Election Name: | 1837 Virginia gubernatorial election |
Country: | Virginia |
Type: | Presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1834 Virginia gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 1834 |
Next Election: | 1840 Virginia gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 1840 |
Election Date: | 1 March 1837 |
Nominee1: | David Campbell |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 1 |
Percentage1: | 100.00% |
Governor | |
Before Election: | Wyndham Robertson |
Before Party: | Whig Party (United States) |
After Election: | David Campbell |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1837 Virginia gubernatorial election was held on 1 March 1837 in order to elect the Governor of Virginia. Democratic nominee and former Virginia State Senator David Campbell won the election in the Virginia General Assembly as he ran unopposed.[1]
On election day, 1 March 1837, Democratic nominee David Campbell easily won the election as he ran unopposed. Campbell was sworn in as the 27th Governor of Virginia on 31 March 1837.[2]