1799 Virginia gubernatorial election

none January 2025 December 2025 ly 1799 Virginia gubernatorial election Virginia Presidential File:Flag of the United States (1795-1818).svg no 1798 Virginia gubernatorial election 1798 1800 Virginia gubernatorial election 1800 December 6, 1799 150x150px 1st ballot File:James Monroe 1794 (cropped).jpg James Monroe Democratic-Republican Party 101 File:James Breckinridge (3x4 cropped).jpg James Breckinridge Federalist Party 66 Governor James Wood Democratic-Republican Party James Monroe Democratic-Republican Party A gubernatorial election was held in Virginia on December 6, 1799. The Democratic-Republican former U.S. minister to France James Monroe defeated the Federalist member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Botetourt County James Breckinridge.Lampi 2012 Monroe had been a possible candidate for governor in 1797, but declined to challenge the incumbent governor of Virginia James Wood. With Wood ineligible for re-election due to term limits established by the Constitution of Virginia, the state's Democratic-Republican leaders nominated Monroe to succeed the retiring incumbent. The nomination was a public vote of confidence in Monroe, who was known for his strong opposition to the national Adams Administration and the hated Alien and Sedition Acts. Democratic-Republicans were equally interested in the significance of the gubernatorial race for the 1800 United States presidential election in Virginia. As governor, Monroe, a close ally of Thomas Jefferson, would be positioned to promote the success of the Democratic-Republican national ticket and ensure friendly administration of the election. The election attracted little comment from the press, despite Federalist efforts to disparage Monroe's diplomatic record. The support of the Democratic-Republican leaders in the highly-partisan, elite-led political culture of eighteenth century Virginia made Monroe's election a forgone conclusion.Ammon 1971 172–73, 183 The election was conducted by the Virginia General Assembly in joint session.Sobel Raimo 1978 1626 Monroe was elected with a majority on the first ballot.Lampi 2012 General election + 1799 Virginia gubernatorial electionLampi 2012 Party Candidate First ballot Count Percent Democratic-Republican James Monroe 101 59.41 Federalist James Breckinridge 66 38.82 Democratic-Republican James Madison 2 1.18 Democratic-Republican Archibald Stuart 1 0.59 Total 170 100.00 Notes Bibliography Ammon Harry James Monroe: The Quest for National Identity 1971 McGraw Hill Book Company New York https://archive.org/details/jamesmonroequest00ammo Lampi Philip J. Virginia 1799 Governor https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/df65v883b A New Nation Votes American Antiquarian Society 2025-10-11 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:James Monroe Category:James Madison Category:Indirect gubernatorial elections in the United States