Election Name: | 1814 North Carolina gubernatorial election |
Country: | North Carolina |
Type: | Presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1813 North Carolina gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 1813 |
Next Election: | 1815 North Carolina gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 1815 |
Election Date: | 29 November 1814 |
Nominee1: | William Miller |
Party1: | Democratic-Republican Party |
Popular Vote1: | 95 |
Percentage1: | 50.26% |
Nominee2: | William Polk |
Party2: | Federalist Party |
Popular Vote2: | 83 |
Percentage2: | 43.92% |
Nominee3: | George Outlaw |
Party3: | Democratic-Republican Party |
Popular Vote3: | 11 |
Percentage3: | 5.82% |
Governor | |
Before Election: | William Hawkins |
Before Party: | Democratic-Republican Party |
After Election: | William Miller |
After Party: | Democratic-Republican Party |
The 1814 North Carolina gubernatorial election was held on 29 November 1814 in order to elect the Governor of North Carolina. Democratic-Republican candidate and former Attorney General of North Carolina William Miller was elected by the North Carolina General Assembly against Federalist candidate and former member of North Carolina Council of State William Polk and Democratic-Republican candidate and former member of the North Carolina Senate George Outlaw.[1]
On election day, 29 November 1814, Democratic-Republican candidate William Miller was elected by the North Carolina General Assembly by a margin of 12 votes against his foremost opponent Federalist candidate William Polk, thereby retaining Democratic-Republican control over the office of Governor. Miller was sworn in as the 18th Governor of North Carolina on 7 December 1814.[2]