Election Name: | 1820 Virginia gubernatorial election |
Country: | Virginia |
Type: | Presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1819 Virginia gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 1819 |
Next Election: | 1821 Virginia gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 1821 |
Election Date: | 30 November 1820 |
Nominee1: | Thomas Mann Randolph Jr. |
Party1: | Democratic-Republican Party |
Popular Vote1: | 164 |
Percentage1: | 79.23% |
Nominee2: | Hugh Nelson |
Party2: | Democratic-Republican Party |
Popular Vote2: | 38 |
Percentage2: | 18.36% |
Governor | |
Before Election: | Thomas Mann Randolph Jr. |
Before Party: | Democratic-Republican Party |
After Election: | Thomas Mann Randolph Jr. |
After Party: | Democratic-Republican Party |
The 1820 Virginia gubernatorial election was held on 30 November 1820 in order to elect the Governor of Virginia. Incumbent Democratic-Republican Governor of Virginia Thomas Mann Randolph Jr. defeated fellow Democratic-Republican nominee, nominee for Governor in the 1808 Virginia gubernatorial election and incumbent member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 22nd district Hugh Nelson in a Virginia General Assembly vote.[1]
On election day, 30 November 1820, Democratic-Republican nominee Thomas Mann Randolph Jr. won re-election against fellow Democratic-Republican Hugh Nelson. Randolph Jr. was sworn in for his second term on 1 December 1820.[2]