1802 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

Election for Governor of Massachusetts

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April 6, 1802 (1802-04-06)

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Turnout

11.73% of population^[1] (

0.89)


Nominee	Caleb Strong	Elbridge Gerry
Party	Federalist	Democratic-Republican
Popular vote	30,456	19,768
Percentage	60.45%	39.24%

Governor before election

Caleb Strong
Federalist

Elected Governor

Caleb Strong
Federalist

The 1802 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on April 6.

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

General election

Results

1802 Massachusetts gubernatorial election^[1]^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Federalist	Caleb Strong (incumbent)	30,456	60.45%
	Democratic-Republican	Elbridge Gerry	19,768	39.24%
	Others	Scattering	156	0.31%
Total votes			50,380	100.00%
	Federalist hold		Swing

References

^ ^a ^b "MA Governor, 1802". Our Campaigns. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
^ "Massachusetts 1801 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.