1817 Rhode Island gubernatorial election

The 1817 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on April 16, 1817.

1817 Rhode Island gubernatorial election
April 16, 1817
 
Nominee Nehemiah R. Knight William Jones
Party Democratic-Republican Federalist
Popular vote 3,949 3,878
Percentage 50.34% 49.51%
Governor before election

William Jones
Federalist

 Elected Governor

Nehemiah R. Knight
Democratic-Republican

Elections in Rhode Island
Federal government
Presidential elections
Presidential primaries
Democratic
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016
2020
Republican
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024
U.S. Senate elections
U.S. House of Representatives elections
State government
General elections
Gubernatorial elections
Lieutenant gubernatorial elections
Secretary of State elections
Attorney General elections
General Treasurer elections
Senate elections
House of Representatives elections
Ballot measures
2020
Providence
Mayoral elections
  • 1998
  • 2002
  • 2006
  • 2010
  • 2014
  • 2018
  • 2022

Incumbent Federalist Governor William Jones ran for election to a seventh term but was defeated by Democratic-Republican nominee Nehemiah R. Knight.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.