1781 North Carolina gubernatorial election

none January 2025 December 2025 ly 1781 North Carolina gubernatorial election North Carolina File:Flag of the United States (1777–1795).svg Presidential no no no 1780 North Carolina gubernatorial election 1780 1782 North Carolina gubernatorial election 1782 June 25, 1781 Members of the General Assembly Majority of 150x150px File:N 75 280 Thomas Burke (8407659227).jpg Thomas Burke Radical File:SamuelJohnston (mini).jpg Samuel Johnston Conservative Governor Abner Nash Moderate Thomas Burke Radical A gubernatorial election was held in North Carolina on June 25, 1781.Smith 1980 421 The delegate to the Second Continental Congress from North Carolina, Thomas Burke, defeated the former member of the North Carolina Senate, Samuel Johnston.Connor 1919 25 The incumbent governor of North Carolina Abner Nash was nominated for re-election but declined to seek a second consecutive term in office.Clark 1896 886 Nash's term was marked by the weakening of the radical–moderate coalition that had dominated North Carolina politics since 1776 and by the partial collapse of civil authority in the face of the British invasion of North Carolina.Smith 1980 423–24 Burke and Johnston were the leading candidates in a field that also included the presiding judge of the North Carolina Superior Court, Samuel Ashe; the former member of the North Carolina House of Commons from Halifax County, Willie Jones; and the judge of the Superior Court, John Williams.Connor 1919 25 Clark 1896 885 Johnston was the leader of the conservative faction in the legislature; Burke and Jones were identified as radicals;Smith 1980 394–95, 358 Ashe was a prominent conservative in the late 1770s;Connor 1919 412 while Williams had affiliated with the radical–moderate coalition during the previous decade and was nominated primarily due to his affable personality.Smith 1980 397, 490 The election was conducted by the North Carolina General Assembly in joint session. Burke was elected with a majority on the first ballot.Clark 1896 891–92 References Bibliography Clark Walter The State Records of North Carolina 17, 1781–85 1896 none Winston, NC https://archive.org/details/state-records-north-carolina_1781-1785_17 Connor R. D. W. History of North Carolina 1, The Colonial and Revolutionary Periods, 1584–1783 1919 Lewis Publishing Company Chicago https://www.google.com/books/edition/History_of_North_Carolina_The_colonial_a/E5Y-AAAAYAAJ Smith Penelope Sue 1980 Creation of an American State: Politics in North Carolina, 1765–1789 https://repository.rice.edu/items/13e77b1a-9594-417e-8419-d24611c268a9 PhD Houston Rice University Category:North Carolina gubernatorial elections Category:1781 in North Carolina Category:1780s North Carolina elections Category:1781 elections in the United States Category:Single-candidate gubernatorial elections in North Carolina NC gov 1781 Category:Indirect gubernatorial elections in the United States Category:United States gubernatorial elections in the 1780s