1779 North Carolina gubernatorial election

none January 2025 December 2025 ly 1779 North Carolina gubernatorial election North Carolina File:Flag of the United States (1777–1795).svg Presidential no no 1778 North Carolina gubernatorial election 1778 1780 North Carolina gubernatorial election 1780 May 3, 1779 Members of the General Assembly Majority of 150x150px File:Richard Caswell (governor).jpg Richard Caswell Moderate Governor Richard Caswell Moderate Richard Caswell Moderate A gubernatorial election was held in North Carolina on May 3, 1779.Clark 1896 738 The incumbent governor of North Carolina Richard Caswell was re-elected.Smith 1980 388 Caswell led a coalition of Western radicals and Cape Fear River moderates that dominated North Carolina politics during the late 1770s. The contentious issue of confiscation contributed to conflict between the North Carolina Senate and the House of Commons during 1779 that mirrored the rising political factionalism in the legislature. Caswell remained personally popular despite the challenge to the radical–moderate coalition posed by the conservative resurgence.Smith 1980 364, 392–95, 388 The election was conducted by the North Carolina General Assembly in joint session. Caswell was elected unanimously on the first ballot.Clark 1896 738 References Bibliography Clark Walter The State Records of North Carolina 13, 1778–79 1896 none Winston, NC https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_State_Records_of_North_Carolina_v_11/vPQxAQAAMAAJ Smith Penelope Sue 1980 Creation of an American State: Politics in North Carolina, 1765–1789 https://repository.rice.edu/items/13e77b1a-9594-417e-8419-d24611c268a9 PhD Houston Rice University Category:North Carolina gubernatorial elections Category:1779 in North Carolina Category:1779 elections in North America NC gov 1779 Category:Single-candidate gubernatorial elections in North Carolina Category:Indirect gubernatorial elections in the United States Category:United States gubernatorial elections in the 1770s