1828 Virginia gubernatorial election

none January 2025 December 2025 ly 1828 Virginia gubernatorial election Virginia File:Flag of the United States (1822–1836).svg Presidential no 1827 Virginia gubernatorial election 1827 1830 Virginia gubernatorial election 1830 December 6, 1828 150x150px 1st ballot File:Portrait of William Branch Giles (3x4 cropped).jpg William Branch Giles Jacksonian Party 147 Governor William Branch Giles Jacksonian Party William Branch Giles JacksonianGiles's biographer says that in 1825, Giles "had joined the great party in Virginia bent on defeating Adams."Anderson 1914 218 Contemporary sources that discuss Giles's candidacy for re-election refer to him as the candidate of the Jackson Party. Sobel and Raimo list Giles as a Democrat,Sobel Raimo 1978 1635 while Kallenbach and Kallenbach list him as a Jeffersonian Republican.Kallenbach Kallenbach 1977 613 A gubernatorial election was held in Virginia on December 6, 1828. The Jacksonian incumbent governor of Virginia William Branch Giles was re-elected.Virginia 1828 26 The election was conducted by the Virginia General Assembly in joint session.Sobel Raimo 1978 1,635 Giles was considered vulnerable and faced bipartisan opposition in the legislature, but the difficulty of finding a challenger acceptable to all factions hamstrung the efforts to defeat his re-election.Election of Governor https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85026767/1828-12-08/ed-1/?sp=2 Daily Richmond Whig December 8, 1828 A motion to postpone the election until January 10, 1829, was defeated, and the house proceeded to nominations. William O. Goode nominated Giles for re-election. William H. Terrill nominated the U.S. representative from Virginia's 20th congressional district John Floyd, but withdrew the nomination after Floyd's refusal to become a candidate was announced.General Assembly https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85026767/1828-12-08/ed-1/?sp=2 Daily Richmond Whig December 8, 1828 Giles was elected with a majority on the first ballot.Virginia 1828 26 The expiration of Giles's term was discussed prior to voting in connection with the date of the election. Giles had previously won the 1827 Virginia gubernatorial special election to succeed John Tyler, who resigned following his election to the United States Senate.Sobel Raimo 1978 1,635 Terrill claimed that the legislature had elected Giles for a new one-year term from the date of the special election, and therefore that his current term would not expire until February 10, 1829; however, Thomas Miller replied that Giles had been elected to complete Tyler's unexpired term, and subsequently re-elected for a term ending December 11, 1828. Giles ultimately left office on March 4, 1830, three years from the date of Tyler's resignation.Sobel Raimo 1978 1,635 General election + 1828 Virginia gubernatorial election Party Candidate First ballot Count Percent Jacksonian William Branch Giles (incumbent) 147 66.52 Others 65 29.41 Blank 9 4.07 Total 221 100.00 References Bibliography Anderson Dice Robbins William Branch Giles: A Study in the Politics of Virginia and the Nation from 1790 to 1830 1914 George Banta Publishing Company Menasha, WI https://www.google.com/books/edition/William_Branch_Giles/bEIYaavjBJAC Kallenbach Joseph E. Kallenbach Jessamine S. American State Governors, 1776–1976 1 1977 Oceana Publications Dobbs Ferry, NY https://archive.org/details/americanstategov0000kall Sobel Robert Raimo John Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States 1789–1978 4 1978 Meckler Books Westport, CT https://archive.org/details/biographicaldire0004unse Virginia Journal of the Senate [...] 1828 none Richmond https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433014921260&seq=1 Gubernatorial Category:Virginia gubernatorial elections Virginia Category:March 1828 Category:Indirect gubernatorial elections in the United States Category:Single-candidate gubernatorial elections in Virginia