The 1804 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on April 2.
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Turnout | 12.82% of population[1] (2.55) | ||||||||||||||||
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County results Strong: 50-60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Sullivan: 50–60% 60–70% | |||||||||||||||||
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Federalist Governor Caleb Strong was re-elected to a fifth consecutive one-year term in office, defeating Democratic-Republican James Sullivan.
General election
editResults
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Federalist | Caleb Strong (incumbent) | 30,041 | 55.02% | ||
Democratic-Republican | James Sullivan | 24,368 | 44.63% | ||
Others | Scattering | 195 | 0.36% | ||
Total votes | 54,604 | 100.00% | |||
Federalist hold | Swing |
References
edit- ^ a b "MA Governor, 1804". Our Campaigns. Archived from the original on July 26, 2020. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
- ^ "Massachusetts 1804 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Archived from the original on February 26, 2021. 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.