1802 Virginia gubernatorial election

none January 2025 December 2025 ly File:Flag of the United States (1795-1818).svg 1802 Virginia gubernatorial election Virginia Presidential no 1801 Virginia gubernatorial election 1801 1803 Virginia gubernatorial election 1803 December 11, 1802 150x150px File:John Page Rosewell Gloucester County Virginia (3x4 cropped).jpg John Page File:A-Bedford-Venable.jpg Abraham B. Venable Governor James Monroe Democratic-Republican Party John Page Democratic-RepublicanLampi lists no parties for this election.Lampi 2012 Both Kallenbach and KallenbachKallenbach Kallenbach 1977 613 and Sobel and RaimoSobel Raimo 1978 1627 list Page as a Democratic-Republican during his tenure. A gubernatorial election was held in Virginia on December 11, 1802.Reese Hickin 1973 5 The former U.S. representative from Virginia's 12th congressional district John Page defeated the member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Prince Edward County Abraham B. Venable.Lampi 2012 The incumbent governor of Virginia James Monroe was ineligible for re-election due to term limits established by the Constitution of Virginia. The election was conducted by the Virginia General Assembly in joint session.Sobel Raimo 1978 1627 Page was the only declared candidate at the start of balloting.Lampi 2012 n2 Voting proceeded in the House of Delegates chamber, after which the tellers withdrew to count the votes. Page was elected with a majority on the first ballot.Reese Hickin 1973 5 General election + 1802 Virginia gubernatorial electionLampi 2012 Candidate First ballot Count Percent John Page ** No data Abraham B. Venable ** No data Total ** No data 100.00 Notes Bibliography Kallenbach Joseph E. Kallenbach Jessamine S. American State Governors, 1776–1976 1 1977 Oceana Publications Dobbs Ferry, NY https://archive.org/details/americanstategov0000kall Lampi Philip J. Virginia 1802 Governor https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/1j92g758m A New Nation Votes American Antiquarian Society 2025-10-22 2012 Reese George H. Hickin Patricia Journal of the Senate of Virginia: Session of 1802/03 1973 Virginia State Library Richmond https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uva.x030201821&view=1up&seq=1 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 collapsed Category:Virginia gubernatorial elections Virginia Category:November 1802 Category:1802 in Virginia Category:1800s Virginia elections Category:Indirect gubernatorial elections in the United States