1800 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

The 1800 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on April 7.

1800 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

April 7, 1800 (1800-04-07)

Nominee Caleb Strong Elbridge Gerry Moses Gill Party Federalist Democratic–Republican Federalist Popular vote 19,630 17,019 2,019 Percentage 50.26% 43.57% 5.17%

Governor before election Moses Gill (acting) Federalist Elected Governor Caleb Strong Federalist

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

Results

1800 Massachusetts gubernatorial election[1][2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	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 gain from Federalist		Swing

References

1. "MA Governor, 1800". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
2. "Massachusetts 1800 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
3. 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.