1849 Rhode Island gubernatorial election

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1849 Rhode Island gubernatorial election

← 1848 April 4, 1849 1850 →
 
Nominee Henry B. Anthony Adnah Sackett Edward Harris
Party Whig Democratic Free Soil
Popular vote 5,081 2,964 458
Percentage 58.98% 34.41% 5.32%

County results
Anthony:      50–60%      60–70%      80–90%

Governor before election

Elisha Harris
Whig

Elected Governor

Henry B. Anthony
Whig

The 1849 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on April 4, 1849.[1]

Incumbent Whig governor Elisha Harris did not run for re-election. Whig nominee Henry B. Anthony defeated Democratic nominee Adnah Sackett and Free Soil nominee Edward Harris.

General election

Candidates

  • Adnah Sackett, Democratic, manufacturer of jewelry,[2] nominee for governor in 1848
  • Edward Harris, Free Soil, manufacturer[3]
  • Henry B. Anthony, Whig, editor of the Providence Journal[4]

Results

1849 Rhode Island gubernatorial election[5][6][7][8][9][10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Henry B. Anthony 5,081 58.98%
Democratic Adnah Sackett 2,964 34.41%
Free Soil Edward Harris 458 5.32%
Scattering 112 1.30%
Majority 2,117 24.57%
Turnout 8,615
Whig hold Swing

References

  1. ^ "Rhode Island Election". Alexandria gazette. Alexandria, D.C. April 7, 1849. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
  2. ^ Weygant, Charles H. (1907). The Sacketts of America: their ancestors and descendants, 1630-1907. Newburgh, N. Y.: Journal Print. p. 229.
  3. ^ "Edward Harris". Woonsocket, Rhode Island – My Home Town. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
  4. ^ Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). "Anthony, Henry Bowen" . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
  5. ^ "RI Governor, 1849". Our Campaigns. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
  6. ^ Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 76. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
  7. ^ Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 236. ISBN 978-0-7864-1439-0.
  8. ^ Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 270–271. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
  9. ^ Kallenbach, Joseph E.; Kallenbach, Jessamine S., eds. (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Vol. I. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, Inc. p. 513. ISBN 0-379-00665-0.
  10. ^ 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. 103.
  11. ^ "Rhode Island Legislature". Herald of the times. Newport, R.I. May 3, 1849. p. 3. Retrieved October 22, 2021.