1805 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

April 2, 1805 (1805-04-02)

Turnout

16.30% of population^[1] (

3.48)


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%	4.13
	Democratic-Republican	James Sullivan	33,743	48.77%	4.14
	Others	Scattering	239	0.35%	0.01
Total votes			69,195	100.00%
	Federalist hold		Swing

References

1 2 "MA Governor, 1805". Our Campaigns. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
↑ "Massachusetts 1805 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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