Election Name: | 1801 Tennessee gubernatorial election |
Type: | presidential |
Election Date: | August 6–7, 1801[1] |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1799 Tennessee gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 1799 |
Next Election: | 1803 Tennessee gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 1803 |
Image1: | Portrait of Archibald Roane by C. J. Fox.jpg |
Nominee1: | Archibald Roane |
Party1: | Democratic-Republican Party |
Popular Vote1: | 8,438 |
Percentage1: | 99.88% |
Governor | |
Before Election: | John Sevier |
Before Party: | Democratic-Republican Party |
After Election: | Archibald Roane |
After Party: | Democratic-Republican Party |
The 1801 Tennessee gubernatorial election took place from August 6–7, 1801. The incumbent governor, John Sevier, had reached his three consecutive term limits and had to wait until 1803 to run again. Democratic-Republican judge Archibald Roane won a term almost unanimously against other Democratic-Republican nominee John Boyd.