1799 Virginia gubernatorial election

1799 Virginia gubernatorial election

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Nominee James Monroe James Breckinridge Party Democratic-Republican Federalist Popular vote 101 66 Percentage 59.41% 38.82%

Governor before election James Wood Federalist Elected Governor James Monroe Democratic-Republican

The 1799 Virginia gubernatorial election was held on 18 December 1799 in order to elect the Governor of Virginia. Former Democratic-Republican United States Minister to France James Monroe defeated incumbent Federalist member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Botetourt County James Breckinridge, former Democratic-Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia James Madison and Federalist Archibald Stuart in a Virginia General Assembly vote. ^[1]

General election

On election day, 18 December 1799, Democratic-Republican nominee James Monroe won the election against his foremost opponent Federalist candidate James Breckinridge. Monroe was sworn in as the 12th Governor of Virginia on 28 December 1799. ^[2]

Results

Virginia gubernatorial election, 1799 ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic-Republican	James Monroe	101	59.41
	Federalist	James Breckinridge	66	38.82
	Democratic-Republican	James Madison	2	1.18
	Federalist	Archibald Stuart	1	0.59
Total votes			170	100.00
	Democratic-Republican gain from Federalist

References

1. "Virginia 1799 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University . Retrieved May 19, 2023.
2. "VA Governor". ourcampaigns.com. January 25, 2013. Retrieved May 19, 2023.
3. Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson: McFarland & Company. ISBN   9780786414390.