1799 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

Election for Governor of Massachusetts

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April 1, 1799 (1799-04-01)

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Nominee	Increase Sumner	William Heath
Party	Federalist	Democratic-Republican
Popular vote	24,073	8,484
Percentage	72.92%	25.70%

Governor before election

Increase Sumner
Federalist

Elected Governor

Increase Sumner
Federalist

The 1799 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on April 1.

Incumbent Governor Increase Sumner was elected to a third term in office against minimal opposition. Sumner won the election on his deathbed and was unable to fulfill the duties of office. To avoid provoking a constitutional crisis, he took the office in early June before dying on June 7, 1799.

General election

Candidates

William Heath, former State Senator and major general in the Contintental Army (Republican)
Increase Sumner, incumbent Governor since 1797 (Federalist)

Results

1799 Massachusetts gubernatorial election^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Federalist	Increase Sumner	24,073	72.92%
	Democratic-Republican	William Heath	8,484	25.70%
	Others	Scattering	456	1.38%
Total votes			33,013	100.00%
	Federalist hold		Swing

References

^ 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.
^ Glashan, Roy (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, Conn.: Meckler Books. p. 140.

Bibliography

Hart, Albert Bushnell, ed. (1927). Commonwealth History of Massachusetts. New York: The States History Company. OCLC 1543273.
Morse, Anson (1909). The Federalist Party in Massachusetts to the Year 1800. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. OCLC 718724.
Sumner, William Hyslop; Trask, William Blake (1854). Memoir of Increase Sumner, Governor of Massachusetts: Governor of Massachusetts. Boston: Samuel G. Drake.