| Election Name: | 1840 Virginia gubernatorial election |
| Country: | Virginia |
| Type: | Presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1837 Virginia gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 1837 |
| Next Election: | 1842 Virginia gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 1842 |
| Election Date: | 1 March 1840 |
| Nominee1: | Thomas Walker Gilmer |
| Party1: | Whig Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 1 |
| Percentage1: | 100.00% |
| Governor | |
| Before Election: | David Campbell |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Thomas Walker Gilmer |
| After Party: | Whig Party (United States) |
The 1840 Virginia gubernatorial election was held on 1 March 1840 in order to elect the Governor of Virginia. Whig nominee and 18th Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates Thomas Walker Gilmer won the election in the Virginia General Assembly as he ran unopposed.[1] [2]
On election day, 1 March 1840, Whig nominee Thomas Walker Gilmer easily won the election as he ran unopposed. Gilmer was sworn in as the 28th Governor of Virginia on 31 March 1840.[3]