1800 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

1800 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

← 1799 April 7, 1800 (1800-04-07) 1801 →

Nominee Caleb Strong Elbridge Gerry Moses Gill Party Federalist Democratic-Republican Federalist Popular vote 19,630 17,019 2,019 Percentage 50.26% 43.57% 5.17%

County results Strong:      40-50%      50-60%      60–70%      80–90% Gerry:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

Governor before election Moses Gill (acting) Federalist Elected Governor Caleb Strong Federalist

The 1800 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on April 7.

Federalist Caleb Strong was elected over Democratic-Republican Elbridge Gerry.

Lieutenant Governor Moses Gill, who had been acting as Governor since the June 7 death of Increase Sumner, preferred to run for re-election to that position, and he won re-election in a concurrent election. However, he received a significant number of votes for Governor as well.

Acting Governor Gill actually died before the 1801 term began, leaving the Governor's Council to conduct gubernatorial duties until Strong's term started.