Election Name: | 1813 Georgia gubernatorial election |
Country: | Georgia (U.S. state) |
Type: | Presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1811 Georgia gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 1811 |
Next Election: | 1815 Georgia gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 1815 |
Election Date: | 5 November 1813 |
Nominee1: | Peter Early |
Party1: | Democratic-Republican Party |
Popular Vote1: | 66 |
Percentage1: | 55.93% |
Nominee2: | John Clark |
Party2: | Democratic-Republican Party |
Popular Vote2: | 48 |
Percentage2: | 40.68% |
Governor | |
Before Election: | David Brydie Mitchell |
Before Party: | Democratic-Republican Party |
After Election: | Peter Early |
After Party: | Democratic-Republican Party |
The 1813 Georgia gubernatorial election was held on 5 November 1813 in order to elect the Governor of Georgia. Democratic-Republican candidate and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's at-large congressional district Peter Early defeated fellow Democratic-Republican candidate John Clark in a Georgia General Assembly vote.[1]
On election day, 5 November 1813, Democratic-Republican candidate Peter Early won the election against his opponent fellow Democratic-Republican candidate John Clark. Early was sworn in as the 28th Governor of Georgia on 5 November 1813.[2]