1802 United States gubernatorial elections

1802 United States gubernatorial elections

← 1801 March 9, 1802 – December 11, 1802 1803 →

12 state governorships
(including 1 special election)
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Democratic-Republican Federalist
Last election 11 governorships 5 governorships
Seats before 11 5
Seats won 8 4
Seats after 12 4
Seat change Increase1 Decrease1
Seats up 7 5

     Democratic-Republican gain      Democratic-Republican hold
     Federalist gain      Federalist hold

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1802, in 12 states, concurrent with the House and Senate elections.

Six governors were elected by popular vote and six were elected by state legislatures.

In Georgia, a special election was held following the resignation of incumbent Governor Josiah Tattnall.

In New Jersey, three tied ballots were taken in October and November, resulting in no choice of Governor. The Vice-President of the Executive Council, John Lambert, served the term as acting Governor.

In North Carolina, the winner of the ordinary election, John B. Ashe, died before taking office. A special election was then held.

Results

State Election date Incumbent Party Status Opposing candidates
Connecticut 8 April 1802 Jonathan Trumbull Jr. Federalist Re-elected, 11,398 (69.87%) Ephraim Kirby (Democratic-Republican), 4,523 (27.73%)
Scattering 393 (2.41%)
Georgia
(special election)
(election by legislature)
3 November 1802 Josiah Tattnall Democratic-Republican Resigned, Democratic-Republican victory John Milledge (Democratic-Republican), 48 votes
Thomas P. Carnes (Federalist), 22 votes
Maryland
(election by legislature)
8 November 1802 John Francis Mercer Democratic-Republican Re-elected, 53 votes James Murray (Federalist), 22 votes
Massachusetts 5 April 1802 Caleb Strong Federalist Re-elected, 29,983 (60.47%) Elbridge Gerry (Democratic-Republican), 19,445 (39.22%)
Scattering 155 (0.31%)
New Hampshire 9 March 1802 John Taylor Gilman Federalist Re-elected, 10,377 (54.14%) John Langdon (Democratic-Republican), 8,753 (45.67%)
Scattering 36 (0.19%)
New Jersey
(election by legislature)
28 October 1802 Joseph Bloomfield Democratic-Republican No choice, further election held (First election)
Joseph Bloomfield (Democratic-Republican), 26 votes
Richard Stockton (Federalist), 26 votes
25 November 1802 No choice, further election held (Second election)
Joseph Bloomfield (Democratic-Republican), 26 votes
Richard Stockton (Federalist), 26 votes
25 November 1802 No choice. Vice-President of the Executive Council, John Lambert, served the term as acting Governor. (Third election)
Joseph Bloomfield (Democratic-Republican), 26 votes
Aaron Ogden (Federalist), 26 votes
North Carolina
(election by legislature)
20 November 1802 Benjamin Williams Federalist
Term-limited, Democratic-Republican victory John B. Ashe (Democratic-Republican) 103 votes
William Polk (Federalist) 49 votes
Joseph Taylor (Democratic-Republican), 20 votes
North Carolina
(special election)
(election by legislature)
3-4 December 1802 Benjamin Williams (pro tempore) (Fourth ballot)
James Turner (Democratic-Republican), 112 votes
Thomas Blount (Democratic-Republican) 51 votes
John R. Eaton (Democratic-Republican), 8 votes
Blank, 3 votes
Benjamin Williams (Federalist), 2 votes
William Richardson Davie (Federalist), 1 vote
Pennsylvania 12 October 1802 Thomas McKean Democratic-Republican Re-elected, 47,879 (73.65%) James Ross (Federalist), 17,037 (26.21%)
Scattering 94 (0.15%)
Rhode Island 21 April 1802 Arthur Fenner Democratic-Republican/Country Re-elected, 3,802 (66.28%) William Greene (Federalist), 1,934 (33.72%)
South Carolina
(election by legislature)
8 December 1802 John Drayton Democratic-Republican Term-limited, Democratic-Republican victory James Burchill Richardson (Democratic-Republican), 98 votes
Richard Winn (Democratic-Republican), 32 votes
Blank, 7 votes
Thomas Pinckney (Federalist), 2 votes
John Gaillard (Democratic-Republican), 1 vote
Vermont 7 September 1802 Isaac Tichenor Federalist Re-elected, 7,823 (59.77%) Israel Smith (Democratic-Republican), 5,085 (38.85%)
Scattering 181 (1.38%)
Virginia
(election by legislature)
11 December 1802 James Monroe Democratic-Republican Term-limited, Democratic-Republican victory John Page (Democratic-Republican), unknown number of votes
Abraham B. Venable (Democratic-Republican), "a few votes"

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