1831 Virginia gubernatorial election

none January 2025 December 2025 ly 1831 Virginia gubernatorial election Virginia File:Flag of the United States (1822–1836).svg Presidential no 1830 Virginia gubernatorial election 1830 1834 Virginia gubernatorial election 1834 February 11, 1831 150x150px 1st ballot File:John Floyd Portrait (3x4 cropped).jpg John Floyd Democratic Party (United States) 153 Governor John Floyd Democratic Party (United States) John Floyd Democratic Party (United States) A gubernatorial election was held in Virginia on February 11, 1831. The Democratic incumbent governor of Virginia John Floyd was re-elected unanimously.Virginia 1830 161 Floyd belonged to a group of Virginia Old Republicans who were close allies of the vice president of the United States John C. Calhoun. When Calhoun did not run in the 1828 United States presidential election, Floyd campaigned for Andrew Jackson and hoped for an appointment in Jackson's administration.Dent 1974 85 Calhoun's falling out with Jackson during 1830–31 preceded Floyd's exit from the Virginia Democratic Party.Simms 1929 44 In a letter to John Williams dated December 27, 1830, Floyd described his rift with Jackson as irreparable and vowed to win re-election. His campaign became intertwined with the efforts to organize an opposition party in the state from among the supporters of Calhoun and Henry Clay.Ambler 1918 100–2 The election was conducted by the Virginia General Assembly in joint session.Sobel Raimo 1978 1,636 Thomas W. Gilmer nominated Floyd in a speech that paid tribute to the incumbent's statesmanship and republican principles.Virginia Legislature https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84024735/1831-02-12/ed-1/?sp=3 Richmond Enquirer February 12, 1831 No other candidates were nominated. Floyd was elected unanimously on the first ballot.Ambler 1918 103 General election + 1831 Virginia gubernatorial electionVirginia 1830 161 Party Candidate First ballot Count Percent Democratic John Floyd (incumbent) 153 100.00 Total 153 100.00 References Bibliography Ambler Charles H. The Life and Diary of John Floyd [...] 1918 Richmond Press Richmond https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Life_and_Diary_of_John_Floyd/jB0SAAAAYAAJ Dent Lynwood Miller 1974 The Virginia Democratic Party, 1824-1847. (Volumes I and II) https://repository.lsu.edu/gradschool_disstheses/2660/ PhD [Baton Rouge] Louisiana State University Simms Henry H. The Rise of the Whigs in Virginia, 1824–1840 1929 William Byrd Press Richmond https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Rise_of_the_Whigs_in_Virginia_1824_1/Etn0OdyZl9YC 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 [...] 1830 none Richmond https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433014925493&seq=1 Gubernatorial Category:Virginia gubernatorial elections Virginia Category:February 1831 Category:Indirect gubernatorial elections in the United States Category:Single-candidate gubernatorial elections in Virginia