1816 Rhode Island gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1816 Rhode Island gubernatorial election United States 1795 Presidential no 1815 Rhode Island gubernatorial election 1815 1817 Rhode Island gubernatorial election 1817 April 17, 1816 x150px William Jones Federalist Party 3,591 52.35% x150px Nehemiah R. Knight Democratic-Republican Party 3,259 47.51% 1816 Rhode Island gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 200px County resultsJones: #DFC27D 50–60% #BF812D 60–70%Knight: #73D873 50–60% Governor William Jones Federalist Party William Jones Federalist Party The 1816 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on April 17, 1816. April 24, 1816 Rhode-Island Election https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025561/1816-04-24/ed-1/seq-2/ The Rhode-Island Republican Newport, R.I. 2 25 October 2021 Incumbent Federalist Governor William Jones won re-election to a sixth term, defeating Democratic-Republican nominee Nehemiah R. Knight. General election Candidates Nehemiah R. Knight, Democratic-Republican, clerk of the circuit court, collector of customshttps://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/K000287 Knight, Nehemiah Rice (1780 – 1854) 25 October 2021 United States Congress Biographical Directory of the United States Congress William Jones, Federalist, incumbent governor Results 1816 Rhode Island gubernatorial electionGubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997 Washington, D.C. Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998 76 1-56802-396-0 Dubin Michael J. United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County 232 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 268–269 0-930466-17-9Kallenbach Joseph E. Kallenbach Jessamine S. 1977 American State Governors, 1776-1976 I 509 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 98 Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives Rhode Island 1816 Governor A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 25 October 2021 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/hx11xg048 May 14, 1817 Votes for Governor https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025561/1817-05-14/ed-1/seq-3/ The Rhode-Island Republican Newport, R.I. 3 25 October 2021 Federalist Party William Jones 3,591 52.35% Democratic-Republican Party Nehemiah R. Knight 3,259 47.51% Write-in 10 0.15% 332 4.84% 6,860 Federalist Party County results + County resultsCountyWilliam Jones FederalistNehemiah Knight Democratic-RepublicanWrite-in Various Total votes#%#%#%Bristol 224 48.9% 234 51.1% 0 - 458Kent 606 61.2% 383 38.8% 1 - 990Newport 632 51.1% 606 48.9% 2 - 1240Providence 1451 48.1% 1573 51.9% 6 - 3,030Washington 678 59.1% 463 40.9% 1 - 1,142Totals3,59152.4%3,2593,25910-6,860 References 1816 Rhode Island Gubernatorial Category:April 1816