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1811 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

← 1810 April 1, 1811 1812 →
 
Nominee Elbridge Gerry Christopher Gore
Party Democratic-Republican Federalist
Popular vote 43,328 40,142
Percentage 51.63% 47.84%

County results
Gerry:      50–60%      60–70%
Gore:      50-60%      60–70%

Governor before election

Elbridge Gerry
Democratic-Republican

Elected Governor

Elbridge Gerry
Democratic-Republican

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The 1811 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on April 1, 1811.

Elbridge Gerry, the incumbent Democratic-Republican governor, was re-elected to a second term after defeating Federalist nominee Christopher Gore.

General election

Candidates

Results

1811 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic-Republican Elbridge Gerry (incumbent) 43,328 51.63%
Federalist Christopher Gore 40,142 47.84%
Scattering 447 0.53%
Majority 3,186 3.80%
Turnout 83,917
Democratic-Republican hold Swing

References

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  2. Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 57. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
  3. 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.
  4. Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 140–141. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
  5. 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.
  6. "Massachusetts 1811 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
  7. 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.
  8. The Massachusetts Register and United States Calendar; for the Year of Our Lord 1814, &c., &c. Boston: John West & Co. 1814. p. 36.
  9. Hayward, John (1847). A Gazetteer of Massachusetts, &c., &c. Boston: John Hayward. p. 417.
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