1801 United States gubernatorial elections
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United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1801, in 13 states.
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March 10, 1801 â December 11, 1801
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13 state governorships | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Eight 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 | April 9, 1801[a] | Jonathan Trumbull Jr. | Federalist | Re-elected, 11,156 (83.84%) | Richard Law (Democratic-Republican), 1,056 (7.94%) Scattering 1,095 (8.23%) [1][2][3][4][5][6] |
| Delaware | October 6, 1801 | James Sykes (acting)[b] | Federalist | Retired, Democratic-Republican victory | David Hall (Democratic-Republican), 3,475 (50.13%) Nathaniel Mitchell (Federalist), 3,457 (49.87%) [7][8][9][4][10][11] |
| Georgia (election by legislature) |
November 5, 1801[12][13][c] | David Emanuel (acting)[d] | Democratic-Republican | Retired, Democratic-Republican victory | Josiah Tattnall (Democratic-Republican), 41 votes Thomas P. Carnes (Federalist), 21 votes Jared Irwin (Democratic-Republican), 7 votes [15][16] |
| Maryland (election by legislature) |
November 9, 1801 | Benjamin Ogle | Federalist | Term-limited, Democratic-Republican victory | John Francis Mercer (Democratic-Republican), 59 votes James Murray (Federalist), 26 votes[e] [17][18][19][20] |
| Massachusetts | April 6, 1801 | Caleb Strong | Federalist | Re-elected, 25,452 (55.55%) | Elbridge Gerry (Democratic-Republican), 20,184 (44.05%)[f] Scattering 180 (0.39%)[g] [24][25][26][4][27][28] |
| New Hampshire | March 10, 1801 | John Taylor Gilman | Federalist | Re-elected, 10,898 (65.50%) | Timothy Walker (Democratic-Republican), 5,249 (31.55%) Scattering 492 (2.96%) [29][30][31][4][32][33][34] |
| New Jersey (election by legislature) |
October 31, 1801 | Richard Howell | Federalist | Retired, Democratic-Republican victory | Joseph Bloomfield (Democratic-Republican), 30 votes Richard Stockton (Federalist), 20 votes [35][36][37][38] |
| New York | April 28â30, 1801[h] | John Jay | Federalist | Retired, Democratic-Republican victory | George Clinton (Democratic-Republican), 24,808 (54.30%) Stephen van Rensselaer (Federalist), 20,843 (45.62%) Scattering 33 (0.07%) [39][40][41][4][42][43][44] |
| North Carolina (election by legislature) |
November 25, 1801?[i] | Benjamin Williams | Federalist [46][47][48][j] |
Re-elected, 119 votes | John B. Ashe (Democratic-Republican) 58 votes Richard Dobbs Spaight (Democratic-Republican), 1 vote [53][54] |
| Rhode Island | April 1, 1801[k] | Arthur Fenner | Democratic-Republican/Country[l] | Re-elected, 3,756 (100.00%)[m] [55][56][57][4][58][59][60] |
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| Tennessee | August 6â7, 1801 | John Sevier | Democratic-Republican | Term-limited, Democratic-Republican victory | Archibald Roane (Democratic-Republican), 8,438 (99.88%) John Boyd 10 (0.12%) [61][62][63][4][64][65] |
| Vermont | September 1, 1801 | Isaac Tichenor | Federalist | Re-elected, majority of 2,060 | Israel Smith (Democratic-Republican) [66][67][68][4][69][70][71][72] |
| Virginia (election by legislature) |
December 10, 1801[73] | James Monroe | Democratic-Republican | Re-elected, unknown number of votes |
Scattering, 3 votes [74][75] |
See also
- 1801 United States elections