1803 United States gubernatorial elections
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United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1803, in 12 states.
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January 11, 1803 â December 19, 1803
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12 state governorships | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Seven governors were elected by popular vote and five were elected by state legislatures.
Ohio held its first gubernatorial election on achieving statehood.
Results
| State | Election date | Incumbent | Party | Status | Opposing candidates |
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| Connecticut | 14 April 1803[a] | Jonathan Trumbull Jr. | Federalist | Re-elected, 14,375 (64.04%) | Ephraim Kirby (Democratic-Republican), 7,848 (34.96%) Scattering 223 (0.99%) [1][2][3][4][5][6] |
| Georgia (election by legislature) |
10 November 1803[7] | John Milledge | Democratic-Republican | Re-elected, 65 votes | Solomon Wood, 6 votes [8][9][10] |
| Maryland (election by legislature) |
14 November 1803 | John Francis Mercer | Democratic-Republican | Retired, Democratic-Republican victory | Robert Bowie (Democratic-Republican), 75 votes Thomas Johnson (Federalist), 5 votes Levin Winder (Federalist), 1 vote [11][12][13][14] |
| Massachusetts | 4 April 1803[b] | Caleb Strong | Federalist | Re-elected, 29,199 (67.27%) | Elbridge Gerry (Democratic-Republican), 13,910 (32.05%)[c] Scattering 298 (0.69%) [19][20][21][4][22][23] |
| New Hampshire | 8 March 1803 | John Taylor Gilman | Federalist | Re-elected, 12,263 (57.53%) | John Langdon (Democratic-Republican), 9,011 (42.27%) Scattering 43 (0.20%) [24][25][26][4][27][28][29][30] |
| New Jersey (election by legislature) |
27 October 1803 | John Lambert (acting)[d] | Democratic-Republican | Retired, Democratic-Republican victory | Joseph Bloomfield (Democratic-Republican), 33 votes Richard Stockton (Federalist), 17 votes [31][32][33][34] |
| North Carolina (election by legislature) |
28 November 1803 | James Turner | Democratic-Republican | Re-elected, unknown number of votes | Scattering, 2 votes [35][36][37] |
| Ohio | 11 January 1803[38] | New state | Edward Tiffin (Democratic-Republican), 5,377 (90.43%)[e][f] Benjamin Ives Gilman (Federalist), 246 (4.14%) Arthur St. Clair (Federalist), 234 (3.93%) Bezaleel Wells (Federalist), 89 (1.50%) Scattering, unknown[g] [47][48][49][4][50][51][52][53][54] | ||
| Rhode Island | 20 April 1803[55] | Arthur Fenner | Democratic-Republican/Country | Re-elected. Returns lost. [56][57][58][4][59][60][61] |
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| Tennessee | 4â5 August 1803 | Archibald Roane | Democratic-Republican | Defeated, 4,923 (42.07%)[h][i] | John Sevier (Democratic-Republican), 6,780 (57.93%)[j] [68][69][4][70][71][72] |
| Vermont | 6 September 1803[73] | Isaac Tichenor | Federalist | Re-elected, 7,940 (57.98%)[k] | Jonathan Robinson (Democratic-Republican), 5,408 (39.49%) Scattering 346 (2.53%) [74][75][76][4][77][78][79][80][81][82] |
| Virginia (election by legislature) |
19 December 1803[83] | John Page | Democratic-Republican | Re-elected, unanimously [84][85] |
See also
- 1803 United States elections