1844 Rhode Island gubernatorial election
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{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1844 Rhode Island gubernatorial election
| country = Rhode Island
| flag_year = 1837
| type = Presidential
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1843 Rhode Island gubernatorial election
| previous_year = 1843
| next_election = 1845 Rhode Island gubernatorial election
| next_year = 1845
| election_date = April 3, 1844
| image1 = x150px
| nominee1 = James Fenner
| party1 = Law and Order Party (US)
| popular_vote1 = 5,560
| percentage1 = 96.39%
| map_image = 1844 Rhode Island gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
| map_size = 200px
| map_caption = County results
Fenner: {{legend0|#8C2D04|90–100%}}
| title = Governor
| before_election = James Fenner
| before_party = Law and Order Party (US)
| after_election = James Fenner
| after_party = Law and Order Party (US)
}}
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The 1844 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on April 3, 1844.{{cite news |author= |date=April 4, 1844 |title=State Election |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83021167/1844-04-04/ed-1/seq-3/ |work=Herald of the times |location=Newport, R.I. |page=3 |access-date=23 October 2021 }}
Incumbent Law and Order Governor James Fenner won re-election without opposition.
General election
=Candidates=
- James Fenner, Law and Order, incumbent governor
=Results=
{{Election box begin | title=1844 Rhode Island gubernatorial election{{cite web |url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=237882 |title=RI Governor, 1844 |publisher=Our Campaigns |access-date=23 October 2021}}{{cite book |title=Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997 |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=Congressional Quarterly Inc. |date=1998 |page=76 |isbn=1-56802-396-0 }}{{cite book |last=Dubin |first=Michael J. |title=United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County |page=235 |publisher=McFarland |year=2003 |isbn=978-0-7864-1439-0 |location=Jefferson, North Carolina }}{{cite book |last=Glashan |first=Roy R. |title=American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978 |publisher=Meckler Books |location=Westport, CT |year=1979 |pages=270–271 |isbn=0-930466-17-9}}{{cite book |editor1-last=Kallenbach |editor1-first=Joseph E. |editor2-last=Kallenbach |editor2-first=Jessamine S. |date=1977 |title=American State Governors, 1776-1976 |volume=I |page=512 |location=Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. |publisher=Oceana Publications, Inc. |isbn=0-379-00665-0 }}{{cite book |author= |date=1888 |title=Manual with Rules and Orders for the Use of the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island, 1888-89 |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924106119559&view=1up&seq=127&skin=2021 |location=Providence |publisher=E. L. Freeman & Co., Printers to the State |page=102 }}{{cite news |author= |date=May 9, 1844 |title=Tuesday Afternoon |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83021167/1844-05-09/ed-1/seq-3/ |work=Herald of the times |location=Newport, R.I. |page=3 |access-date=23 October 2021 }}
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
| party = Law and Order Party (US)
| candidate = James Fenner (incumbent)
| votes = 5,560
| percentage = 96.39%
| change =
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{{Election box candidate
|party = Scattering
|candidate =
|votes = 208
|percentage = 3.61%
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{{Election box majority|
| votes = 5,352
| percentage = 92.79%
| change =
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{{Election box turnout|
| votes = 5,768
| percentage =
| change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
| winner = Law and Order Party (US)
| loser =
| swing =
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