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The 1809 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on April 3, 1809.
Incumbent Democratic-Republican Governor Levi Lincoln Sr. had succeeded to the Governorship on the death of Governor James Sullivan on December 10, 1808. Lincoln was defeated for election to a term in his own right by Federalist nominee Christopher Gore.
General election
Candidates
- Levi Lincoln Sr., Democratic-Republican, acting Governor, former Attorney General of the United States
- Christopher Gore, Federalist, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, Federalist nominee for Governor in 1808
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Federalist | Christopher Gore | 47,916 | 51.34% | ||
Democratic-Republican | Levi Lincoln Sr. (incumbent) | 45,118 | 48.35% | ||
Scattering | 288 | 0.31% | |||
Majority | 2,798 | 3.00% | |||
Turnout | 93,322 | ||||
Federalist gain from Democratic-Republican | Swing |
References
- "MA Governor, 1809". Our Campaigns. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
- Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 57. 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. p. xxiv. ISBN 978-0-7864-1439-0.
- Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 140–141. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
- Kallenbach, Joseph E.; Kallenbach, Jessamine S., eds. (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Vol. I. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, Inc. p. 273. ISBN 0-379-00665-0.
- "Massachusetts 1809 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
- 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.
- The Massachusetts Register and United States Calendar; for the Year of Our Lord 1814, &c., &c. Boston: John West & Co. 1814. p. 36.
- Hayward, John (1847). A Gazetteer of Massachusetts, &c., &c. Boston: John Hayward. p. 417.
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