1825 Virginia gubernatorial election

none January 2025 December 2025 ly File:Flag of the United States (1822–1836).svg 1825 Virginia gubernatorial election Virginia Presidential no 1824 Virginia gubernatorial election 1824 1826 Virginia gubernatorial election 1826 December 10, 1825 150x150px 1st ballot File:John Tyler - Governor of Virginia (c. 1826).jpg John Tyler 131 File:John Floyd Portrait (3x4 cropped).jpg John Floyd 81 Governor James Pleasants Democratic-Republican Party John Tyler Democratic-RepublicanOfficial records published by the Richmond, Virginia Enquirer and Alexandria, Virginia Phenix Gazette do not list parties for this election. Chitwood states that Tyler as governor "did not have behind him in the legislature a dominant and well-disciplined party;"Chitwood 1964 64 Sobel and Raimo say that Tyler served in the U.S. House of Representatives as a Democratic-Republican;Sobel Raimo 1978 1634 while Kallenbach and Kallenbach list Tyler as a Jeffersonian Republican during his tenure.Kallenbach Kallenbach 1977 613 A gubernatorial election was held in Virginia on December 10, 1825. The member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Charles City County John Tyler defeated the U.S. representative from Virginia's 20th congressional district John Floyd.Chitwood 1964 62–63 The incumbent governor of Virginia James Pleasants was ineligible for re-election due to term limits established by the Constitution of Virginia.Kallenbach Kallenbach 1977 609 Sobel Raimo 1978 1633 The election was conducted by the Virginia General Assembly in joint session. Tyler, a Crawford Republican and a supporter of the congressional nominating caucus, ran without the support of a powerful political party, a circumstance which would later hinder his efficacy as governor.Chitwood 1964 60–64 Floyd's nomination was greeted with surprise by several of his allies in the legislature, who had believed the congressman did not intend to offer himself as a candidate. Tyler was elected with a majority on the first ballot.Virginia Legislature https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85025006/1825-12-16/ed-1/?sp=2 Phenix Gazette December 16, 1825 General election + 1825 Virginia gubernatorial special electionElection of Governor https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84024735/1825-12-13/ed-1/?sp=2 Enquirer December 13, 1825 Candidate First ballot Count Percent John Tyler 131 61.21 John Floyd 81 37.85 Others 2 0.93 Total 214 100.00 Notes Bibliography Chitwood Oliver Perry John Tyler: Champion of the Old South 1964 Russell and Russell New York https://archive.org/details/johntylerchampio0000opch 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 Gubernatorial Category:Virginia gubernatorial elections Virginia Category:December 1825 Category:John Tyler Category:1825 in Virginia Category:Indirect gubernatorial elections in the United States