1816 Rhode Island gubernatorial election

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1816 Rhode Island gubernatorial election

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  GovWilliamJonesRI.jpg RI Governor Nehemiah R Knight portrait.jpg
Nominee William Jones Nehemiah R. Knight
Party Federalist Democratic-Republican
Popular vote 3,591 3,259
Percentage 52.35% 47.51%

Governor before election

William Jones
Federalist

Elected Governor

William Jones
Federalist

The 1816 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on April 17, 1816.[1]

Incumbent Federalist Governor William Jones won re-election to a sixth term, defeating Democratic-Republican nominee Nehemiah R. Knight.

General election[]

Candidates[]

  • Nehemiah R. Knight, Democratic-Republican, clerk of the circuit court, collector of customs[2]
  • William Jones, Federalist, incumbent Governor

Results[]

1816 Rhode Island gubernatorial election[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Federalist William Jones 3,591 52.35%
Democratic-Republican Nehemiah R. Knight 3,878 47.51%
Scattering 10 0.15%
Majority 332 4.84%
Turnout 6,860
Federalist hold Swing

References[]

  1. ^ "Rhode-Island Election". The Rhode-Island Republican. Newport, R.I. April 24, 1816. p. 2. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Knight, Nehemiah Rice (1780 – 1854)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  3. ^ "RI Governor, 1816". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  4. ^ Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 76. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
  5. ^ Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 232. ISBN 978-0-7864-1439-0.
  6. ^ Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 268–269. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
  7. ^ Kallenbach, Joseph E.; Kallenbach, Jessamine S., eds. (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Vol. I. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, Inc. p. 509. ISBN 0-379-00665-0.
  8. ^ Manual with Rules and Orders for the Use of the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island, 1888-89. Providence: E. L. Freeman & Co., Printers to the State. 1888. p. 98.
  9. ^ "Rhode Island 1816 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  10. ^ "Votes for Governor". The Rhode-Island Republican. Newport, R.I. May 14, 1817. p. 3. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
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