1821 Tennessee gubernatorial election

none January 2025 December 2025 ly 1821 Tennessee gubernatorial election Presidential no 1819 Tennessee gubernatorial election 1819 1823 Tennessee gubernatorial election 1823 August 2–3, 1821 125px William Carroll Democratic-Republican Party 43,313 79.61% 125px Edward Ward 11,079 20.36% 1821 Tennessee gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 350px County resultsCarroll: #73BC84 50–60% #3FA457 60–70% #008C21 70–80% #006E1A 80–90% #005113 90–100%Ward: #969696 60–70% #737373 70–80%No Data/Vote: #808080 Governor Joseph McMinn Democratic-Republican Party William Carroll Democratic-Republican Party c0c0c0 The 1821 Tennessee gubernatorial election was held between August 2 and 3 in 1821 in order to elect the Governor of Tennessee. Democratic-Republican nominee and Major General William Carroll defeated Edward Ward.https://www.nga.org/governor/william-carroll/ Gov. William Carroll nga.org 2024-02-12 As of June 1821 the Knoxville Register listed Robert Weakley as a candidate as well.1821-06-12 Election https://www.newspapers.com/article/knoxville-register-election/191975753/ 2026-02-23 Knoxville Register 1 General election On election day, August 2, 1821, Democratic-Republican candidate William Carroll won the election by a margin of 32,234 votes against his opponent Edward Ward, thereby retaining Democratic-Republican control over the office of Governor. Carroll was sworn in as the 5th Governor of Tennessee on October 1, 1821.https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=238451 TN Governor ourcampaigns.com June 7, 2005 2024-02-12 Results Tennessee gubernatorial election, 1821 Democratic-Republican Party William Carroll 43,313 79.61 Edward Ward 11,079 20.36 Scattering 18 0.03 54,410 100.00 Democratic-Republican Party References Further reading Abernethy Thomas P. Thomas Perkins Abernethy October 1927 Andrew Jackson and the Rise of South-Western Democracy http://www.jstor.org/stable/1838111 The American Historical Review 33 1 64–77 10.2307/1838111 0002-8762 subscription Hall Rita Hiltenbrand 2010 Colonel Edward Ward: The Life and Death of a Tennessee Senator https://search.register.shelby.tn.us/imgView.php?imgtype=pdf&id=64wths1040.tif West Tennessee Historical Society Papers Memphis, Tennessee LXIV 45–89 0361-6215 1769643 Sellers Charles G. Charles Grier Sellers June 1954 Banking and Politics in Jackson's Tennessee, 1817–1827 https://academic.oup.com/jah/article-lookup/doi/10.2307/1898150 The Mississippi Valley Historical Review 41 1 61–84 10.2307/1898150 subscription Gubernatorial Category:Tennessee gubernatorial elections Tennessee Category:August 1821