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1839 Rhode Island gubernatorial election

April 17, 1839


Nominee	William Sprague	Nathaniel Bullock	Tristram Burges
Party	Whig	Democratic	Liberal
Popular vote	2,908	2,771	457
Percentage	47.11%	44.89%	7.40%

Governor before election

William Sprague
Whig

Elected Governor

Samuel Ward King (acting)
Whig

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

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[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nathaniel Bullock, Democratic, former U.S. Collector of Customs^[4]
Tristram Burges, Liberal (Whig faction),^[5] Whig nominee for Governor in 1836
William Sprague, Whig, incumbent Governor

Results[edit]

1839 Rhode Island gubernatorial election^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[a]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	William Sprague (incumbent)	2,908	47.11%
	Democratic	Nathaniel Bullock	2,771	44.89%
	Liberal Party	Tristram Burges	457	7.40%
	Scattering		37	0.60%
Majority			137	2.22%
Turnout			6,173
	Whig hold		Swing

Notes[edit]

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

References[edit]

^ "State Election". Herald of the times. Newport, R.I. April 18, 1839. p. 2. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
^ "The Election". The Rhode-Island Republican. Newport, R.I. April 24, 1839. p. 2. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "R. I. Legislature: (May Session – Newport)". Herald of the times. Newport, R.I. May 9, 1839. pp. 1–2. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
^ "Bullock family of Massachusetts". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
^ 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.
^ "RI Governor, 1839". Our Campaigns. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
^ 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.
^ Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 270–271. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ The Democrat's Almanac, and Political Register, for 1840. New York: The Evening Post. 1840. p. 35.
^ Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 76. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
^ "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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