1817 Rhode Island gubernatorial election explained

Election Name:	1817 Rhode Island gubernatorial election
Country:	Rhode Island
Flag Year:	1795
Type:	Presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1816 Rhode Island gubernatorial election
Previous Year:	1816
Next Election:	1818 Rhode Island gubernatorial election
Next Year:	1818
Election Date:	April 16, 1817
Nominee1:	Nehemiah R. Knight
Party1:	Democratic-Republican Party
Popular Vote1:	3,949
Percentage1:	50.34%
Nominee2:	William Jones
Party2:	Federalist Party
Popular Vote2:	3,878
Percentage2:	49.51%
Governor
Before Election:	William Jones
Before Party:	Federalist Party
After Election:	Nehemiah R. Knight
After Party:	Democratic-Republican Party

The 1817 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on April 16, 1817.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Incumbent Federalist Governor William Jones ran for election to a seventh term but was defeated by Democratic-Republican nominee Nehemiah R. Knight.

General election

Candidates

• Nehemiah R. Knight, Democratic, clerk of the circuit court, collector of customs^[4]
• William Jones, Federalist, incumbent Governor

County results

County! colspan="2" scope="col"

Nehamiah KnightDemocratic-Republican	William JonesFederalist		Write-insVarious		Total votes
	%		%			%
align="center"	Bristol	align="center"	240	align="center"	52.86%	align="center"	214	align="center"	47.14%	align="center"	0	align="center"	0.00%	align="center"	454
align="center"	Kent	align="center"	468	align="center"	41.79%	align="center"	650	align="center"	58.04%	align="center"	2	align="center"	0.17%	align="center"	1,120
align="center"	Newport	align="center"	712	align="center"	50.07%	align="center"	710	align="center"	49.93%	align="center"	0	align="center"	0.00%	align="center"	1,422
align="center"	Providence	align="center"	1,900	align="center"	56.38%	align="center"	1,469	align="center"	43.59%	align="center"	1	align="center"	0.03%	align="center"	3,370
align="center"	Washington	align="center"	629	align="center"	42.91%	align="center"	835	align="center"	56.96%	align="center"	2	align="center"	0.13%	align="center"	1,466
Totals	3,949	50.42%	3,878	49.51%	5	0.06%	7,832

Notes and References

1. News: . April 12, 1817 . Republican Fellow-Citizens of the County of Newport . The Rhode-Island Republican . Newport, R.I. . 2 . 25 October 2021 .
2. News: . April 22, 1817 . Rhode-Island . Portland gazette and Maine advertiser . Portland, Me. . 3 . 25 October 2021 .
3. News: . April 23, 1817 . Triumph of Republicanism! . The Rhode-Island Republican . Newport, R.I. . 3 . 25 October 2021 .
4. Web site: Knight, Nehemiah Rice (1780 – 1854). 25 October 2021. United States Congress. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.