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United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1805, in 13 states.
Eight governors were elected by popular vote and five were elected by state legislatures.
| State | Election date | Incumbent | Party | Status | Opposing candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut | 11 April 1805[a] | Jonathan Trumbull Jr. | Federalist | Re-elected, 12,700 (61.47%)[b] | William Hart (Democratic-Republican), 7,810 (37.80%) Scattering 151 (0.73%) [1][2][3][4][5][6] |
| Georgia (election by legislature) | 7 November 1805?[c] | John Milledge | Democratic-Republican | Re-elected, 61 votes [10] | |
| Maryland (election by legislature) | 11 November 1805 | Robert Bowie | Democratic-Republican | Re-elected, unknown number of votes [11][12][13][14] | |
| Massachusetts | 1 April 1805 | Caleb Strong | Federalist | Re-elected, 32,988 (51.45%)[d] | James Sullivan (Democratic-Republican), 31,125 (48.55%)[e] [15][16][17][4][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25] |
| New Hampshire | 12 March 1805 | John Taylor Gilman | Federalist | Defeated, 12,287 (43.20%) | John Langdon (Democratic-Republican), 16,097 (56.59%) Scattering 59 (0.21%) [26][27][28][4][29][30][31][32] |
| New Jersey (election by legislature) | 25 October 1805 | Joseph Bloomfield | Democratic-Republican | Re-elected, unanimously [33][34][35][36] | |
| North Carolina (election by legislature) | 25 November 1805[37][38] | James Turner | Democratic-Republican | Term-limited, Democratic-Republican victory | Nathaniel Alexander (Democratic-Republican), 108 votes Benjamin Williams (Federalist), 66 votes[f] Joseph Taylor (Democratic-Republican), 3 votes Little, 1 vote More, 1 vote Whitfield, 1 vote [39][40][41][42] |
| Ohio | 8 October 1805 | Edward Tiffin | Democratic-Republican | Re-elected, 4,783 (100.00%)[g][h] [51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62][63][64][65][66] | |
| Pennsylvania | 8 October 1805 | Thomas McKean | Democratic-Republican | Re-elected as an Independent Republican, 43,644 (52.89%) | Simon Snyder (Democratic-Republican), 38,483 (46.63%)[i] Scattering 395 (0.48%)[j] [67][68][69][4][70][71][72][73][74] |
| Rhode Island | 3 April 1805[k] | Arthur Fenner | Democratic-Republican/Country | Re-elected. Returns lost. | Seth Wheaton (Federalist) [75][76][77][4][78][79][80] |
| Tennessee | 1–2 August 1805 | John Sevier | Democratic-Republican | Re-elected, 10,293 (63.74%)[l] | Archibald Roane (Democratic-Republican), 5,855 (36.26%)[m] [81][82][83][4][84][85][86][87] |
| Vermont | 3 September 1805 | Isaac Tichenor | Federalist | Re-elected, 8,683 (60.87%)[n] | Jonathan Robinson (Democratic-Republican), 5,054 (35.43%) Scattering 527 (3.69%) [88][89][90][4][91][92][93][94][95][96] |
| Virginia (election by legislature) | 7 December 1805[97][o] | John Page | Democratic-Republican | Term-limited, Democratic-Republican victory | William H. Cabell (Democratic-Republican), 99 votes Alexander MacRae, 90 votes [99][100][101][102] |