1849 Rhode Island gubernatorial election

1849 Rhode Island gubernatorial election

April 4, 1849

Nominee Henry B. Anthony Adnah Sackett Edward Harris Party Whig Democratic Free Soil Popular vote 5,081 2,964 458 Percentage 58.98% 34.41% 5.32%

County results Anthony:      50–60%      60–70%      80–90%

Governor before election Elisha Harris Whig Elected Governor Henry B. Anthony Whig

The 1849 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on April 4, 1849.^[1]

Incumbent Whig governor Elisha Harris did not run for re-election. Whig nominee Henry B. Anthony defeated Democratic nominee Adnah Sackett and Free Soil nominee Edward Harris.

General election

Candidates

• Adnah Sackett, Democratic, manufacturer of jewelry,^[2] nominee for governor in 1848
• Edward Harris, Free Soil, manufacturer^[3]
• Henry B. Anthony, Whig, editor of the Providence Journal^[4]

Results

1849 Rhode Island gubernatorial election^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Henry B. Anthony	5,081	58.98%
	Democratic	Adnah Sackett	2,964	34.41%
	Free Soil	Edward Harris	458	5.32%
	Scattering		112	1.30%
Majority			2,117	24.57%
Turnout			8,615
	Whig hold		Swing

References

1. "Rhode Island Election". Alexandria gazette. Alexandria, D.C. April 7, 1849. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
2. Weygant, Charles H. (1907). The Sacketts of America: their ancestors and descendants, 1630-1907. Newburgh, N. Y.: Journal Print. p. 229.
3. "Edward Harris". Woonsocket, Rhode Island – My Home Town. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
4. Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). "Anthony, Henry Bowen" . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
5. "RI Governor, 1849". Our Campaigns. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
6. Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 76. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
7. Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 236. ISBN 978-0-7864-1439-0.
8. Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 270–271. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
9. Kallenbach, Joseph E.; Kallenbach, Jessamine S., eds. (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Vol. I. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, Inc. p. 513. ISBN 0-379-00665-0.
10. 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. 103.
11. "Rhode Island Legislature". Herald of the times. Newport, R.I. May 3, 1849. p. 3. Retrieved October 22, 2021.