Election Name: | 1819 Virginia gubernatorial election |
Country: | Virginia |
Type: | Presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1818 Virginia gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 1818 |
Next Election: | 1820 Virginia gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 1820 |
Election Date: | 30 November 1819 |
Nominee1: | Thomas Mann Randolph Jr. |
Party1: | Democratic-Republican Party |
Popular Vote1: | 112 |
Percentage1: | 58.95% |
Nominee2: | Burwell Bassett |
Party2: | Democratic-Republican Party |
Popular Vote2: | 46 |
Percentage2: | 24.21% |
Nominee3: | Linn Banks |
Party3: | Democratic-Republican Party |
Popular Vote3: | 32 |
Percentage3: | 16.84% |
Governor | |
Before Election: | James Patton Preston |
Before Party: | Democratic-Republican Party |
After Election: | Thomas Mann Randolph Jr. |
After Party: | Democratic-Republican Party |
The 1819 Virginia gubernatorial election was held on 30 November 1819 in order to elect the Governor of Virginia. Incumbent Democratic-Republican member of Virginia House of Delegates Thomas Mann Randolph Jr. defeated fellow Democratic-Republican nominee and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 13th district Burwell Bassett and incumbent Democratic-Republican Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates Linn Banks in a Virginia General Assembly vote.[1]
On election day, 30 November 1819, Democratic-Republican nominee Thomas Mann Randolph Jr. won the election against his foremost opponent and fellow Democratic-Republican candidate Burwell Bassett. Randolph Jr. was sworn in as the 21st Governor of Virginia on 1 December 1819.[2]