1804 United States gubernatorial elections
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United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1804, in 13 states, concurrent with the House, Senate elections and presidential election.
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March 13, 1804 â December 7, 1804
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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 12, 1804[a] | Jonathan Trumbull Jr. | Federalist | Re-elected, 11,108 (61.23%)[b] | William Hart (Democratic-Republican), 6,871 (37.88%) Scattering 162 (0.89%) [1][2][3][4][5][6][7] |
| Delaware | October 2, 1804 | David Hall | Democratic-Republican | Term-limited, Federalist victory | Nathaniel Mitchell (Federalist), 4,391 (52.02%) Joseph Haslet (Democratic-Republican), 4,050 (47.98%) [8][9][10][4][11][12] |
| Kentucky | August 6â8, 1804 | James Garrard | Democratic-Republican | Term-limited, Democratic-Republican victory | Christopher Greenup (Democratic-Republican), 25,917 (100.00%) [13][14][15][4][16][17] |
| Maryland (election by legislature) |
November 20, 1804[18] | Robert Bowie | Democratic-Republican | Re-elected, "by a majority" [19][20][21][22] |
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| Massachusetts | April 2, 1804[23] | Caleb Strong | Federalist | Re-elected, 30,011 (55.07%)[c] | James Sullivan (Democratic-Republican), 23,996 (44.03%) Scattering 492 (0.90%) [24][25][26][4][27][28][29] |
| New Hampshire | March 13, 1804 | John Taylor Gilman | Federalist | Re-elected, 12,216 (50.31%)[d] | John Langdon (Democratic-Republican), 12,039 (49.58%) Scattering 27 (0.11%) [30][31][32][4][33][34][35][36] |
| New Jersey (election by legislature) |
October 25, 1804 | Joseph Bloomfield | Democratic-Republican | Re-elected, 37 votes | Richard Stockton (Federalist), 16 votes [37][38][39] |
| New York | April 24â26, 1804[e] | George Clinton | Democratic-Republican | Retired, Democratic-Republican victory | Morgan Lewis (Democratic-Republican/Clintonian)[f], 30,829 (58.16%) Aaron Burr (Democratic-Republican/Tammany Hall)[g], 22,139 (41.77%) Scattering 36 (0.06%) [40][41][42][4][43][44][45] |
| North Carolina (election by legislature) |
November 24, 1804 | James Turner | Democratic-Republican | Re-elected, unknown number of votes | Scattering, 1 vote [46][47][48][49] |
| Rhode Island | April 18, 1804[50] | Arthur Fenner | Democratic-Republican/Country | Re-elected. Returns lost. [51][52][53][4][54][55][56] |
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| South Carolina (election by legislature) |
December 7, 1804[57] | James Burchill Richardson | Democratic-Republican | Term-limited, Democratic-Republican victory | Paul Hamilton (Democratic-Republican), unknown number of votes [58][59][60] |
| Vermont | September 4, 1804 | Isaac Tichenor | Federalist | Re-elected, 8,075 (55.72%)[h] | Jonathan Robinson (Democratic-Republican), 6,184 (42.67%) Scattering 232 (1.60%) [61][62][63][4][64][65][66][67][68] |
| Virginia (election by legislature) |
December 7, 1804 | John Page | Democratic-Republican | Re-elected, "by a majority" [69][70][71] |