Election Name: | 1816 Virginia gubernatorial election |
Country: | Virginia |
Type: | Presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1815 Virginia gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 1815 |
Next Election: | 1817 Virginia gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 1817 |
Election Date: | 30 November 1816 |
Nominee1: | James Patton Preston |
Party1: | Democratic-Republican Party |
Popular Vote1: | 104 |
Percentage1: | 52.79% |
Nominee2: | William J. Lewis |
Party2: | Democratic-Republican Party |
Popular Vote2: | 83 |
Percentage2: | 42.13% |
Governor | |
Before Election: | Wilson Cary Nicholas |
Before Party: | Democratic-Republican Party |
After Election: | James Patton Preston |
After Party: | Democratic-Republican Party |
The 1816 Virginia gubernatorial election was held on 30 November 1816 in order to elect the Governor of Virginia. Former Democratic-Republican member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Montgomery County James Patton Preston defeated fellow Democratic-Republican nominee William J. Lewis and Linah Mimms in a Virginia General Assembly vote.[1]
On election day, 30 November 1816, Democratic-Republican nominee James Patton Preston won the election against his foremost opponent and fellow Democratic-Republican candidate William J. Lewis. Preston was sworn in as the 20th Governor of Virginia on 1 December 1816.[2]