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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.
Resultsβ»
State | Election date | Incumbent | Party | Status | Opposing candidates |
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Connecticut | 12 April 1804 | Jonathan Trumbull Jr. | Federalist | Re-elected, 11,108 (61.23%) | William Hart (Democratic-Republican), 6,871 (37.88%) Scattering 162 (0.89%) |
Delaware | 2 October 1804 | David Hall | Democratic-Republican | Term-limited, Federalist victory | Nathaniel Mitchell (Federalist), 4,391 (52.02%) Joseph Haslet (Democratic-Republican), 4,050 (47.98%) |
Kentucky | 6-8 August 1804 | James Garrard | Democratic-Republican | Term-limited, Democratic-Republican victory | Christopher Greenup (Democratic-Republican), 25,917 (100.00%) |
Maryland (election by legislature) |
20 November 1804 | Robert Bowie | Democratic-Republican | Re-elected, "by a majority" |
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Massachusetts | 2 April 1804 | Caleb Strong | Federalist | Re-elected, 30,011 (55.07%) | James Sullivan (Democratic-Republican), 23,996 (44.03%) Scattering 492 (0.90%) |
New Hampshire | 13 March 1804 | John Taylor Gilman | Federalist | Re-elected, 12,216 (50.31%) | John Langdon (Democratic-Republican), 12,039 (49.58%) Scattering 27 (0.11%) |
New Jersey (election by legislature) |
25 October 1804 | Joseph Bloomfield | Democratic-Republican | Re-elected, 37 votes | Richard Stockton (Federalist), 16 votes |
New York | 24-26 April 1804 | George Clinton | Democratic-Republican | Retired, Democratic-Republican victory | Morgan Lewis (Democratic-Republican/Clintonian), 30,829 (58.16%) Aaron Burr (Democratic-Republican/Tammany Hall), 22,139 (41.77%) Scattering 36 (0.06%) |
North Carolina (election by legislature) |
24 November 1804 | James Turner | Democratic-Republican | Re-elected, unknown number of votes | Scattering, 1 vote |
Rhode Island | 18 April 1804 | Arthur Fenner | Democratic-Republican/Country | Re-elected. Returns lost. |
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South Carolina (election by legislature) |
7 December 1804 | James Burchill Richardson | Democratic-Republican | Term-limited, Democratic-Republican victory | Paul Hamilton (Democratic-Republican), unknown number of votes |
Vermont | 4 September 1804 | Isaac Tichenor | Federalist | Re-elected, 8,075 (55.72%) | Jonathan Robinson (Democratic-Republican), 6,184 (42.67%) Scattering 232 (1.60%) |
Virginia (election by legislature) |
7 December 1804 | John Page | Democratic-Republican | Re-elected, "by a majority" |
See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ "CT Governor, 1804". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ Glashan 1979, pp. 38β39.
- ^ Congressional Quarterly 1998, p. 44.
- ^ Dubin 2003.
- ^ Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977, p. 86.
- ^ "Connecticut 1804 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787β1825. Tufts University. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ "Hartford, (Con.) May 17". Virginia Argus. Richmond, VA. 26 May 1804. p. 2. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ "DE Governor, 1804". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ Glashan 1979, pp. 50β51.
- ^ Congressional Quarterly 1998, p. 46.
- ^ Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977, p. 109.
- ^ "Delaware 1804 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787β1825. Tufts University. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ "KY Governor, 1804". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ Glashan 1979, pp. 108β109.
- ^ Congressional Quarterly 1998, p. 53.
- ^ Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977, p. 203.
- ^ "Kentucky 1804 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787β1825. Tufts University. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ "Maryland. Annapolis, Nov. 22". The enquirer. Richmond, VA. 4 December 1804. p. 2. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ "MD Governor, 1804". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977, p. 250.
- ^ "Maryland 1804 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787β1825. Tufts University. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ Votes and Proceedings of theββSenate of the "State of Maryland." November Session, 1804. Annapolis: Frederick Green, Printerββto the State. p. 4.
