1810 Massachusetts gubernatorial election explained

Election Name:1810 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
Country:Massachusetts
Type:Presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1809 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
Previous Year:1809
Next Election:1811 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
Next Year:1811
Election Date:April 2, 1810
Nominee1:Elbridge Gerry
Party1:Democratic-Republican Party
Popular Vote1:46,541
Percentage1:51.25%
Nominee2:Christopher Gore
Party2:Federalist Party
Popular Vote2:44,079
Percentage2:48.54%
Governor
Before Election:Christopher Gore
Before Party:Federalist Party
After Election:Elbridge Gerry
After Party:Democratic-Republican Party

The 1810 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on April 2, 1810.

Incumbent Federalist Governor Christopher Gore was defeated by Democratic-Republican nominee Elbridge Gerry.

Republicans cast Gore as an ostentatious British-loving Tory who wanted to restore the monarchy (his parents were Loyalists during the Revolution), and Gerry as a patriotic American, while Federalists described Gerry as a "French partizan" and Gore as an honest man devoted to ridding the government of foreign influence.[1] A temporary lessening in the threat of war with Britain aided Gerry.[2]

General election

Candidates

Results

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Billias, p. 313
  2. Buel, pp. 104–07