1841 Rhode Island gubernatorial election

April 21, 1841
 
Nominee Samuel Ward King
Party Whig
Popular vote 2,648
Percentage 97.68%

Governor before election

Samuel Ward King
Whig

Elected Governor

Samuel Ward King
Whig

The 1841 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on April 21, 1841.[1]

Incumbent Whig Governor Samuel Ward King won re-election without opposition.

General election

Candidates

  • Samuel Ward King, Whig, incumbent Governor

Results

1841 Rhode Island gubernatorial election[2][3][4][5][6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Samuel Ward King (incumbent) 2,648 97.68%
Scattering 63 2.32%
Majority 2,585 95.36%
Turnout 2,711
Whig hold Swing

References

  1. "State and Congressional Election". Herald of the times. Newport, R.I. April 22, 1841. p. 2.
  2. "RI Governor, 1841". Our Campaigns. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
  3. Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 76. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
  4. 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.
  5. Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 270–271. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
  6. 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.
  7. Manual with Rules and Orders for the Use of the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island, 1888-89. Providence: E. L. Freeman & Co., Printers to the State. 1888. p. 102.


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