1800 United States gubernatorial elections explained

Election Name:1800 United States gubernatorial elections
Country:United States
Flag Year:1795
Type:legislative
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1799 United States gubernatorial elections
Previous Year:1799
Next Election:1801 United States gubernatorial elections
Next Year:1801
Seats For Election:11 state governorships
Election Date:March 11, 1800 – December 7, 1800
1Blank:Seats up
Party1:Federalist Party (United States)
Last Election1:10 governorships
Seats Before1:9
Seats After1:9
Seats1:7
1Data1:7
Party2:Democratic-Republican Party (United States)
Last Election2:6 governorships
Seats Before2:7
Seats After2:7
Seats2:4
1Data2:4
Map Size:324px

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
Connecticut10 April 1800Jonathan Trumbull Jr.Federalist Re-elected, 5,544 (100.00%)
[1] [2]
Kentucky6-8 August 1800James GarrardDemocratic-RepublicanRe-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%)
[3] [4]
Maryland
(election by legislature)		10 November 1800Benjamin OgleFederalist Re-elected, unanimously
[5] [6] [7]
Massachusetts7 April 1800Moses Gill (acting)Federalist Defeated, 2,019 (5.17%)Caleb Strong (Federalist), 19,630 (50.26%)
Elbridge Gerry (Democratic-Republican), 17,019 (43.57%)
Scattering 391 (1.00%)
[8] [9] [10]
New Hampshire11 March 1800John Taylor GilmanFederalist Re-elected, 10,362 (61.82%)Timothy Walker (Democratic-Republican), 6,039 (36.03%)
Scattering 361 (2.15%)
[11] [12] [13]
New Jersey
(election by legislature)		30 October 1800Richard HowellFederalist Re-elected, unanimously
[14] [15]
North Carolina
(election by legislature)		26 November 1800?Benjamin WilliamsFederalist
[16] 		Re-elected, 127 votesJoseph Taylor (Democratic-Republican), 26 votes
John B. Ashe (Democratic-Republican) 17 votes
[17] [18]
Rhode Island2 April 1800Arthur FennerDemocratic-Republican/CountryRe-elected. Returns lost.
[19] [20]
South Carolina
(election by legislature)		4 December 1800[21] [22] or 5 December 1800[23] John Drayton (acting)Democratic-Republican Re-elected, "majority of 18"
[24] [25] [26]
Vermont2 September 1800Isaac TichenorFederalist Re-elected, 6,444 (63.41%)Israel Smith (Democratic-Republican), 3,339 (32.85%)
Scattering 380 (3.74%)
[27] [28] [29] [30] [31]
Virginia
(election by legislature)		7 December 1800?[32] James MonroeDemocratic-RepublicanRe-elected, "by a large majority"
[33] [34]

See also

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: CT Governor, 1800 . Our Campaigns . 4 July 2020.
  2. Web site: . Tufts Digital Collations and Archives . Connecticut 1800 Governor . A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 . 7 July 2020 .
  3. Web site: KY Governor, 1800 . Our Campaigns . 4 July 2020.
  4. Web site: . Tufts Digital Collations and Archives . Kentucky 1800 Governor . A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 . 7 July 2020 .
  5. Web site: MD Governor, 1800 . Our Campaigns . 4 July 2020.
  6. Web site: . Tufts Digital Collations and Archives . Maryland 1800 Governor . A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 . 7 July 2020 .
  7. Book: . Votes and Proceedings of the Senate of the State of Maryland. November Session, 1800 . Annapolis . Frederick Green, Printer to the State . 5 .
  8. Web site: MA Governor, 1800 . Our Campaigns . 4 July 2020.
  9. Web site: . Tufts Digital Collations and Archives . Massachusetts 1800 Governor . A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 . 7 July 2020 .
  10. Book: Burdick, Charles . 1814 . The Massachusetts Manual: or Political and Historical Register, for the Political Year from June 1814 to June 1815 . I . Boston . Charles Callender . 26 .
  11. Web site: NH Governor, 1800 . Our Campaigns . 4 July 2020.
  12. Web site: . Tufts Digital Collations and Archives . New Hampshire 1800 Governor . A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 . 7 July 2020 .
  13. Book: Farmer, James . The New Hampshire Annual Register and United States Calendar, 1833 . 1772 . Concord . Marsh, Capen and Lyon . 17 .
  14. Web site: . Tufts Digital Collations and Archives . New Jersey 1800 Governor . A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 . 7 July 2020 .
  15. Book: Lee, Francis Bazely . 1902 . New Jersey as a colony and a state . 3 . New York . Publishing Society of New Jersey . 153 .
  16. Book: Gilpatrick, Delbert Harold . 1931 . Jeffersonian Democracy in North Carolina, 1789-1816 . New York . Columbia University Press . 132 . 9780231916707 .
  17. Web site: NC Governor, 1800 . Our Campaigns . 4 July 2020.
  18. Web site: . Tufts Digital Collations and Archives . North Carolina 1800 Governor . A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 . 7 July 2020 .
  19. Web site: RI Governor, 1800 . Our Campaigns . 4 July 2020.
  20. Book: 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 . Providence, RI . E. L. Freeman Company, State Printers . 107 .
  21. Web site: 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 .
  22. News: . A record of this State's executives . Anderson Daily Intelligencer . Anderson, S.C. . 26 May 1914 . 20 . 7 July 2020 .
  23. Web site: Letter To Thomas Jefferson from Charles Pinckney . 6 December 1800 . 7 July 2020 . Columbia, S.C. .
  24. Web site: SC Governor, 1800 . Our Campaigns . 4 July 2020.
  25. Web site: . Tufts Digital Collations and Archives . South Carolina 1800 Governor . A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 . 7 July 2020 .
  26. News: . Charleston, December 8 . Virginia Argus . Richmond, VA . 23 December 1800 . 3 . 7 July 2020 .
  27. Web site: VT Governor, 1800 . Our Campaigns . 4 July 2020.
  28. Web site: . Tufts Digital Collations and Archives . Vermont 1800 Governor . A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 . 7 July 2020 .
  29. Web site: General Election Results: Governor . . 2 . Election Results Archive . Office of the Vermont Secretary of State . 7 July 2020 .
  30. Book: 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, 1800
  31. Book: Coolidge . 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 .
  32. News: . Washington City. Monday, December 15, 1800 . The national intelligencer and Washington advertiser . Washington, D.C. . 15 December 1800 . 3 . 7 July 2020 .
  33. Web site: VA Governor, 1800 . Our Campaigns . 4 July 2020.
  34. Web site: . Tufts Digital Collations and Archives . Virginia 1800 Governor . A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 . 7 July 2020 .

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