1809 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

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1809 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

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Nominee Christopher Gore Levi Lincoln Sr.
Party Federalist Democratic-Republican
Popular vote 47,916 45,118
Percentage 51.34% 48.35%

Governor before election

Levi Lincoln Sr. (acting)
Democratic-Republican

Elected Governor

Christopher Gore
Federalist

The 1809 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on April 3, 1809.

Incumbent Democratic-Republican Governor Levi Lincoln Sr. had succeeded to the Governorship on the death of Governor James Sullivan on December 10, 1808. Lincoln was defeated for election to a term in his own right by Federalist nominee Christopher Gore.

General election

Candidates

Results

1809 Massachusetts gubernatorial election[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Federalist Christopher Gore 47,916 51.34%
Democratic-Republican Levi Lincoln Sr. (incumbent) 45,118 48.35%
Scattering 288 0.31%
Majority 2,798 3.00%
Turnout 93,322
Federalist gain from Democratic-Republican Swing

References

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  3. ^ Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. xxiv. ISBN 978-0-7864-1439-0.
  4. ^ Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 140–141. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
  5. ^ Kallenbach, Joseph E.; Kallenbach, Jessamine S., eds. (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Vol. I. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, Inc. p. 273. ISBN 0-379-00665-0.
  6. ^ "Massachusetts 1809 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ The Massachusetts Register and United States Calendar; for the Year of Our Lord 1814, &c., &c. Boston: John West & Co. 1814. p. 36.
  9. ^ Hayward, John (1847). A Gazetteer of Massachusetts, &c., &c. Boston: John Hayward. p. 417.