Election Name: | 1809 Massachusetts gubernatorial election |
Country: | Massachusetts |
Type: | Presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1808 Massachusetts gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 1808 |
Next Election: | 1810 Massachusetts gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 1810 |
Election Date: | April 3, 1809 |
Nominee1: | Christopher Gore |
Party1: | Federalist Party |
Popular Vote1: | 47,916 |
Percentage1: | 51.34% |
Nominee2: | Levi Lincoln Sr. |
Party2: | Democratic-Republican Party |
Popular Vote2: | 45,118 |
Percentage2: | 48.35% |
Governor | |
Before Election: | Levi Lincoln Sr. (acting) |
Before Party: | Democratic-Republican Party |
After Election: | Christopher Gore |
After Party: | Federalist Party |
The 1809 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on April 3, 1809.
Incumbent Democratic-Republican Governor Levi Lincoln Sr. had succeeded to the Governorship on the death of Governor James Sullivan on December 10, 1808. Lincoln was defeated for election to a term in his own right by Federalist nominee Christopher Gore.