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 (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. General election

Candidates
Elbridge Gerry, Democratic-Republican, former U.S. Representative
Christopher Gore, Federalist, incumbent Governor

Results

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1810
Massachusetts
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