1810 United States gubernatorial elections
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United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1810, in 13 states, concurrent with the House and Senate elections.
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March 13, 1810 â December 8, 1810
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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 | 9 April 1810[1][2][a] | John Treadwell (acting) | Federalist | Re-elected after legislative election, 10,265 (49.50%)[b] | Asa Spalding (Democratic-Republican), 7,185 (34.65%) Roger Griswold (Federalist), 3,110 (15.00%) Scattering 177 (0.85%) [3][4][5][6][7][8] (Legislative election) (held, 11 May 1810)[9][10] John Treadwell, 121 votes Asa Spalding, 42 votes Roger Griswold, 29 votes [7][11][12] |
| Delaware | 2 October 1810 | George Truitt | Federalist | Term-limited, Democratic-Republican victory | Joseph Haslet (Democratic-Republican) 3,664 (50.49%) Daniel Rodney (Federalist), 3,593 (49.51%) [13][14][15][6][16][17] |
| Maryland (election by legislature) |
19 November 1810 | Edward Lloyd | Democratic-Republican | Re-elected, 55 votes | John Eager Howard (Federalist), 3 votes Levin Winder (Federalist), 3 votes Charles Carroll of Carrollton (Federalist), 1 vote [18][19][20][21] |
| Massachusetts | 5 April 1810 | Christopher Gore | Federalist | Defeated, 44,079 (48.54%) | Elbridge Gerry (Democratic-Republican), 46,541 (51.25%) Scattering 193 (0.21%) [22][23][24][6][25][26][27][28][29] |
| New Hampshire | 13 March 1810 | Jeremiah Smith | Federalist | Defeated, 15,166 (48.03%) | John Langdon (Democratic-Republican), 16,325 (51.70%) Scattering 84 (0.27%) [30][31][32][6][33][34][35][36] |
| New Jersey (election by legislature) |
26 October 1810 | Joseph Bloomfield | Democratic-Republican | Re-elected, unopposed | William Sanford Pennington (Democratic-Republican), withdrew William Rossell (Democratic-Republican), withdrew [37][38][39][40] |
| New York | 24â26 April 1810[c] | Daniel D. Tompkins | Democratic-Republican | Re-elected, 43,094 (54.09%) | Jonas Platt (Federalist),[d] 36,484 (45.80%) Scattering 86 (0.11%) [41][42][43][6][44][45][46] |
| North Carolina (election by legislature) |
1 December 1810[47] | David Stone | Democratic-Republican | Defeated, Democratic-Republican victory | (Fourth ballot) Benjamin Smith (Democratic-Republican), 97 votes David Stone (Democratic-Republican), 84 votes Blank, 6 votes [48][49][50][51][52][53] |
| Ohio | 9 October 1810 | Samuel Huntington | Democratic-Republican | Retired, Democratic-Republican victory | Return J. Meigs Jr. (Democratic-Republican),[e] 9,924 (56.21%)[f] Thomas Worthington (Democratic-Republican), 7,731 (43.79%) [56][57][58][6][59][60][61][62][63][64][65][66][67] |
| Rhode Island | 18 April 1810[68][69] | James Fenner | Democratic-Republican | Re-elected. Returns lost. [70][71][72][6][73][74] |
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| South Carolina (election by legislature) |
8 December 1810[75][76] | John Drayton | Democratic-Republican | Term-limited, Democratic-Republican victory | Henry Middleton (Democratic-Republican), 102 votes Joseph Alston (Democratic-Republican), 53 votes [77][78][79] |
| Vermont | 4 September 1810 | Jonas Galusha | Democratic-Republican | Re-elected, 13,810 (57.33%) | Isaac Tichenor (Federalist), 9,918 (41.17%)[g] Scattering 361 (1.50%) [80][81][82][6][83][84][85][86][87] |
| Virginia (election by legislature) |
7 December 1810[88] | John Tyler Sr. | Democratic-Republican | Re-elected, without opposition [89][90][91] |