1805 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

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1805 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

← 1804 April 2, 1805 (1805-04-02) 1806 →
Turnout16.30% of population[1] (Increase3.48)
  Portrait of Caleb Strong (1745-1819) (frame cropped).jpg James Sullivan.jpg
Nominee Caleb Strong James Sullivan
Party Federalist Democratic-Republican
Popular vote 35,213 33,743
Percentage 50.89% 48.77%

Governor before election

Caleb Strong
Federalist

Elected Governor

Caleb Strong
Federalist

The 1805 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on April 2.

Federalist Governor Caleb Strong was re-elected to a sixth consecutive one-year term in office, defeating Republican James Sullivan for the second time, only narrowly achieving the majority necessary for election.

General election[]

Results[]

1805 Massachusetts gubernatorial election[1][2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Federalist Caleb Strong (incumbent) 35,213 50.89% Decrease4.13
Democratic-Republican James Sullivan 33,743 48.77% Increase4.14
Others Scattering 239 0.35% Decrease0.01
Total votes 69,195 100.00%
Federalist hold Swing

References[]

  1. ^ a b "MA Governor, 1805". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 6 Sep 2020.
  2. ^ "Massachusetts 1805 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved 6 Sep 2020.
  3. ^ Burdick, Charles (1814). The Massachusetts Manual: or Political and Historical Register, for the Political Year from June 1814 to June 1815. I. Boston: Charles Callender. p. 26.
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