1806 United States gubernatorial elections

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10 state governorships
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Party  | Democratic-Republican | Federalist | Independent
Last election  | 12 governorships  | 4 governorships  | 1 governorship
Seats before  | 12  | 4  | 1
Seats won  | 7  | 3  | 0
Seats after  | 12  | 4  | 1
Seat change  |  |  |
Seats up  | 7  | 3  | 0

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Results:
Dem-Republican hold Federalist hold

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1806, in 10 states, concurrent with the House and Senate elections.

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

## Results

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State | Election date | Incumbent | Party | Status | Opposing candidates

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Connecticut | 10 April 1806[a] | Jonathan Trumbull Jr. | Federalist  | Re-elected, 13,413 (58.27%)[b] | William Hart (Democratic-Republican), 9,460 (41.10%)
Scattering 144 (0.63%)
[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Maryland
(election by legislature) | 10 November 1806  | Robert Bowie | Democratic-Republican  | Term-limited, Democratic-Republican victory  | Robert Wright (Democratic-Republican), 59 votes
Charles Carroll of Carrollton (Federalist), 11 votes
John Eager Howard (Federalist), 3 votes
Thomas Johnson (Federalist), 1 vote
[7][8][9][10]
Massachusetts | 7 April 1806  | Caleb Strong | Federalist  | Re-elected, 36,433 (50.06%)[c] | James Sullivan (Democratic-Republican), 36,034 (49.51%)
Scattering 317 (0.44%)
[12][13][14][4][15][16][17][18][19]
New Hampshire | 11 March 1806  | John Langdon | Democratic-Republican  | Re-elected, 15,277 (74.26%)[d] | Timothy Farrar (Federalist), 1,720 (8.36%)
John Taylor Gilman (Federalist), 1,553 (7.55%)
Jeremiah Smith (Federalist), 902 (4.38%)
Oliver Peabody (Federalist),[e] 866 (4.21%)
Scattering 255 (1.24%)
[20][21][22][4][23][24][25][26]
New Jersey
(election by legislature) | 31 October 1806  | Joseph Bloomfield | Democratic-Republican  | Re-elected, unanimously
[27][28][29][30][31] |
North Carolina
(election by legislature) | 27 November 1806  | Nathaniel Alexander | Democratic-Republican  | Re-elected, "without opposition"
[32][33][34] |
Rhode Island | 16 April 1806[35] | Henry Smith (acting)[f] | Democratic-Republican  | No choice. Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island, Isaac Wilbour, served the term as acting Governor.  | Richard Jackson Jr. (Federalist), 1,662 (43.07%)
Henry Smith (Democratic-Republican), 1,097 (28.43%)
Peleg Arnold (Democratic-Republican), 1,094 (28.35%)
Scattering 6 (0.16%)
[36][37][38][4][39][40][41]
(Legislative election)
(held, 15 May 1806)
Richard Jackson Jr., 16 votes
Nay, 52 votes
No choice made.
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South Carolina
(election by legislature) | 9 December 1806[43][44] | Paul Hamilton | Democratic-Republican  | Term-limited, Democratic-Republican victory  | (Second ballot)
Charles Pinckney (Democratic-Republican), 73 votes
Henry Middleton (Democratic-Republican), 66 votes
[45][46][47][48]
Vermont | 2 September 1806  | Isaac Tichenor | Federalist  | Re-elected, 8,851 (54.97%)[g] | Israel Smith (Democratic-Republican), 6,930 (43.04%)
Scattering 320 (1.99%)
[49][50][51][4][52][53][54][55][56]
Virginia
(election by legislature) | 4 December 1806[57] | William H. Cabell | Democratic-Republican  | Re-elected, "without opposition"
[58][59][60][61] |

## See also

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* 1806 United States elections

