ELECTION DAY: In the official election for Governor of the Independent State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, incumbent Whig/“Law and Order” (nationalist) Samuel Ward King wins reelection defeating the Democratic (constitutionalist) Thomas F. Carpenter (King, 4,864; Carpenter, 2,281).
[restored 9/7/2026]
Subsequent Events:
Authority:
Freeman’s Constitution of Rhode Island, Article , Section
References:
1842 Rhode Island gubernatorial election – Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1842_Rhode_Island_gubernatorial_election
Current U.s. National Debt:
