1881 Virginia gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1881 Virginia gubernatorial election Virginia presidential no 1877 Virginia gubernatorial election 1877 1885 Virginia gubernatorial election 1885 November 8, 1881 Flag of Virginia (1879).png WE Cameron (3x4 cropped).jpg 150x150px William E. Cameron Readjuster Party Republican 113,464 52.97% File:John W. Daniel - Brady-Handy (cropped).jpg John W. Daniel Democratic Party (United States) - 100,757 47.03% 1881 Virginia gubernatorial election results map by county.svg County ResultsCameron:#51C2C2 50–60%#2AACAC 60–70%#009696 70–80%#008080 80–90%#006666 >90%Daniel:#7996E2 50–60%#6674DE 60–70%#584CDE 70–80% Governor Frederick W. M. Holliday Democratic Party (United States) William E. Cameron Readjuster Party The 1881 Virginia gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1881. The Readjuster Party candidate William Evelyn Cameron won in a historic upset election. The Readjusters were a unique state mixture of Republicans, populist (or "New Departure") Democrats, freedmen, poor voters, and those in favor of "re-adjusting" the state debt owed to Northern banks for the various internal improvements financed before the war. Some of those internal improvements went to West Virginia, as they were physically located in there, as it counter-seceded from Virginia, who had sided with the Confederacy during the Civil War. The Democratic candidate, John Warwick Daniel, was a Virginia State Delegate and Virginia State Senator who was elected Representative in 1882 and then United States Senator in 1886, succeeding the leader of the Readjuster Party, William Mahone. Cameron's lieutenant governor, a position that is separately elected, was Republican John Francis Lewis. Lewis at the time of his election was a United States Marshal, and had previously served as lieutenant governor before resigning to serve as senator upon the readmission of the State of Virginia to the United States. Results Virginia gubernatorial election, 1881http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262813 Our Campaigns - VA Governor Race - Nov 08, 1881 Readjuster Party William E. Cameron 113,464 52.97% Democratic Party (United States) John W. Daniel 100,757 47.03% 12,707 5.94% 214,221 100.00% Readjuster Party Democratic Party (United States) References Our Campaigns page on William Cameron Our Campaigns page on John Daniel The Encyclopedia Virginia entry on the Republican Party in 19th Century Virginia Gubernatorial 1881 Virginia Category:November 1881 in the United States