1794 Virginia gubernatorial election

none January 2025 December 2025 ly 1794 Virginia gubernatorial election United States 1777 Presidential no 1793 Virginia gubernatorial election 1793 1795 Virginia gubernatorial election 1795 November 20, 1794 150x150px 1st ballot File:Robert Brooke Virginia Governor.jpg Robert Brooke Democratic-Republican Party 90 File:James Wood (1741-1813, Virginia governor).jpg James Wood Federalist Party 60 Governor Henry Lee III Federalist Robert Brooke Democratic-Republican Party A gubernatorial election was held in Virginia on November 20, 1794.Swem Williams 1918 ix The Democratic-Republican member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Spotsylvania County Robert Brooke defeated the Federalist member of the Council of State James Wood.Lampi 2012 The Federalist incumbent governor of Virginia Henry Lee III was ineligible for re-election due to term limits established by the Constitution of Virginia.Sobel Raimo 1978 1624 Lee courted controversy near the end of his term when he accepted command of United States troops during the Whiskey Rebellion, an action unpopular with Democratic-Republicans and farmers in Western Virginia. On November 21, the House of Delegates found Lee had forfeited his office by accepting a lucrative U.S. commission and declared the governorship vacant, nine days before Lee was due to leave office on December 1.Abernethy 1961 224 The election was conducted by the Virginia General Assembly in joint session.Sobel Raimo 1978 1624 Brooke defeated Wood on the first ballot.Lampi 2012 General election + 1794 Virginia gubernatorial electionLampi 2012 Party Candidate First ballot Count Percent Democratic-Republican Robert Brooke 90 60.00 Federalist James Wood 60 40.00 Total 150 100.00 Notes Bibliography Abernethy Thomas P. The South in the New Nation: 1789–1819 1961 Louisiana State University Press n.p. https://archive.org/details/southinnewnation0004thom_f2t7 Lampi Philip J. Virginia 1794 Governor https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/gh93gz61s A New Nation Votes American Antiquarian Society 2025-08-14 2012 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 Swem Earl G. Williams John W. A Register of the General Assembly of Virginia, 1776–1918 1918 Superintendent of Public Printing Richmond https://www.google.com/books/edition/Annual_Reports_of_Officers_Boards_and_In/S6E0AQAAMAAJ Gubernatorial Category:Virginia gubernatorial elections Virginia Category:Indirect gubernatorial elections in the United States