1806 United States gubernatorial elections
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United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1806, in 10 states, concurrent with the House and Senate elections.
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March 11, 1806 â December 9, 1806
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Five 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 1806[a] | Jonathan Trumbull Jr. | Federalist | Re-elected, 13,413 (58.27%)[b] | William Hart (Democratic-Republican), 9,460 (41.10%) Scattering 144 (0.63%) [1][2][3][4][5][6] |
| Maryland (election by legislature) |
10 November 1806 | Robert Bowie | Democratic-Republican | Term-limited, Democratic-Republican victory | Robert Wright (Democratic-Republican), 59 votes Charles Carroll of Carrollton (Federalist), 11 votes John Eager Howard (Federalist), 3 votes Thomas Johnson (Federalist), 1 vote [7][8][9][10] |
| Massachusetts | 7 April 1806 | Caleb Strong | Federalist | Re-elected, 36,433 (50.06%)[c] | James Sullivan (Democratic-Republican), 36,034 (49.51%) Scattering 317 (0.44%) [12][13][14][4][15][16][17][18][19] |
| New Hampshire | 11 March 1806 | John Langdon | Democratic-Republican | Re-elected, 15,277 (74.26%)[d] | Timothy Farrar (Federalist), 1,720 (8.36%) John Taylor Gilman (Federalist), 1,553 (7.55%) Jeremiah Smith (Federalist), 902 (4.38%) Oliver Peabody (Federalist),[e] 866 (4.21%) Scattering 255 (1.24%) [20][21][22][4][23][24][25][26] |
| New Jersey (election by legislature) |
31 October 1806 | Joseph Bloomfield | Democratic-Republican | Re-elected, unanimously [27][28][29][30][31] |
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| North Carolina (election by legislature) |
27 November 1806 | Nathaniel Alexander | Democratic-Republican | Re-elected, "without opposition" [32][33][34] |
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| Rhode Island | 16 April 1806[35] | Henry Smith (acting)[f] | Democratic-Republican | No choice. Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island, Isaac Wilbour, served the term as acting Governor. | Richard Jackson Jr. (Federalist), 1,662 (43.07%) Henry Smith (Democratic-Republican), 1,097 (28.43%) Peleg Arnold (Democratic-Republican), 1,094 (28.35%) Scattering 6 (0.16%) [36][37][38][4][39][40][41] (Legislative election) (held, 15 May 1806) Richard Jackson Jr., 16 votes Nay, 52 votes No choice made. [42] |
| South Carolina (election by legislature) |
9 December 1806[43][44] | Paul Hamilton | Democratic-Republican | Term-limited, Democratic-Republican victory | (Second ballot) Charles Pinckney (Democratic-Republican), 73 votes Henry Middleton (Democratic-Republican), 66 votes [45][46][47][48] |
| Vermont | 2 September 1806 | Isaac Tichenor | Federalist | Re-elected, 8,851 (54.97%)[g] | Israel Smith (Democratic-Republican), 6,930 (43.04%) Scattering 320 (1.99%) [49][50][51][4][52][53][54][55][56] |
| Virginia (election by legislature) |
4 December 1806[57] | William H. Cabell | Democratic-Republican | Re-elected, "without opposition" [58][59][60][61] |