Election Name: | 1829 Delaware gubernatorial election |
Country: | Delaware |
Type: | Presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1826 Delaware gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 1826 |
Next Election: | 1832 Delaware gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 1832 |
Election Date: | October 6, 1829 |
Nominee1: | David Hazzard |
Party1: | National Republican Party |
Popular Vote1: | 4,215 |
Percentage1: | 51.02% |
Nominee2: | Allan Thompson |
Party2: | Jacksonian Party |
Popular Vote2: | 4,046 |
Percentage2: | 48.98% |
Map Size: | 210px |
Governor | |
Before Election: | Charles Polk Jr. |
Before Party: | Federalist Party (United States) |
After Election: | David Hazzard |
After Party: | National Republican Party |
The 1829 Delaware gubernatorial election was held on October 6, 1829. Incumbent Federalist Governor Charles Polk Jr. was barred from seeking re-election to a second consecutive term. David Hazzard, the two-time Democratic-Republican nominee for Governor, ran as the National Republican, or Anti-Jacksonian, candidate as the First Party System crumbled and new political parties were formed. He was opposed by Allan Thompson, the Jacksonian candidate. Hazzard ended up winning the governorship on his third try, narrowly beating out Thompson.[1]