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| Turnout | 16.30% of population[1] ( 3.48) | ||||||||||||||||
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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[edit]
Results[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Federalist | Caleb Strong (incumbent) | 35,213 | 50.89% |  4.13
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| Democratic-Republican | James Sullivan | 33,743 | 48.77% | 4.14
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| Others | Scattering | 239 | 0.35% | 0.01
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| Total votes | 69,195 | 100.00% | |||
| Federalist hold | Swing | ||||
References[edit]
- ^ a b "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.