1804 United States gubernatorial elections

1804 United States gubernatorial elections
← 1803 March 13, 1804 – December 7, 1804 1805 →
13 state governorships
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Democratic-Republican Federalist
Last election 13 governorships 4 governorships
Seats before 13 4
Seats won 8 5
Seats after 12 5
Seat change Decrease1 Increase1
Seats up 9 4
     Democratic-Republican gain      Democratic-Republican hold
     Federalist gain      Federalist hold

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1804, in 13 states, concurrent with the House, Senate elections and presidential election.

Eight governors were elected by popular vote and five were elected by state legislatures.

Results

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State Election date Incumbent Party Status Opposing candidates
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%)
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Kentucky August 6–8, 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]
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 24–26, 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]
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]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "CT Governor, 1804". Our Campaigns. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  2. ^ Glashan 1979, pp. 38–39.
  3. ^ Congressional Quarterly 1998, p. 44.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h Dubin 2003.
  5. ^ Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977, p. 86.
  6. ^ "Connecticut 1804 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  7. ^ "Hartford, (Con.) May 17". Virginia Argus. Richmond, VA. May 26, 1804. p. 2. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  8. ^ "DE Governor, 1804". Our Campaigns. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  9. ^ Glashan 1979, pp. 50–51.
  10. ^ Congressional Quarterly 1998, p. 46.
  11. ^ Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977, p. 109.
  12. ^ "Delaware 1804 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  13. ^ "KY Governor, 1804". Our Campaigns. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  14. ^ Glashan 1979, pp. 108–109.
  15. ^ Congressional Quarterly 1998, p. 53.
  16. ^ Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977, p. 203.
  17. ^ "Kentucky 1804 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  18. ^ "Maryland. Annapolis, Nov. 22". The enquirer. Richmond, VA. December 4, 1804. p. 2. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  19. ^ "MD Governor, 1804". Our Campaigns. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  20. ^ Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977, p. 250.
  21. ^ "Maryland 1804 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  22. ^ Votes and Proceedings of the Senate of the State of Maryland. November Session, 1804. Annapolis: Frederick Green, Printer to the State. p. 4.
  23. ^ "Massachusetts election, held on the 2nd of April". The national intelligencer and Washington advertiser. Washington. D.C. April 13, 1804. p. 2. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  24. ^ "MA Governor, 1804". Our Campaigns. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  25. ^ Glashan 1979, pp. 140–141.
  26. ^ Congressional Quarterly 1998, p. 57.
  27. ^ Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977, p. 266.
  28. ^ "Massachusetts 1804 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  29. ^ Burdick, Charles (1814). The Massachusetts Manual: or Political and Historical Register, for the Political Year from June 1814 to June 1815. Vol. I. Boston: Charles Callender. p. 26.
  30. ^ "NH Governor, 1804". Our Campaigns. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  31. ^ Glashan 1979, pp. 200–201.
  32. ^ Congressional Quarterly 1998, p. 66.
  33. ^ Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977, p. 372.
  34. ^ "New Hampshire 1804 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  35. ^ A Journal of the Proceedings of the honorable Senate of the State of New-Hampshire, at their Session, begun and holden at Concord, on the first Wednesday of June, Anno Domini, 1804. Portsmouth: Peirce, Hill and Peirce, Printers to the State. 1804. p. 9.
  36. ^ Farmer, James. The New Hampshire Annual Register and United States Calendar, 1833. Concord: Marsh, Capen and Lyon. p. 18.
  37. ^ Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977, p. 411.
  38. ^ "New Jersey 1804 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  39. ^ Lee, Francis Bazely (1902). New Jersey as a colony and a state. Vol. 3. New York: Publishing Society of New Jersey. p. 156.
  40. ^ "NY Governor, 1804". Our Campaigns. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  41. ^ Glashan 1979, pp. 224–225.
  42. ^ Congressional Quarterly 1998, p. 69.
  43. ^ Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977, p. 433.
  44. ^ "New York 1804 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  45. ^ Williams, Edwin (1831). The New York Annual Register for the Year of Our Lord 1831. New York: Jonathan Leavitt and Collins & Hannay. p. 33.
  46. ^ "NC Governor, 1804". Our Campaigns. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  47. ^ "North Carolina 1804 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  48. ^ "Washington City. Monday, December 3". The national intelligencer and Washington advertiser. Washington, D.C. December 3, 1804. p. 2. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  49. ^ "Raleigh, November 26". The Wilmington gazette. Wilmington, NC. December 4, 1804. p. 2. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  50. ^ "Newport, Thursday, April 12, 1804". Newport, R.I. Rhode-Island Republican. April 12, 1804. p. 3. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
  51. ^ "RI Governor, 1804". Our Campaigns. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  52. ^ Glashan 1979, pp. 268–269.
  53. ^ Congressional Quarterly 1998, p. 76.
  54. ^ Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977, p. 507.
  55. ^ "Rhode Island 1804 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  56. ^ J. Fred Parker, Secretary of State (1914). Manual, with Rules and Orders, for the use of the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island, 1914. Providence, RI: E. L. Freeman Company, State Printers. p. 107.
  57. ^ "A record of this State's executives". Anderson Daily Intelligencer. Anderson, S.C. May 26, 1914. p. 20. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  58. ^ "SC Governor, 1804". Our Campaigns. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  59. ^ "Thursday, December 20, 1804". Augusta herald. Augusta, GA. December 20, 1804. p. 3. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  60. ^ "Columbia, (S. C.) December 8". The Augusta chronicle and gazette of the state. Augusta, GA. December 22, 1804. p. 3. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  61. ^ "VT Governor, 1804". Our Campaigns. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  62. ^ Glashan 1979, pp. 314–315.
  63. ^ Congressional Quarterly 1998, p. 83.
  64. ^ Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977, p. 606.
  65. ^ "Vermont 1804 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  66. ^ "General Election Results: Governor". Election Results Archive. Office of the Vermont Secretary of State. p. 2. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  67. ^ Walton, E. P., ed. (1877). "Twenty-Eighth Council. October 1804 to October 1805". Records of the Governor and Council of the State of Vermont. Vol. V. Montpelier: Steam Press of J. & J. M. Poland. p. 2., citing The Reporter of Oct. 20, 1804
  68. ^ Coolidge, A. J.; Mansfield, J. B. (1860). "Governors and Gubernatorial Vote". History and Description of New England: Vermont. Boston: Austin J. Coolidge. p. 965.
  69. ^ "VA Governor, 1804". Our Campaigns. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  70. ^ "Friday, December 7th, 1804". Virginia Argus. Richmond, VA. December 12, 1804. p. 6. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  71. ^ "Friday, Dec. 7". The enquirer. Richmond, VA. December 13, 1804. p. 3. Retrieved August 6, 2020.

