Re-elected, 10,362 (61.82%) Timothy Walker (Democratic-Republican), 6,039 (36.03%)Scattering 361 (2.15%)https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=235656 NH Governor, 1800 Our Campaigns 4 July 2020Glashan 1979 200-201Congressional Quarterly 1998 66Dubin 2003Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977 372 Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives New Hampshire 1800 Governor A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 7 July 2020 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/st74cr99t Farmer James The New Hampshire Annual Register and United States Calendar, 1833 1772 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hxkwqy&view=1up&seq=27 Concord Marsh, Capen and Lyon 17 New Jersey(election by legislature) 30 October 1800 Richard Howell Federalist Re-elected, unanimouslyKallenbach and Kallenbach 1977 411 Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives New Jersey 1800 Governor A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 7 July 2020 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/d791sh07z Lee Francis Bazely 1902 New Jersey as a colony and a state 3 https://archive.org/details/newjerseyascolon05leef/page/153/mode/1up New York Publishing Society of New Jersey 153 North Carolina(election by legislature) 26 November 1800? Benjamin Williams FederalistGlashan 1979 228-229Broussard 1978 220Gilpatrick Delbert Harold 1931 Jeffersonian Democracy in North Carolina, 1789-1816 https://books.google.com/books?id=yK8lAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Mild+federalist%22 New York Columbia University Press 132 9780231916707 Some sources describe Williams as a Democratic-Republican, although Broussard refers to him as "a quiet but unmistakeable Federalist" and "undeniably a Federalist", and Gilpatrick describes him as a "mild Federalist."Congressional Quarterly 1998 27 Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977 436https://www.nga.org/governor/benjamin-williams/ Gov. Benjamin Williams nga.org National Governors Association 7 July 2020 Cheney John L. Jr. 1975 North Carolina Government 1585-1974: a narrative and statistical history https://archive.org/details/northcarolinagov1975nort/page/160/mode/1up Raleigh, NC North Carolina Department of the Secretary of State 160 Re-elected, 127 votesSome sources give Williams's total as 126. Joseph Taylor (Democratic-Republican), 26 votesSome contemporary sources give Taylor's total as 37.John B. Ashe (Democratic-Republican) 17 voteshttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=274307 NC Governor, 1800 Our Campaigns 4 July 2020 Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives North Carolina 1800 Governor A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 7 July 2020 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/02870v976 Broussard 1978 218 Rhode Island 2 April 1800Glashan records this election as taking place on 16 April. Arthur Fenner Democratic-Republican/Country Re-elected. Returns lost.https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=237762 RI Governor, 1800 Our Campaigns 4 July 2020Glashan 1979 268-269Congressional Quarterly 1998 76Dubin 2003Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977 507J. 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 South Carolina(election by legislature) 4 December 1800https://www.carolana.com/SC/Governors/jdrayton.html John Drayton: 10th Governor of the State of South Carolina 1800 to 1802 and 1808 to 1810 carolana.com Lewis, J. D. Little River, S.C. 7 July 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 7 July 2020 or 5 December 1800Letter To Thomas Jefferson from Charles Pinckney 6 December 1800 https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-32-02-0189 7 July 2020 Columbia, S.C. John Drayton (acting)As Lieutenant Governor, Drayton became acting Governor on the death of Governor Edward Rutledge on 23 January 1800. Democratic-Republican Re-elected, "majority of 18"https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=40596 SC Governor, 1800 Our Campaigns 4 July 2020 Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives South Carolina 1800 Governor A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 7 July 2020 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/3f462588r Charleston, December 8 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024710/1800-12-23/ed-1/seq-3/ Virginia Argus Richmond, VA 23 December 1800 3 7 July 2020 Vermont 2 September 1800 Isaac Tichenor Federalist Re-elected, 6,444 (63.41%) Israel Smith (Democratic-Republican), 3,339 (32.85%)Some sources give Smith's total as 3,239. This appears to be a calculation error made in contemporary sources which give county totals which add to 3,339. A New Nation Votes gives Smith's total as 3,360 on the basis of 21 votes not included in the county total for Windham County.Scattering 380 (3.74%)https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=144073 VT Governor, 1800 Our Campaigns 4 July 2020Glashan 1979 314-315Congressional Quarterly 1998 83Dubin 2003Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977 606 Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives Vermont 1800 Governor A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 7 July 2020 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/h702q7833 https://vtelectionarchive.sec.state.vt.us/elections/get_source_documentation/82826&ved=2ahUKEwjF4OzT4rnqAhVzmVwKHUtnASUQFjABegQIAxAB&usg=AOvVaw00fRDCkLseXU15Zy0hM-Vt General Election Results: Governor 2 Election Results Archive Office of the Vermont Secretary of State 7 July 2020 June 2026 InternetArchiveBot Walton E. P. 1876 Records of the Governor and Council of the State of Vermont IV https://archive.org/details/vermontgovrecords04waltrich/page/258/mode/1up Montpelier Steam Press of J. & J. M. Poland Record of the Governor and Council at the Session of the General Assembly at Middlebury, Oct. 1800 258 , citing Spooner's Vermont Journal of Oct. 27, 1800Coolidge A. J. Mansfield J. B. 1860 History and Description of New England: Vermont https://archive.org/details/historydescrip00cool/page/964/mode/1up Boston Austin J. Coolidge Governors and Gubernatorial Vote 964 Virginia(election by legislature) 7 December 1800? Washington City. Monday, December 15, 1800 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045242/1800-12-15/ed-1/seq-3/ The national intelligencer and Washington advertiser Washington, D.C. 15 December 1800 3 7 July 2020 This is highly unlikely to be the correct date as it was a Sunday. The legislature met on 1 December. Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Begun and held at the Capitol in the city of Richmond, on Monday the first day of December, one thousand eight hundred Richmond, VA Thomas Nicolson 1800 Monroe acknowledged his election in a letter of 8 December.Preston Daniel A Comprehensive Catalogue of the Correspondence and Papers of James Monroe I https://books.google.com/books?id=BC2trqrpnwUC&pg=PA96 Westport, CT Greenwood Press 96 2001 0-313-31831-X James Monroe Democratic-Republican Re-elected, "by a large majority"https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=783625 VA Governor, 1800 Our Campaigns 4 July 2020 Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives Virginia 1800 Governor A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 7 July 2020 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/3j333306q See also 1800 United States elections 1800 United States presidential election 1800–01 United States Senate elections 1800–01 United States House of Representatives 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 Broussard James H. 1978 The Southern Federalists, 1800-1816 https://archive.org/details/southernfederali0000brou/ Baton Rouge Louisiana State University Press 0-8071-0288-1 collapsed