1815 Tennessee gubernatorial election

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1815 Tennessee gubernatorial election
  1813 August 3–4, 1815 1817  
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Nominee Joseph McMinn Robert Weakley Jesse Wharton
Party Democratic-Republican Democratic-Republican Democratic-Republican
Popular vote16,3547,6427,060
Percentage42.60%19.91%18.39%

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Nominee Robert Coleman Foster Thomas Johnson
Popular vote4,2253,106
Percentage11.01%8.09%

1815 Tennessee gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
County results
McMinn:      30–40%     40–50%     50–60%     70–80%     80–90%     90–100%
Weakley:      30–40%     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Wharton:      30–40%     40–50%     50–60%
Foster:      30–40%
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Governor before election

Willie Blount
Democratic-Republican

Elected Governor

Joseph McMinn
Democratic-Republican

The 1815 Tennessee gubernatorial election was held between August 3 and 4, 1815 in order to elect the Governor of Tennessee. Democratic-Republican candidate and former Speaker of the Tennessee Senate Joseph McMinn defeated fellow Democratic-Republican candidate and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 2nd district Robert Weakley, incumbent Democratic-Republican United States Senator from Tennessee Jesse Wharton, incumbent Speaker of the Tennessee Senate Robert Coleman Foster and Thomas Johnson. [1]

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General election

On election day, August 3, 1815, Democratic-Republican candidate Joseph McMinn won the election by a margin of 8,712 votes against his foremost opponent and fellow Democratic-Republican candidate Robert Weakley, thereby retaining Democratic-Republican control over the office of Governor. McMinn was sworn in as the 4th Governor of Tennessee on September 27, 1815. [2]

Results

Tennessee gubernatorial election, 1815
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic-Republican Joseph McMinn 16,354 42.60
Democratic-Republican Robert Weakley 7,64219.91
Democratic-Republican Jesse Wharton 7,06018.39
Robert Coleman Foster 4,22511.01
Thomas Johnson3,1068.09
Total votes38,387 100.00
Democratic-Republican hold

References

  1. "Gov. Joseph McMinn". nga.org. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
  2. "TN Governor". ourcampaigns.com. June 7, 2005. Retrieved 2024-02-10.