1811 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

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1811 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

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Nominee Elbridge Gerry Christopher Gore
Party Democratic-Republican Federalist
Popular vote 43,328 40,142
Percentage 51.63% 47.84%

Governor before election

Elbridge Gerry
Democratic-Republican

Elected Governor

Elbridge Gerry
Democratic-Republican

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[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
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

  1. ^ "MA Governor, 1811". Our Campaigns. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
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  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.