1788 Virginia gubernatorial election

none January 2025 December 2025 ly File:Flag of the United States (1777–1795).svg 1788 Virginia gubernatorial election Virginia Presidential no 1787 Virginia gubernatorial election 1787 1789 Virginia gubernatorial election 1789 December 3, 1788 150x150px File:3x4.svg Beverley Randolph File:Benjamin Harrison V portrait (3x4 cropped).jpg Benjamin Harrison V Governor Beverley Randolph (acting) Beverley Randolph A gubernatorial election was held in Virginia on December 3, 1788.Virginia 1828 80 The president of the Council of State Beverley Randolph defeated the member of the Virginia House of Delegates Benjamin Harrison V.Lampi 2012 The incumbent governor of Virginia Edmund Randolph did not seek re-election. Speculation centered on Beverley Randolph, Richard Henry Lee, and William Grayson as potential successors as early as September 1788; by October, the race had narrowed to between Beverley Randolph and Harrison. John Dawson wrote James Madison in late October that Harrison was popular among the backcountry members in the House of Delegates.DenBoer Brown Hagermann 1984 259, 264, 266 Edmund Randolph resigned his office on November 12, 1788, following his election to the House of Delegates from Williamsburg.Reardon 1975 168 Beverley Randolph as president of the Council acted as governor between Edmund Randolph's resignation and his election.Swem Williams 1918 ix The election was conducted by the Virginia General Assembly in joint session. Beverley Randolph was selected by a majority of four votes.Lampi 2012 The official record of the proceedings did not record the votes cast for each candidate.Virginia 1828 80 General election + 1788 Virginia gubernatorial electionLampi 2012 Candidate First ballot Count Percent Beverley Randolph (incumbent) ** No data Benjamin Harrison V ** No data Total ** No data 100.00 Notes Bibliography DenBoer Gordon Brown Lucy Trumbull Hagermann Charles D. The Documentary History of the First Federal Elections, 1788–90 2 1984 University of Wisconsin Press Madison https://archive.org/details/documentaryhisto0002unse_n1m7 Lampi Philip J. Virginia 1788 Governor https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/1v53jx68p A New Nation Votes American Antiquarian Society 2025-08-14 2012 Reardon John J. Edmund Randolph: A Biography 1975 Macmillan Publishing Company New York https://archive.org/details/edmundrandolphbi0000rear 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 Virginia Journal of the House of Delegates [...] 1828 none Richmond https://www.google.com/books/edition/Journal_of_the_House_of_Delegates_of_the/wEFFAQAAMAAJ Category:1788 elections in the United States Category:1788 Virginia elections Category:Virginia gubernatorial elections Category:Indirect gubernatorial elections in the United States Category:1780s Virginia elections Category:United States gubernatorial elections in the 1780s Category:1788 in Virginia