1827 Tennessee gubernatorial election

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1827 Tennessee gubernatorial election
  1825 August 2–3, 1827 1829  
  Sam Houston Portrait by Wood 1826 Oval.png Cannon-newton-by-wb-cooper.jpg Willie-blount-wb-cooper.jpg
Nominee Sam Houston Newton Cannon Willie Blount
Party Democratic Democratic-Republican Democratic-Republican
Popular vote44,24332,9291,784
Percentage56.04%41.71%2.25%

1827 Tennessee gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
County results
Houston:      40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Cannon     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     >90%
Blount     40–50%

Governor before election

William Carroll
Democratic-Republican

Elected Governor

Sam Houston
Democratic

The 1827 Tennessee gubernatorial election was held between 2 and 3 August 1827 in order to elect the governor of Tennessee. Democratic candidate and former Jacksonian member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 7th district Sam Houston defeated Democratic-Republican candidate and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 5th district Newton Cannon and former Democratic-Republican governor Willie Blount. [1]

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General election

On election day, 2 August 1827, Democratic candidate Sam Houston won the election by a margin of 11,314 votes against his foremost opponent and fellow Democratic-Republican candidate Newton Cannon, thereby gaining Democratic control over the office of governor. Houston was sworn in as the 6th governor of Tennessee on 1 October 1827. [2]

Results

Tennessee gubernatorial election, 1827
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Sam Houston 44,243 56.04%
Democratic-Republican Newton Cannon 32,92941.71%
Democratic-Republican Willie Blount 1,7842.25%
Total votes78,956 100.00
Democratic gain from Democratic-Republican

See also

References

  1. "Gov. Sam Houston". nga.org. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
  2. "TN Governor". ourcampaigns.com. June 6, 2005. Retrieved February 12, 2024.