| Election Name: | 1804 United States gubernatorial elections |
| Country: | United States |
| Flag Year: | 1795 |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1803 United States gubernatorial elections |
| Previous Year: | 1803 |
| Next Election: | 1805 United States gubernatorial elections |
| Next Year: | 1805 |
| Seats For Election: | 13 state governorships |
| Election Date: | March 13, 1804 – December 7, 1804 |
| 1Blank: | Seats up |
| Party1: | Democratic-Republican Party |
| Last Election1: | 13 governorships |
| Seats Before1: | 13 |
| Seats After1: | 12 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Seats1: | 8 |
| 1Data1: | 9 |
| Party2: | Federalist Party |
| Last Election2: | 4 governorships |
| Seats Before2: | 4 |
| Seats After2: | 5 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Seats2: | 5 |
| 1Data2: | 4 |
| Map Size: | 324px |
United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1804, in 13 states, concurrent with the House, Senate elections and presidential election.
Eight governors were elected by popular vote and five were elected by state legislatures.
| State | Election date | Incumbent | Party | Status | Opposing candidates | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut | April 12, 1804 | Jonathan Trumbull Jr. | Federalist | Re-elected, 11,108 (61.23%) | William Hart (Democratic-Republican), 6,871 (37.88%) Scattering 162 (0.89%) [1] [2] [3] | |
| Delaware | October 2, 1804 | David Hall | Democratic-Republican | Term-limited, Federalist victory | Nathaniel Mitchell (Federalist), 4,391 (52.02%) Joseph Haslet (Democratic-Republican), 4,050 (47.98%) [4] [5] | |
| Kentucky | August 6–8, 1804 | James Garrard | Democratic-Republican | Term-limited, Democratic-Republican victory | Christopher Greenup (Democratic-Republican), 25,917 (100.00%) [6] [7] | |
| Maryland (election by legislature) | November 20, 1804[8] | Robert Bowie | Democratic-Republican | Re-elected, "by a majority" [9] [10] [11] | ||
| Massachusetts | April 2, 1804[12] | Caleb Strong | Federalist | Re-elected, 30,011 (55.07%) | James Sullivan (Democratic-Republican), 23,996 (44.03%) Scattering 492 (0.90%) [13] [14] [15] | |
| New Hampshire | March 13, 1804 | John Taylor Gilman | Federalist | Re-elected, 12,216 (50.31%) | John Langdon (Democratic-Republican), 12,039 (49.58%) Scattering 27 (0.11%) [16] [17] [18] [19] | |
| New Jersey (election by legislature) | October 25, 1804 | Joseph Bloomfield | Democratic-Republican | Re-elected, 37 votes | Richard Stockton (Federalist), 16 votes [20] [21] | |
| New York | April 24–26, 1804 | George Clinton | Democratic-Republican | Retired, Democratic-Republican victory | Morgan Lewis (Democratic-Republican/Clintonian), 30,829 (58.16%) Aaron Burr (Democratic-Republican/Tammany Hall), 22,139 (41.77%) Scattering 36 (0.06%) [22] [23] [24] | |
| North Carolina (election by legislature) | November 24, 1804 | James Turner | Democratic-Republican | Re-elected, unknown number of votes | Scattering, 1 vote [25] [26] [27] [28] | |
| Rhode Island | April 18, 1804[29] | Arthur Fenner | Democratic-Republican/Country | Re-elected. Returns lost. [30] [31] [32] | ||
| South Carolina (election by legislature) | December 7, 1804[33] | James Burchill Richardson | Democratic-Republican | Term-limited, Democratic-Republican victory | Paul Hamilton (Democratic-Republican), unknown number of votes [34] [35] [36] | |
| Vermont | September 4, 1804 | Isaac Tichenor | Federalist | Re-elected, 8,075 (55.72%) | Jonathan Robinson (Democratic-Republican), 6,184 (42.67%) Scattering 232 (1.60%) [37] [38] [39] [40] [41] | |
| Virginia (election by legislature) | December 7, 1804 | John Page | Democratic-Republican | Re-elected, "by a majority" [42] [43] [44] |