## References

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1. ^ "CT Governor, 1806". Our Campaigns. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
2. ^ Glashan 1979, pp. 38–39.
3. ^ Congressional Quarterly 1998, p. 44.
4. ^ a b c d e Dubin 2003.
5. ^ Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977, p. 86.
6. ^ "Connecticut 1806 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
7. ^ "MD Governor, 1806". Our Campaigns. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
8. ^ Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977, p. 250.
9. ^ "Maryland 1806 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
10. ^ Votes and Proceedings of the Senate of the State of Maryland. November Session, 1806. Annapolis: Frederick Green, Printer to the State. p. 4.
11. ^ Stanwood, Edward (January 1906). "January Meeting, 1906. The Frigate "Constitution"; Letter from Hon. H. C. Lodge; United States Postage Stamps; The Massachusetts Election in 1806". Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Second Series. 20. Massachusetts Historical Society: 1–21\. JSTOR 25078040.1-21&rft.date=1906-01&rft_id=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25078040#id-name=JSTOR&rft.aulast=Stanwood&rft.aufirst=Edward&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:1806+United+States+gubernatorial+elections" class="Z3988">
12. ^ "MA Governor, 1806". Our Campaigns. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
13. ^ Glashan 1979, pp. 140–141.
14. ^ Congressional Quarterly 1998, p. 57.
15. ^ Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977, p. 266.
16. ^ "Massachusetts 1806 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
17. ^ 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.
18. ^ The Massachusetts Register and United States Calendar; for the Year of Our Lord 1814, &c., &c. Boston: John West & Co. 1814. p. 36.
19. ^ Hayward, John (1847). A Gazetteer of Massachusetts, &c., &c. Boston: John Hayward. p. 417.
20. ^ "NH Governor, 1806". Our Campaigns. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
21. ^ Glashan 1979, pp. 200–201.
22. ^ Congressional Quarterly 1998, p. 66.
23. ^ Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977, p. 372.
24. ^ "New Hampshire 1806 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
25. ^ A Journal of the Proceedings of the Honorable Senate of the State of New-Hampshire, at their Session, begun and holden at Hopkinton, on the first Wednesday of June, Anno Domini, 1806. Portsmouth: Peirce and Gardner, Printers to the State. 1807. p. 7.
26. ^ Farmer, James. The New Hampshire Annual Register and United States Calendar, 1833. Concord: Marsh, Capen and Lyon. p. 18.
27. ^ Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977, p. 411.
28. ^ "New Jersey 1806 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
29. ^ Lee, Francis Bazely (1902). New Jersey as a colony and a state. Vol. 3\. New York: Publishing Society of New Jersey. p. 159.
30. ^ "The Legislature of New-Jersey". The enquirer. Richmond, VA. November 11, 1806. p. 3. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
31. ^ "Trenton, Nov. 3. Reformation". Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. Portland, District of Maine. November 17, 1806. p. 2. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
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33. ^ Broussard, James H. (1978). The Southern Federalists, 1800-1816. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. p. 219\. ISBN 0-8071-0288-1.
34. ^ "Raleigh, (N.C.) December 1". Virginia Argus. Richmond, VA. December 9, 1806. p. 3. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
35. ^ "Newport. Thursday, April 17, 1806". Rhode-Island Republican. Newport, R.I. April 17, 1806. p. 2. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
36. ^ "RI Governor, 1806". Our Campaigns. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
37. ^ Glashan 1979, pp. 268–269.
38. ^ Congressional Quarterly 1998, p. 76.
39. ^ Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977, p. 507.
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41. ^ J. Fred Parker, Secretary of State (1914). Manual, with Rules and Orders, for the use of the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island, 1914. Providence, RI: E. L. Freeman Company, State Printers. p. 107.
42. ^ "Rhode Island 1806 Governor, Ballot 2". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
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44. ^ "A record of this State's executives". Anderson Daily Intelligencer. Anderson, S.C. May 26, 1914. p. 20. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
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47. ^ "South Carolina 1806 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
48. ^ "South Carolina". The enquirer. Richmond, VA. December 27, 1806. p. 2. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
49. ^ "VT Governor, 1806". Our Campaigns. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
50. ^ Glashan 1979, pp. 314–315.
51. ^ Congressional Quarterly 1998, p. 83.
52. ^ Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977, p. 606.
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## Notes

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1. ^ Glashan records this election as taking place on 7 April.
2. ^ Some sources record the result as Trumbull 13,586, Hart 9,589; this includes 173 votes for Trumbull and 129 for Hart rejected by the General Assembly.
3. ^ Disputed election. Many sources give the result as Strong 37,740, Sullivan 37,109, Scattering 330, but these are the results given before an investigation by the state legislature which rejected a large number of votes. The fullest account of the final result is given in the Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1906, cross-referenced with the town and county breakdown at A New Nation Votes.[11]
4. ^ Various sources give slightly different results for this election. The result given here is that given in the New Hampshire Senate Journal.
5. ^ Some sources describe Peabody as a Democratic-Republican.
6. ^ As senior Senator, Smith became acting Governor on the death of Governor Arthur Fenner on 15 October 1805.
7. ^ Some sources record the result as Tichenor 9,435, Smith 7,241, Scattering 340; this includes 584 votes for Tichenor, 311 for Smith and 20 scattering votes from 21 towns rejected by the General Assembly.

## Bibliography

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* 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. Vol. I. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, Inc. ISBN 0-379-00665-0.

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