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Democratic-Republican gain Democratic-Republican hold Federalist gain Federalist hold |
United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1801, in 13 states.
Eight 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 | 9 April 1801 [a] | Jonathan Trumbull Jr. | Federalist | Re-elected, 11,156 (83.84%) |
Richard Law (Democratic-Republican), 1,056 (7.94%) Scattering 1,095 (8.23%) [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] |
Delaware | 6 October 1801 | James Sykes (acting) [b] | Federalist | Retired, Democratic-Republican victory |
David Hall (Democratic-Republican), 3,475 (50.13%) Nathaniel Mitchell (Federalist), 3,457 (49.87%) [7] [8] [9] [4] [10] [11] |
Georgia (election by legislature) |
5 November 1801 [12] [13] [c] | David Emanuel (acting) [d] | Democratic-Republican | Retired, Democratic-Republican victory |
Josiah Tattnall (Democratic-Republican), 41 votes Thomas P. Carnes (Federalist), 21 votes Jared Irwin (Democratic-Republican), 7 votes [15] [16] |
Maryland (election by legislature) |
9 November 1801 | Benjamin Ogle | Federalist | Term-limited, Democratic-Republican victory |
John Francis Mercer (Democratic-Republican), 59 votes James Murray (Federalist), 26 votes [e] [17] [18] [19] [20] |
Massachusetts | 6 April 1801 | Caleb Strong | Federalist | Re-elected, 25,452 (55.55%) |
Elbridge Gerry (Democratic-Republican), 20,184 (44.05%)
[f] Scattering 180 (0.39%) [g] [24] [25] [26] [4] [27] [28] |
New Hampshire | 10 March 1801 | John Taylor Gilman | Federalist | Re-elected, 10,898 (65.50%) | Timothy Walker (Democratic-Republican), 5,249 (31.55%) Scattering 492 (2.96%) [29] [30] [31] [4] [32] [33] [34] |
New Jersey (election by legislature) |
31 October 1801 | Richard Howell | Federalist | Retired, Democratic-Republican victory |
Joseph Bloomfield (Democratic-Republican), 30 votes Richard Stockton (Federalist), 20 votes [35] [36] [37] [38] |
New York | 28-30 April 1801 [h] | John Jay | Federalist | Retired, Democratic-Republican victory |
George Clinton (Democratic-Republican), 24,808 (54.30%) Stephen van Rensselaer (Federalist), 20,843 (45.62%) Scattering 33 (0.07%) [39] [40] [41] [4] [42] [43] [44] |
North Carolina (election by legislature) |
25 November 1801? [i] | Benjamin Williams | Federalist [46] [47] [48] [j] |
Re-elected, 119 votes |
John B. Ashe (Democratic-Republican) 58 votes Richard Dobbs Spaight (Democratic-Republican), 1 vote [53] [54] |
Rhode Island | 1 April 1801 [k] | Arthur Fenner | Democratic-Republican/ Country [l] | Re-elected, 3,756 (100.00%)
[m] [55] [56] [57] [4] [58] [59] [60] |
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Tennessee | 6-7 August 1801 | John Sevier | Democratic-Republican | Term-limited, Democratic-Republican victory |
Archibald Roane (Democratic-Republican), 8,438 (99.88%) John Boyd 10 (0.12%) [61] [62] [63] [4] [64] [65] |
Vermont | 1 September 1801 | Isaac Tichenor | Federalist | Re-elected, majority of 2,060 |
Israel Smith (Democratic-Republican) [66] [67] [68] [4] [69] [70] [71] [72] |
Virginia (election by legislature) |
10 December 1801 [73] | James Monroe | Democratic-Republican | Re-elected, unknown number of votes |
Scattering, 3 votes [74] [75] |