1835 Rhode Island gubernatorial election

The 1835 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on April 15, 1835.^[1]^[2]

Incumbent Democratic Governor John Brown Francis won re-election to a third term, defeating Whig nominee Nehemiah R. Knight in a re-match of the previous year's election..

General election edit

1835 Rhode Island gubernatorial election^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Brown Francis (incumbent)	3,880	50.67%
	Whig	Nehemiah R. Knight	3,774	49.28%
	Scattering		4	0.05%
Majority			106	1.38%
Turnout			7,658
	Democratic hold		Swing

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