- ^ "Massachusetts election, held on the 2nd of April". The national intelligencer and Washington advertiser. Washington. D.C. 13 April 1804. p. 2. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ "MA Governor, 1804". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ Glashan 1979, pp. 140β141.
- ^ Congressional Quarterly 1998, p. 57.
- ^ Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977, p. 266.
- ^ "Massachusetts 1804 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787β1825. Tufts University. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ Burdick, Charles (1814). The Massachusetts Manual:/Political and "Historical Register," for the Political Year from June 1814ββto June 1815. Vol. I. Boston: Charles Callender. p. 26.
- ^ "NH Governor, 1804". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ Glashan 1979, pp. 200β201.
- ^ Congressional Quarterly 1998, p. 66.
- ^ Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977, p. 372.
- ^ "New Hampshire 1804 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787β1825. Tufts University. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Farmer, James. The New Hampshire Annual Register and United States Calendar, 1833. Concord: Marsh, Capen and Lyon. p. 18.
- ^ Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977, p. 411.
- ^ "New Jersey 1804 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787β1825. Tufts University. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ Lee, Francis Bazely (1902). New Jersey as a colony and a state. Vol. 3. New York: Publishing Society of New Jersey. p. 156.
- ^ "NY Governor, 1804". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ Glashan 1979, pp. 224β225.
- ^ Congressional Quarterly 1998, p. 69.
- ^ Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977, p. 433.
- ^ "New York 1804 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787β1825. Tufts University. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ Williams, Edwin (1831). The New York Annual Register for the Year of Our Lord 1831. New York: Jonathan Leavitt and Collins & Hannay. p. 33.
- ^ "NC Governor, 1804". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ "North Carolina 1804 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787β1825. Tufts University. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ "Washington City. Monday, December 3". The national intelligencer and Washington advertiser. Washington, D.C. 3 December 1804. p. 2. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ "Raleigh, November 26". The Wilmington gazette. Wilmington, NC. 4 December 1804. p. 2. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ "Newport, Thursday, April 12, 1804". Newport, R.I. Rhode-Island Republican. April 12, 1804. p. 3. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
- ^ "RI Governor, 1804". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ Glashan 1979, pp. 268β269.
- ^ Congressional Quarterly 1998, p. 76.
- ^ Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977, p. 507.
- ^ "Rhode Island 1804 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787β1825. Tufts University. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "A record of this State's executives". Anderson Daily Intelligencer. Anderson, S.C. 26 May 1914. p. 20. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ "SC Governor, 1804". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ "Thursday, December 20, 1804". Augusta herald. Augusta, GA. 20 December 1804. p. 3. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ "Columbia, (S. C.) December 8". The Augusta chronicle and gazette of the state. Augusta, GA. 22 December 1804. p. 3. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ "VT Governor, 1804". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ Glashan 1979, pp. 314β315.
- ^ Congressional Quarterly 1998, p. 83.
- ^ Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977, p. 606.
- ^ "Vermont 1804 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787β1825. Tufts University. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ "General Election Results: Governor". Election Results Archive. Office of the Vermont Secretary of State. p. 2. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ 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
- ^ Coolidge, A. J.; Mansfield, J. B. (1860). "Governors and Gubernatorial Vote". History and Description of New England: Vermont. Boston: Austin J. Coolidge. p. 965.
- ^ "VA Governor, 1804". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ "Friday, December 7th, 1804". Virginia Argus. Richmond, VA. 12 December 1804. p. 6. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ "Friday, Dec. 7". The enquirer. Richmond, VA. 13 December 1804. p. 3. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
Notesβ»
- ^ Glashan records this election as taking place on 9 April.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Glashan records this election as taking place on 23-25 April.
- ^ Congressional Quarterly, Kallenbach and Kallenbach. And OurCampaigns describe Lewis as a Federalist.
- ^ Dubin and A New Nation Votes describe Burr as a Federalist. He appears to have had the support of the Federalist Party.
- ^ 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.
Bibliographyβ»
- 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.