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Democratic-Republican gain Democratic-Republican hold Federalist gain Federalist hold |
United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1804, in 13 states, concurrent with the House, Senate elections and presidential election.
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 | 12 April 1804 [a] | Jonathan Trumbull Jr. | Federalist | Re-elected, 11,108 (61.23%) [b] | William Hart (Democratic-Republican), 6,871 (37.88%) Scattering 162 (0.89%) [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] |
Delaware | 2 October 1804 | David Hall | Democratic-Republican | Term-limited, Federalist victory |
Nathaniel Mitchell (Federalist), 4,391 (52.02%) Joseph Haslet (Democratic-Republican), 4,050 (47.98%) [8] [9] [10] [4] [11] [12] |
Kentucky | 6-8 August 1804 | James Garrard | Democratic-Republican | Term-limited, Democratic-Republican victory |
Christopher Greenup (Democratic-Republican), 25,917 (100.00%) [13] [14] [15] [4] [16] [17] |
Maryland (election by legislature) |
20 November 1804 [18] | Robert Bowie | Democratic-Republican | Re-elected, "by a majority" [19] [20] [21] [22] |
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Massachusetts | 2 April 1804 [23] | Caleb Strong | Federalist | Re-elected, 30,011 (55.07%) [c] |
James Sullivan (Democratic-Republican), 23,996 (44.03%) Scattering 492 (0.90%) [24] [25] [26] [4] [27] [28] [29] |
New Hampshire | 13 March 1804 | John Taylor Gilman | Federalist | Re-elected, 12,216 (50.31%) [d] |
John Langdon (Democratic-Republican), 12,039 (49.58%) Scattering 27 (0.11%) [30] [31] [32] [4] [33] [34] [35] [36] |
New Jersey (election by legislature) |
25 October 1804 | Joseph Bloomfield | Democratic-Republican | Re-elected, 37 votes |
Richard Stockton (Federalist), 16 votes [37] [38] [39] |
New York | 24-26 April 1804 [e] | George Clinton | Democratic-Republican | Retired, Democratic-Republican victory |
Morgan Lewis (Democratic-Republican/Clintonian)
[f], 30,829 (58.16%) Aaron Burr (Democratic-Republican/Tammany Hall) [g], 22,139 (41.77%) Scattering 36 (0.06%) [40] [41] [42] [4] [43] [44] [45] |
North Carolina (election by legislature) |
24 November 1804 | James Turner | Democratic-Republican | Re-elected, unknown number of votes | Scattering, 1 vote [46] [47] [48] [49] |
Rhode Island | 18 April 1804 [50] | Arthur Fenner | Democratic-Republican/ Country | Re-elected. Returns lost. [51] [52] [53] [4] [54] [55] [56] |
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South Carolina (election by legislature) |
7 December 1804 [57] | James Burchill Richardson | Democratic-Republican | Term-limited, Democratic-Republican victory |
Paul Hamilton (Democratic-Republican), unknown number of votes [58] [59] [60] |
Vermont | 4 September 1804 | Isaac Tichenor | Federalist | Re-elected, 8,075 (55.72%) [h] |
Jonathan Robinson (Democratic-Republican), 6,184 (42.67%) Scattering 232 (1.60%) [61] [62] [63] [4] [64] [65] [66] [67] [68] |
Virginia (election by legislature) |
7 December 1804 | John Page | Democratic-Republican | Re-elected, "by a majority" [69] [70] [71] |