1810 Massachusetts gubernatorial election


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, 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.

General election

Candidates