1827 Virginia gubernatorial election

none January 2025 December 2025 ly 1827 Virginia gubernatorial election Virginia File:Flag of the United States (1822–1836).svg Presidential no 1827 Virginia gubernatorial special election 1827 (special) 1828 Virginia gubernatorial election 1828 December 8, 1827 150x150px 1st ballot File:Portrait of William Branch Giles (3x4 cropped).jpg William Branch Giles 143 Governor William Branch Giles Jacksonian Party William Branch Giles JacksonianThe Journal of the House of Delegates does not list parties for this election.Virginia 1827 21 Giles's biographer says that in 1825, Giles "had joined the great party in Virginia bent on defeating Adams."Anderson 1914 218 Sobel and Raimo list Giles as a Democrat,Sobel Raimo 1978 1635 while Kallenbach and Kallenbach list him as a Jeffersonian Republican.Kallenbach Kallenbach 1977 613 A gubernatorial election was held in Virginia on December 8, 1827. The incumbent governor of Virginia William Branch Giles was re-elected.Virginia 1827 21 The election was conducted by the Virginia General Assembly in joint session. Giles had previously won the special election to succeed John Tyler, who had resigned his office effective March 4, 1827.Sobel Raimo 1978 1635 The expiration of Giles's term, and the constitutionality of holding an election, was discussed prior to the balloting. Tyler's term had been due to expire in December 1827; however, Reuben B. Patteson claimed that the legislature had elected Giles for a new one-year term ending March 4, 1828, and moved that the election be postponed. After lengthy debate, most members concluded that Giles had been elected to complete Tyler's unexpired term.Virginia Legislature https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84024735/1827-12-11/ed-1/?sp=2 Richmond Enquirer December 11, 1827 Virginia Legislature https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045110/1827-12-12/ed-1/?sp=4 Constitutional Whig December 12, 1827 The motion to postpone the election was defeated, and the assembly proceeded to vote. Giles was elected with a majority on the first ballot.Virginia 1827 21 General election + 1827 Virginia gubernatorial election Candidate First ballot Count Percent William Branch Giles (incumbent) 143 71.50 Others 57 28.50 Total 200 100.00 Notes Bibliography Anderson Dice Robbins William Branch Giles: A Study in the Politics of Virginia and the Nation from 1790 to 1830 1914 George Banta Publishing Company Menasha, WI https://www.google.com/books/edition/William_Branch_Giles/bEIYaavjBJAC 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 Virginia Journal of the House of Delegates [...] 1827 none Richmond https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433014925469&seq=1 Gubernatorial Category:Virginia gubernatorial elections Virginia Category:March 1827 Category:Indirect gubernatorial elections in the United States Category:Single-candidate gubernatorial elections in Virginia