1810 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

1810 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
April 2, 1810
 
Nominee Elbridge Gerry Christopher Gore
Party Democratic-Republican Federalist
Popular vote 46,541 44,079
Percentage 51.25% 48.54%
County results
Gerry:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Gore:      50-60%      60–70%
Governor before election

Christopher Gore
Federalist

 Elected Governor

Elbridge Gerry
Democratic-Republican

The 1810 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on April 2, 1810.

Incumbent Federalist Governor Christopher Gore was defeated by Democratic-Republican nominee Elbridge Gerry.

Republicans cast Gore as an ostentatious British-loving Tory who wanted to restore the monarchy (his parents were Loyalists during the Revolution), and Gerry as a patriotic American, while Federalists described Gerry as a "French partizan" and Gore as an honest man devoted to ridding the government of foreign influence. A temporary lessening in the threat of war with Britain aided Gerry.

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