1800 United States gubernatorial elections
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United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1800, in 11 states, concurrent with the House, Senate elections and presidential election.
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March 11, 1800 â December 7, 1800
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Six governors were elected by popular vote and five were elected by state legislatures.
Results
| State | Election date | Incumbent | Party | Status | Opposing candidates |
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| Connecticut | 10 April 1800[b] | Jonathan Trumbull Jr. | Federalist | Re-elected, 5,544 (100.00%) [1][2][3][4][5][6] |
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| Kentucky | 6â8 August 1800[c] | James Garrard | Democratic-Republican | Re-elected, 8,390 (39.40%) | Christopher Greenup (Democratic-Republican), 6,745 (31.67%) Benjamin Logan (Democratic-Republican), 3,995 (18.76%) Thomas Todd (Democratic-Republican), 2,166 (10.17%) [7][8][9][4][10][11] |
| Maryland (election by legislature) |
10 November 1800 | Benjamin Ogle | Federalist | Re-elected, unanimously [12][13][14][15] |
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| Massachusetts | 7 April 1800 | Moses Gill (acting)[d] | Federalist | Defeated, 2,019 (5.17%)[e][f] | Caleb Strong (Federalist), 19,630 (50.26%) Elbridge Gerry (Democratic-Republican), 17,019 (43.57%)[g] Scattering 391 (1.00%) [16][17][18][4][19][20][21] |
| New Hampshire | 11 March 1800 | John Taylor Gilman | Federalist | Re-elected, 10,362 (61.82%) | Timothy Walker (Democratic-Republican), 6,039 (36.03%) Scattering 361 (2.15%) [22][23][24][4][25][26][27] |
| New Jersey (election by legislature) |
30 October 1800 | Richard Howell | Federalist | Re-elected, unanimously [28][29][30] |
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| North Carolina (election by legislature) |
26 November 1800? | Benjamin Williams | Federalist [31][32][33][h] |
Re-elected, 127 votes[i] | Joseph Taylor (Democratic-Republican), 26 votes[j] John B. Ashe (Democratic-Republican) 17 votes [38][39][40] |
| Rhode Island | 2 April 1800[k] | Arthur Fenner | Democratic-Republican/Country | Re-elected. Returns lost. [41][42][43][4][44][45] |
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| South Carolina (election by legislature) |
4 December 1800[46][47] or 5 December 1800[48] | John Drayton (acting)[l] | Democratic-Republican | Re-elected, "majority of 18" [49][50][51] |
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| Vermont | 2 September 1800 | Isaac Tichenor | Federalist | Re-elected, 6,444 (63.41%) | Israel Smith (Democratic-Republican), 3,339 (32.85%)[m] Scattering 380 (3.74%) [52][53][54][4][55][56][57][58][59] |
| Virginia (election by legislature) |
7 December 1800?[60][n] | James Monroe | Democratic-Republican | Re-elected, "by a large majority" [63][64][60] |