Notes

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  1. ^ Glashan records this election as taking place on April 9.
  2. ^ Some sources record the result as Trumbull 11,963, Hart 7,376; this includes 855 votes for Trumbull and 505 for Hart rejected by the General Assembly.
  3. ^ Some sources record the result as Strong 30,041, Sullivan 24,368, Scattering 195; this includes the votes of Monmouth which were rejected by the General Assembly, in addition to a number of votes given for Strong and Sullivan under incorrect names which are correctly recorded as scattering.
  4. ^ Most 20th-century sources give the result as Gilman 12,246, Langdon 12,009. The result given here is that given in the New Hampshire Senate Journal.
  5. ^ Glashan records this election as taking place on April 23–25.
  6. ^ Congressional Quarterly, Kallenbach and Kallenbach, and OurCampaigns describe Lewis as a Federalist.
  7. ^ Dubin and A New Nation Votes describe Burr as a Federalist. He appears to have had the support of the Federalist Party.
  8. ^ Some sources record the result as Tichenor 8,796, Robinson 6,665; this includes 721 votes for Tichenor and 481 for Robinson from 31 towns rejected by the General Assembly.

Bibliography

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  • Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
  • Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
  • Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-1439-0.
  • Kallenbach, Joseph E.; Kallenbach, Jessamine S., eds. (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Vol. I. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, Inc. ISBN 0-379-00665-0.
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