The 1802 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on April 6.
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| Turnout | 11.73% of population[1] ( 0.89) | ||||||||||||||||
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 County results Strong: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% 90–100% Gerry: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% | |||||||||||||||||
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Federalist Governor Caleb Strong was re-elected to a third consecutive one-year term in office, defeating Democratic-Republican Elbridge Gerry again for the third time.
General election
editResults
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Federalist | Caleb Strong (incumbent) | 30,456 | 60.45% | ||
| Democratic-Republican | Elbridge Gerry | 19,768 | 39.24% | ||
| Others | Scattering | 156 | 0.31% | ||
| Total votes | 50,380 | 100.00% | |||
| Federalist hold | Swing | ||||
References
edit- ^ a b "MA Governor, 1802". Our Campaigns. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
- ^ "Massachusetts 1801 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
- ^ 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.
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