1869 Virginia gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1869 Virginia gubernatorial election presidential Virginia 1879 1863 Virginia gubernatorial election 1863 1873 Virginia gubernatorial election 1873 no July 6, 1869 File:Gilbert C. Walker (Virginia Governor).jpg 150x150px Gilbert Carlton Walker Conservative Republicans (Reconstruction era) 119,502 54.15% File:Henry Wells.jpg Henry H. Wells Radical Republicans 101,184 45.85% 1869 Virginia gubernatorial election results map by county.svg County resultsWalker: #FFB380 50–60% #FF9955 60–70% #FF7F2A 70–80% #FF6600 80–90% #D45500 >90%Wells: #E27F7F 50–60% #D75D5D 60–70% #D72F30 70–80% #C21B18 80–90% Governor Henry H. Wells Radical Republicans Gilbert C. Walker Conservative Republicans (Reconstruction era) A gubernatorial election was held in Virginia on July 6, 1869. The Conservative Republican candidate Gilbert C. Walker defeated the Radical Republican candidate Henry H. Wells. The election took place during the Reconstruction era following the American Civil War. Concurrent elections for the Virginia General Assembly resulted in 21 African Americans elected to the Virginia House of Delegates and six to the Virginia Senate. Some candidates were so-called "carpetbaggers," Union Army officers politicians from the Northern United States who relocated to the former Confederacy following the end of the war. Thomas Bayne was a party leader among the African-American group, although he lost the election when a White Republican ran against him in the same election, splitting the vote and allowing a Democrat to win.Federal Writers' Project The WPA Guide to Virginia: The Old Dominion State https://books.google.com/books?id=ibPpCAAAQBAJ&pg=PT79 31 October 2013 Trinity University Press 978-1-59534-244-7 79 Gubernatorial election results Virginia gubernatorial election, 1869Dubin Michael J. United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861–1911: The Official Results by State and County 2014 McFarland & Company Jefferson, NC 5 https://www.google.com/books/edition/United_States_Gubernatorial_Elections_18/WYJAIOabIPgC Conservative Republicans (Reconstruction era) Gilbert Carlton Walker 119,502 54.15% Radical Republicans Henry H. Wells (incumbent) 101,184 45.85% 220,686 100.00% Conservative Republicans (Reconstruction era) Radical Republicans References 1869 Virginia gubernatorial Category:July 1869 in the United States