1804 United States gubernatorial elections

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

1804 United States gubernatorial elections
March 13, 1804 – December 7, 1804
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 1 1
Seats up 9 4
     Democratic-Republican gain      Democratic-Republican hold
     Federalist gain      Federalist hold

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

Results
StateElection DateIncumbentPartyStatusOpposing Candidates
Connecticut 12 April 1804[lower-alpha 1] Jonathan Trumbull Jr. Federalist Re-elected, 11,108 (61.23%)[lower-alpha 2] William Hart (Democratic-Republican), 6,871 (37.88%)
Scattering 162 (0.89%)
[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
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%)
[8][9][10][4][11][12]
Kentucky 6-8 August 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)		 20 November 1804[18] Robert Bowie Democratic-Republican Re-elected, "by a majority"
[19][20][21][22]
Massachusetts 2 April 1804[23] Caleb Strong Federalist Re-elected, 30,011 (55.07%)[lower-alpha 3] James Sullivan (Democratic-Republican), 23,996 (44.03%)
Scattering 492 (0.90%)
[24][25][26][4][27][28][29]
New Hampshire 13 March 1804 John Taylor Gilman Federalist Re-elected, 12,216 (50.31%)[lower-alpha 4] 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)		 25 October 1804 Joseph Bloomfield Democratic-Republican Re-elected, 37 votes Richard Stockton (Federalist), 16 votes
[37][38][39]
New York 24-26 April 1804[lower-alpha 5] George Clinton Democratic-Republican Retired, Democratic-Republican victory Morgan Lewis (Democratic-Republican/Clintonian)[lower-alpha 6], 30,829 (58.16%)
Aaron Burr (Democratic-Republican/Tammany Hall)[lower-alpha 7], 22,139 (41.77%)
Scattering 36 (0.06%)
[40][41][42][4][43][44][45]
North Carolina
(election by legislature)		 24 November 1804 James Turner Democratic-Republican Re-elected, unknown number of votes Scattering, 1 vote
[46][47][48][49]
Rhode Island 4 April 1804[lower-alpha 8] Arthur Fenner Democratic-Republican/Country Re-elected. Returns lost.
[50][51][52][4][53][54][55]
South Carolina
(election by legislature)		 7 December 1804[56] James Burchill Richardson Democratic-Republican Term-limited, Democratic-Republican victory Paul Hamilton (Democratic-Republican), unknown number of votes
[57][58][59]
Vermont 4 September 1804 Isaac Tichenor Federalist Re-elected, 8,075 (55.72%)[lower-alpha 9] Jonathan Robinson (Democratic-Republican), 6,184 (42.67%)
Scattering 232 (1.60%)
[60][61][62][4][63][64][65][66][67]
Virginia
(election by legislature)		 7 December 1804 John Page Democratic-Republican Re-elected, "by a majority"
[68][69][70]
gollark: Life expectancy is apparently fairly high for hunter-gathering types ignoring very high infant mortality.
gollark: What problems? We mostly don't get mauled by animals and die of tuberculosis and whatnot.
gollark: They still don't actually have any access to medicine.
gollark: They're very different cultures. There are more factors than "has technology" or not.
gollark: So extreme poverty is not obviously bad but suicide *is* somehow obviously bad?

See also

References
  1. "CT Governor, 1804". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  2. Glashan 1979, pp. 38-39.
  3. Congressional Quarterly 1998, p. 44.
  4. 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 6 August 2020.
  7. "Hartford, (Con.) May 17". Virginia Argus. Richmond, VA. 26 May 1804. p. 2. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  8. "DE Governor, 1804". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  9. Glashan 1979, pp. 50-51.
  10. Congressional Quarterly 1998, p. 46.
  11. Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977, p. 109.
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  13. "KY Governor, 1804". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 6 August 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 6 August 2020.
  18. "Maryland. Annapolis, Nov. 22". The enquirer. Richmond, VA. 4 December 1804. p. 2. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  19. "MD Governor, 1804". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 6 August 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 6 August 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. 13 April 1804. p. 2. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  24. "MA Governor, 1804". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 6 August 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 6 August 2020.
  29. Burdick, Charles (1814). The Massachusetts Manual: or Political and Historical Register, for the Political Year from June 1814 to June 1815. I. Boston: Charles Callender. p. 26.
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  31. Glashan 1979, pp. 200-201.
  32. Congressional Quarterly 1998, p. 66.
  33. Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977, p. 372.
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  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.
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  37. Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977, p. 411.
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  41. Glashan 1979, pp. 224-225.
  42. Congressional Quarterly 1998, p. 69.
  43. Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977, p. 433.
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  52. Congressional Quarterly 1998, p. 76.
  53. Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977, p. 507.
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  56. "A record of this State's executives". Anderson Daily Intelligencer. Anderson, S.C. 26 May 1914. p. 20. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  57. "SC Governor, 1804". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
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  59. "Columbia, (S. C.) December 8". The Augusta chronicle and gazette of the state. Augusta, GA. 22 December 1804. p. 3. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  60. "VT Governor, 1804". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  61. Glashan 1979, pp. 314-315.
  62. Congressional Quarterly 1998, p. 83.
  63. Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977, p. 606.
  64. "Vermont 1804 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  65. "General Election Results: Governor". Election Results Archive. Office of the Vermont Secretary of State. p. 2. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  66. Walton, E. P., ed. (1877). "Twenty-Eighth Council. October 1804 to October 1805". Records of the Governor and Council of the State of Vermont. V. Montpelier: Steam Press of J. & J. M. Poland. p. 2., citing The Reporter of Oct. 20, 1804
  67. Coolidge, A. J.; Mansfield, J. B. (1860). "Governors and Gubernatorial Vote". History and Description of New England: Vermont. Boston: Austin J. Coolidge. p. 965.
  68. "VA Governor, 1804". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  69. "Friday, December 7th, 1804". Virginia Argus. Richmond, VA. 12 December 1804. p. 6. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  70. "Friday, Dec. 7". The enquirer. Richmond, VA. 13 December 1804. p. 3. Retrieved 6 August 2020.

Notes
  1. Glashan records this election as taking place on 9 April.
  2. Some sources record the result as Trumbull 11,936, 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 23-25 April.
  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. Glashan records this election as taking place on 18 April.
  9. 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
  • 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. I. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, Inc. ISBN 0-379-00665-0.
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