The 1800 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on April 7.
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 County results Strong: 40-50% 50-60% 60–70% 80–90% Gerry: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Federalist Caleb Strong was elected over Democratic-Republican Elbridge Gerry.
Lieutenant Governor Moses Gill, who had been acting as Governor since the June 7 death of Increase Sumner, preferred to run for re-election to that position, and he won re-election in a concurrent election. However, he received a significant number of votes for Governor as well.
Acting Governor Gill actually died before the 1801 term began, leaving the Governor's Council to conduct gubernatorial duties until Strong's term started.
General election
editResults
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Federalist | Caleb Strong | 19,630 | 50.26% | ||
| Democratic-Republican | Elbridge Gerry | 17,019 | 43.57% | ||
| Federalist | Moses Gill (incumbent) | 2,019 | 5.17% | ||
| Others | Scattering | 391 | 1.00% | ||
| Federalist hold | Swing | ||||
References
edit- ^ "MA Governor, 1800". Our Campaigns. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
- ^ "Massachusetts 1800 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
- ^ 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.