Election Name: | 1814 Virginia gubernatorial election |
Country: | Virginia |
Type: | Presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1813 Virginia gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 1813 |
Next Election: | 1815 Virginia gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 1815 |
Election Date: | 30 November 1814 |
Nominee1: | Wilson Cary Nicholas |
Party1: | Democratic-Republican Party |
Popular Vote1: | 102 |
Percentage1: | 53.13% |
Nominee2: | Armisted Mason |
Party2: | Democratic-Republican Party |
Popular Vote2: | 90 |
Percentage2: | 46.88% |
Governor | |
Before Election: | James Barbour |
Before Party: | Democratic-Republican Party |
After Election: | Wilson Cary Nicholas |
After Party: | Democratic-Republican Party |
The 1814 Virginia gubernatorial election was held on 30 November 1814 in order to elect the Governor of Virginia. Former Democratic-Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 21st district Wilson Cary Nicholas defeated fellow Democratic-Republican nominee Armisted Mason in a Virginia General Assembly vote.[1]
On election day, 30 November 1814, Democratic-Republican nominee Wilson Cary Nicholas won the election on the second ballot against fellow Democratic-Republican candidate Armisted Mason. Nicholas was sworn in as the 19th Governor of Virginia on 1 December 1814.[2]