Election Name: | 1802 Virginia gubernatorial election |
Country: | Virginia |
Type: | Presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1801 Virginia gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 1801 |
Next Election: | 1803 Virginia gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 1803 |
Election Date: | 30 November 1802 |
Nominee1: | John Page |
Party1: | Democratic-Republican Party |
Nominee2: | Abraham B. Venable |
Party2: | Democratic-Republican Party |
Governor | |
Before Election: | James Monroe |
Before Party: | Democratic-Republican Party |
After Election: | John Page |
After Party: | Democratic-Republican Party |
The 1802 Virginia gubernatorial election was held on 30 November 1802 in order to elect the Governor of Virginia. Former Democratic-Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 12th district and candidate for Governor in the 1797 Virginia gubernatorial election John Page defeated fellow Democratic-Republican candidate and incumbent member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Prince Edward County Abraham B. Venable in a Virginia General Assembly vote.[1] [2] [3]
On election day, 30 November 1802, Democratic-Republican nominee John Page won the election against fellow Democratic-Republican candidate Abraham B. Venable. Page was sworn in as the 13th Governor of Virginia on 1 December 1802.[4]