1834 Virginia gubernatorial election

none January 2025 December 2025 ly 1834 Virginia gubernatorial election Virginia File:Flag of the United States (1822–1836).svg Presidential no 1831 Virginia gubernatorial election 1831 1837 Virginia gubernatorial election 1837 January 7, 1834 150x150px 1st ballot 2nd ballot File:Portrait of Littleton Waller Tazewell (3x4 cropped).jpg Littleton Waller Tazewell State Rights Nullifier Party 67 85 File:3x4.svg Edward Watts National Republican Party 46 53 File:James McDowell (3x4 cropped).jpg James McDowell Democratic Party (United States) 7 22 File:Peter Vivian Daniel, US Supreme Court Justice, c1860 (3x4 cropped).jpg Peter V. Daniel Democratic Party (United States) 40 2 Governor John Floyd Democratic Party (United States) Littleton Waller Tazewell State Rights A gubernatorial election was held in Virginia on January 7, 1834. The State Rights former U.S. senator from Virginia Littleton Waller Tazewell defeated the National Republican former member of the Virginia Senate from Campbell County Edward Watts, the Democratic member of the Council of State Peter V. Daniel, and the Democratic member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Rockbridge County James McDowell.Dent 1974 156–57 The Bank War split the Virginia Democratic Party along factional and ideological lines, prompting State Rights Democrats to seek a coalition with the National Republicans in hopes of deposing the governing Richmond Junto. Seeing the gubernatorial election as an opportunity to bring the disparate opposition forces into the Whig Party, the state's senior U.S. senator John Tyler and the outgoing governor of Virginia John Floyd persuaded Tazewell to stand as the State Rights gubernatorial candidate. The National Republicans nominated Watts, while the Democrats were divided between supporters of Daniel, one of the leaders of the Junto, and McDowell, who was nominated by Democrats from Western Virginia.Dent 1974 156 Holt 1999 35 The election was conducted by the Virginia General Assembly in joint session. No candidate had a majority on the first ballot, requiring a second round of voting. Tazewell was elected with a majority on the second ballot.Virginia 1833 87–88 Reactions to the election were mixed, with some observers interpreting the result as a rebuke of the national Jackson Administration. Thomas Ritchie, the editor of the Democratic Richmond Enquirer, claimed that Tazewell's supporters included both pro-administration Democrats and State Rights members and attributed the result to the confused partisan situation in the legislature.Dent 1974 157 The State Rights–National Republican coalition became the basis for the Virginia Whig Party, which held a majority in the General Assembly following the May 1834 legislative elections.Holt 1999 35 General election + 1834 Virginia gubernatorial electionVirginia 1833 87–88 Party Candidate First ballot Second ballot Count Percent Count Percent State Rights Littleton Waller Tazewell 67 41.88 85 52.47 National Republican Edward Watts 46 28.75 53 32.72 Democratic Peter V. Daniel 40 25.00 2 1.23 Democratic James McDowell 7 4.38 22 13.58 Total 160 100.00 162 100.00 References Bibliography 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 Holt Michael F. The Rise and Fall of the American Whig Party: Jacksonian Politics and the Onset of the Civil War 1999 Oxford University Press New York https://archive.org/details/risefallofameric0000holt_a7l7 Virginia Journal of the House of Delegates [...] 1833 none Richmond https://www.google.com/books/edition/Journal_of_the_House_of_Delegates_of_the/Il1BAQAAMAAJ Gubernatorial Category:Virginia gubernatorial elections Virginia Category:March 1834 Category:Indirect gubernatorial elections in the United States Category:Single-candidate gubernatorial elections in Virginia