Jump to content

1807 Massachusetts gubernatorial election: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Content deleted Content added
m References: no longer a stub
Added county map and map captions
 
(5 intermediate revisions by 4 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{short description|none}} <!-- "none" is preferred when the title alone is adequate; see [[WP:SDNONE]] -->
{{Short description|Governor's election, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Infobox election
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1807 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
| election_name = 1807 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
Line 21: Line 22:
| popular_vote2 = 39,224
| popular_vote2 = 39,224
| percentage2 = 48.12%
| percentage2 = 48.12%
| map_image =
| map_image = 1807 Massachusetts gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
| map_size =
| map_size = 250px
| map_caption = County results<br>'''Sullivan''': {{legend0|#73D873|50–60%}} {{legend0|#42CA42|60–70%}} {{legend0|#30A630|70–80%}}<br>'''Strong''': {{legend0|#DFC27D|50-60%}} {{legend0|#BF812D|60–70%}}
| map_caption =
| title = [[Governor of Massachusetts|Governor]]
| title = [[Governor of Massachusetts|Governor]]
| before_election = [[Caleb Strong]]
| before_election = [[Caleb Strong]]
Line 52: Line 53:
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link|
| party = Federalist Party
| party = Federalist Party
| candidate = [[Christopher Gore]]
| candidate = [[Caleb Strong]] (incumbent)
| votes = 39,224
| votes = 39,224
| percentage = 48.12%
| percentage = 48.12%
Line 74: Line 75:
| change =
| change =
}}
}}
{{Election box hold with party link |
{{Election box gain with party link |
| winner = Federalist Party
| winner = Democratic-Republican Party
| loser = Democratic-Republican Party
| loser = Federalist Party
| swing =
| swing =
}}
}}

Latest revision as of 20:18, 5 October 2024

1807 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

← 1806 April 6, 1807 1808 →
 
Nominee James Sullivan Caleb Strong
Party Democratic-Republican Federalist
Popular vote 41,954 39,224
Percentage 51.47% 48.12%

County results
Sullivan:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Strong:      50-60%      60–70%

Governor before election

Caleb Strong
Federalist

Elected Governor

James Sullivan
Democratic-Republican

The 1807 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on April 6, 1807.

Incumbent Federalist Governor Caleb Strong was defeated by Democratic-Republican nominee James Sullivan.

General election

[edit]

Candidates

[edit]

Results

[edit]
1807 Massachusetts gubernatorial election[1][2][3][4][5][6][a]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic-Republican James Sullivan 41,954 51.47%
Federalist Caleb Strong (incumbent) 39,224 48.12%
Scattering 328 0.40%
Majority 2,730 3.35%
Turnout 81,506
Democratic-Republican gain from Federalist Swing

Notes

[edit]
  1. ^ Some sources give Sullivan's vote as 41,960.[7][8][9]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 57. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Massachusetts 1807 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ The Massachusetts Register and United States Calendar; for the Year of Our Lord 1814, &c., &c. Boston: John West & Co. 1814. p. 36.
  6. ^ Hayward, John (1847). A Gazetteer of Massachusetts, &c., &c. Boston: John Hayward. p. 417.
  7. ^ "MA Governor, 1807". Our Campaigns. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 140–141. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.