1813 Virginia gubernatorial election

none January 2025 December 2025 ly File:Flag of the United States (1795-1818).svg 1813 Virginia gubernatorial election Virginia Presidential no 1812 Virginia gubernatorial election 1812 1814 Virginia gubernatorial election 1814 December 11, 1813 150x150px 1st ballot File:Portrait of James Barbour, by Chester Harding (3x4 cropped).jpg James Barbour 133 File:James Pleasants bioguide (3x4 cropped).jpg James Pleasants 53 Governor James Barbour Democratic-Republican Party James Barbour Democratic-RepublicanLampi lists no parties for this election,Lampi 2012 while Lowery states Barbour was supported by "friends."Lowery 1984 75 Both Kallenbach and KallenbachKallenbach Kallenbach 1977 613 and Sobel and RaimoSobel Raimo 1978 1630 list Barbour as a Democratic-Republican during his tenure. A gubernatorial election was held in Virginia on December 11, 1813. The incumbent governor of Virginia James Barbour defeated the U.S. representative from Virginia's 17th congressional district James Pleasants.Lampi 2012 Barbour's tenure coincided with the War of 1812. He had offended some officers in the Virginia militia by placing their junior colleague, brigadier general Robert B. Taylor, in command of the militia at Norfolk, Virginia, and his administration of the state's wartime finances drew criticism from tertium quids and those opposed to the war. These forces combined in an attempt to defeat Barbour for re-election in 1813. The opposition first approached brigadier general Francis Preston, who declined to challenge Barbour, before finally settling on Pleasants.Lowery 1984 75–76 The election was conducted by the Virginia General Assembly in joint session. Barbour was elected with a majority on the first ballot.Lampi 2012 General election + 1813 Virginia gubernatorial electionLampi 2012 Candidate First ballot Count Percent James Barbour (incumbent) 133 70.75 James Pleasants 53 28.19 Others 2 1.06 Total 188 100.00 Notes Bibliography Kallenbach Joseph E. Kallenbach Jessamine S. American State Governors, 1776–1976 1 1977 Oceana Publications Dobbs Ferry, NY https://archive.org/details/americanstategov0000kall Lampi Philip J. Virginia 1813 Governor https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/vt150k22v A New Nation Votes American Antiquarian Society 2025-10-23 2012 Lowery Charles D. James Barbour: A Jeffersonian Republican 1984 University of Alabama Press University, AL https://archive.org/details/jamesbarbourjeff0000lowe 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 collapsed Gubernatorial Category:Virginia gubernatorial elections Virginia Category:November 1813 Category:Indirect gubernatorial elections in the United States