1805 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

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1805 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
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←  1804 April 2, 1805 (1805-04-02) 1806  →
Turnout16.30% of population [1] (Increase2.svg3.48)
  Portrait of Caleb Strong (1745-1819) (frame cropped).jpg James Sullivan.jpg
Nominee Caleb Strong James Sullivan
Party Federalist Democratic-Republican
Popular vote35,21333,743
Percentage50.89%48.77%
Governor before election

Caleb Strong
Federalist

Elected Governor

Caleb Strong
Federalist

The 1805 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on April 2.

Contents

Federalist Governor Caleb Strong was re-elected to a sixth consecutive one-year term in office, defeating Republican James Sullivan for the second time, only narrowly achieving the majority necessary for election.

General election

Results

1805 Massachusetts gubernatorial election [1] [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Federalist Caleb Strong (incumbent) 35,213 50.89% Decrease2.svg4.13
Democratic-Republican James Sullivan 33,74348.77%Increase2.svg4.14
OthersScattering2390.35%Decrease2.svg0.01
Total votes69,195 100.00%
Federalist hold Swing

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References

  1. 1 2 "MA Governor, 1805". Our Campaigns. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Massachusetts 1805 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University . Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  3. ↑ 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.


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