1839_Rhode_Island_gubernatorial_election

1839 Rhode Island gubernatorial election

1839 Rhode Island gubernatorial election

Rhode Island gubernatorial election

The 1839 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on April 17, 1839.[1][2]

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Incumbent Whig Governor William Sprague ran for re-election for a second term against Democratic nominee Nathaniel Bullock and Liberal nominee Tristram Burges.

Since no candidate received a majority in the popular vote, the senior Senator, Samuel Ward King, acted as Governor for the term.[3]

General election

Candidates

Results

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Notes

  1. Some sources give Sprague's vote as 2,901[3][12] or 2,948.[13][14]

References

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    "State Election". Herald of the times. Newport, R.I. April 18, 1839. p. 2. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
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    DeSimone, Russell J.; Schofield, Daniel C. (2015). "Rhode Island Election Tickets: A Survey" (PDF). Kingston, Rhode Island: The University of Rhode Island. p. Figure 1–170. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
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    Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 235. ISBN 978-0-7864-1439-0.
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    Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 270–271. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
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    Kallenbach, Joseph E.; Kallenbach, Jessamine S., eds. (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Vol. I. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, Inc. p. 512. ISBN 0-379-00665-0.
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    Manual with Rules and Orders for the Use of the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island, 1888-89. State of Rhode Island manual. Providence: E. L. Freeman & Co., Printers to the State. 1888. p. 101.
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    DeSimone, Russell (November 2, 2018). "Rhode Island in the 1800s Failed to Elect a Governor in Eleven General Elections". smallstatebighistory.com. The Online Review of Rhode Island History. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
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    The Democrat's Almanac, and Political Register, for 1840. New York: The Evening Post. 1840. p. 35.
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    Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 76. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
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    "Rhode Island". The New-Yorker. Vol. VII, no. 8. New York: H. Greeley & Co. May 11, 1839. p. 122. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
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