| Election Name: | 1801 United States gubernatorial elections |
| Country: | United States |
| Flag Year: | 1795 |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1800 United States gubernatorial elections |
| Previous Year: | 1800 |
| Next Election: | 1802 United States gubernatorial elections |
| Next Year: | 1802 |
| Seats For Election: | 13 state governorships |
| Election Date: | March 10, 1801 – December 11, 1801 |
| 1Blank: | Seats up |
| Party1: | Democratic-Republican Party |
| Last Election1: | 7 governorships |
| Seats Before1: | 7 |
| Seats After1: | 11 |
| Seat Change1: | 4 |
| Seats1: | 8 |
| 1Data1: | 4 |
| Party2: | Federalist Party |
| Last Election2: | 9 governorships |
| Seats Before2: | 9 |
| Seats After2: | 5 |
| Seat Change2: | 4 |
| Seats2: | 5 |
| 1Data2: | 9 |
| Map Size: | 324px |
United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1801, in 13 states.
Eight governors were elected by popular vote and five were elected by state legislatures.
| State | Election date | Incumbent | Party | Status | Opposing candidates | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut | April 9, 1801 | Jonathan Trumbull Jr. | Federalist | Re-elected, 11,156 (83.84%) | Richard Law (Democratic-Republican), 1,056 (7.94%) Scattering 1,095 (8.23%) [1] [2] | |
| Delaware | October 6, 1801 | James Sykes (acting) | Federalist | Retired, Democratic-Republican victory | David Hall (Democratic-Republican), 3,475 (50.13%) Nathaniel Mitchell (Federalist), 3,457 (49.87%) [3] [4] | |
| Georgia (election by legislature) | November 5, 1801[5] [6] | David Emanuel (acting) | Democratic-Republican | Retired, Democratic-Republican victory | Josiah Tattnall (Democratic-Republican), 41 votes Thomas P. Carnes (Federalist), 21 votes Jared Irwin (Democratic-Republican), 7 votes [7] [8] | |
| Maryland (election by legislature) | November 9, 1801 | Benjamin Ogle | Federalist | Term-limited, Democratic-Republican victory | John Francis Mercer (Democratic-Republican), 59 votes James Murray (Federalist), 26 votes [9] [10] [11] | |
| Massachusetts | April 6, 1801 | Caleb Strong | Federalist | Re-elected, 25,452 (55.55%) | Elbridge Gerry (Democratic-Republican), 20,184 (44.05%) Scattering 180 (0.39%) [12] [13] | |
| New Hampshire | March 10, 1801 | John Taylor Gilman | Federalist | Re-elected, 10,898 (65.50%) | Timothy Walker (Democratic-Republican), 5,249 (31.55%) Scattering 492 (2.96%) [14] [15] [16] | |
| New Jersey (election by legislature) | October 31, 1801 | Richard Howell | Federalist | Retired, Democratic-Republican victory | Joseph Bloomfield (Democratic-Republican), 30 votes Richard Stockton (Federalist), 20 votes [17] [18] [19] | |
| New York | April 28–30, 1801 | John Jay | Federalist | Retired, Democratic-Republican victory | George Clinton (Democratic-Republican), 24,808 (54.30%) Stephen van Rensselaer (Federalist), 20,843 (45.62%) Scattering 33 (0.07%) [20] [21] [22] | |
| North Carolina (election by legislature) | November 25, 1801? | Benjamin Williams | Federalist [23] | Re-elected, 119 votes | John B. Ashe (Democratic-Republican) 58 votes Richard Dobbs Spaight (Democratic-Republican), 1 vote [24] [25] | |
| Rhode Island | April 1, 1801 | Arthur Fenner | Democratic-Republican/Country | Re-elected, 3,756 (100.00%) [26] [27] [28] | ||
| Tennessee | August 6–7, 1801 | John Sevier | Democratic-Republican | Term-limited, Democratic-Republican victory | Archibald Roane (Democratic-Republican), 8,438 (99.88%) John Boyd 10 (0.12%) [29] [30] | |
| Vermont | September 1, 1801 | Isaac Tichenor | Federalist | Re-elected, majority of 2,060 | Israel Smith (Democratic-Republican) [31] [32] [33] [34] | |
| Virginia (election by legislature) | December 10, 1801[35] | James Monroe | Democratic-Republican | Re-elected, unknown number of votes | Scattering, 3 votes [36] [37] |