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Democratic-Republican gain Democratic-Republican hold |
United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1800, in 11 states, concurrent with the House, Senate elections and presidential election.
Six governors were elected by popular vote and five were elected by state legislatures.
State | Election date | Incumbent | Party | Status | Opposing candidates |
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Connecticut | 10 April 1800[b] | Jonathan Trumbull Jr. | Federalist | Re-elected, 5,544 (100.00%) [1][2][3][4][5][6] |
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Kentucky | 6-8 August 1800[c] | James Garrard | Democratic-Republican | Re-elected, 8,390 (39.40%) | Christopher Greenup (Democratic-Republican), 6,745 (31.67%) Benjamin Logan (Democratic-Republican), 3,995 (18.76%) Thomas Todd (Democratic-Republican), 2,166 (10.17%) [7][8][9][4][10][11] |
Maryland (election by legislature) |
10 November 1800 | Benjamin Ogle | Federalist | Re-elected, unanimously [12][13][14][15] |
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Massachusetts | 7 April 1800 | Moses Gill (acting)[d] | Federalist | Defeated, 2,019 (5.17%)[e][f] | Caleb Strong (Federalist), 19,630 (50.26%) Elbridge Gerry (Democratic-Republican), 17,019 (43.57%)[g] Scattering 391 (1.00%) [16][17][18][4][19][20][21] |
New Hampshire | 11 March 1800 | John Taylor Gilman | Federalist | Re-elected, 10,362 (61.82%) | Timothy Walker (Democratic-Republican), 6,039 (36.03%) Scattering 361 (2.15%) [22][23][24][4][25][26][27] |
New Jersey (election by legislature) |
30 October 1800 | Richard Howell | Federalist | Re-elected, unanimously [28][29][30] |
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North Carolina (election by legislature) |
26 November 1800? | Benjamin Williams | Federalist [31][32][33][h] |
Re-elected, 127 votes[i] | Joseph Taylor (Democratic-Republican), 26 votes[j] John B. Ashe (Democratic-Republican) 17 votes [38][39][40] |
Rhode Island | 2 April 1800[k] | Arthur Fenner | Democratic-Republican/Country | Re-elected. Returns lost. [41][42][43][4][44][45] |
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South Carolina (election by legislature) |
4 December 1800[46][47] or 5 December 1800[48] | John Drayton (acting)[l] | Democratic-Republican | Re-elected, "majority of 18" [49][50][51] |
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Vermont | 2 September 1800 | Isaac Tichenor | Federalist | Re-elected, 6,444 (63.41%) | Israel Smith (Democratic-Republican), 3,339 (32.85%)[m] Scattering 380 (3.74%) [52][53][54][4][55][56][57][58][59] |
Virginia (election by legislature) |
7 December 1800?[60][n] | James Monroe | Democratic-Republican | Re-elected, "by a large majority" [63][64][60] |