1822 Virginia gubernatorial election

none January 2025 December 2025 ly File:Flag of the United States (1822–1836).svg 1822 Virginia gubernatorial election Virginia Presidential no 1821 Virginia gubernatorial election 1821 1823 Virginia gubernatorial election 1823 December 10, 1822 150x150px 1st ballot File:James Pleasants bioguide (3x4 cropped).jpg James Pleasants 151 File:George Hay - Cephas Thompson.jpg George Hay 37 File:Speaker Linn Banks.png Linn Banks 18 Governor Thomas Mann Randolph Jr. Democratic-Republican Party James Pleasants Democratic-RepublicanLampi lists no parties for this election.Lampi 2012 Both Kallenbach and KallenbachKallenbach Kallenbach 1977 613 and Sobel and RaimoSobel Raimo 1978 1633 list Pleasants as a Democratic-Republican during his tenure. A gubernatorial election was held in Virginia on December 10, 1822.Extracts from the Journals of the House of Delegates https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85025001/1822-12-17/ed-1/?sp=2 Virginian December 17, 1822 The junior U.S. senator from Virginia James Pleasants defeated the member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Henrico County George Hay and the speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates Linn Banks.Lampi 2012 The incumbent governor of Virginia Thomas Mann Randolph Jr. 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 1633 The former president of the United States James Madison was nominated in the House of Delegates, but declined to run. Pleasants was elected with a majority on the first ballot.Lampi 2012 General election + 1822 Virginia gubernatorial special electionLampi 2012 Candidate First ballot Count Percent James Pleasants 151 70.23 George Hay 37 17.21 Linn Banks 18 8.37 Others 9 4.19 Total 215 100.00 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 1822 Governor https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/hm50ts757 A New Nation Votes American Antiquarian Society 2025-10-25 2012 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 Gubernatorial Category:Virginia gubernatorial elections Virginia Category:November 1822 Category:Indirect gubernatorial elections in the United States