1803 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

Massachusetts gubernatorial election

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April 4, 1803 (1803-04-04)

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Turnout

10.27% of population^[1] (

1.46)


Nominee	Caleb Strong	Elbridge Gerry
Party	Federalist	Democratic-Republican
Popular vote	30,619	14,247
Percentage	67.79%	31.54%

Governor before election

Caleb Strong
Federalist

Elected Governor

Caleb Strong
Federalist

The 1803 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on April 4.

Federalist Governor Caleb Strong was re-elected to a fourth consecutive one-year term in office, defeating Democratic-Republican Elbridge Gerry again for the fourth time.

General election

Results

1803 Massachusetts gubernatorial election^[1]^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Federalist	Caleb Strong (incumbent)	30,619	67.79%
	Democratic-Republican	Elbridge Gerry	14,247	31.54%
	Others	Scattering	300	0.66%
Total votes			45,166	100.00%
	Federalist hold		Swing

References

^ ^a ^b "MA Governor, 1803". Our Campaigns. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
^ "Massachusetts 1802 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.