1816 Virginia gubernatorial election

none January 2025 December 2025 ly File:Flag of the United States (1795-1818).svg 1816 Virginia gubernatorial election Virginia Presidential no 1815 Virginia gubernatorial election 1815 1817 Virginia gubernatorial election 1817 December 10, 1816 150x150px 1st ballot File:James Patton Preston by Gilbert Stuart, 1803 (Cropped).jpg James Patton Preston 104 File:3x4.svg William J. Lewis 83 Governor Wilson Cary Nicholas Democratic-Republican Party James Patton Preston Democratic-RepublicanLampi lists no parties for this election.Lampi 2012 Both Kallenbach and KallenbachKallenbach Kallenbach 1977 613 and Sobel and RaimoSobel Raimo 1978 1632 list Preston as a Democratic-Republican during his tenure. A gubernatorial election was held in Virginia on December 10, 1816.Virginia 1816 78 The member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Montgomery County James Patton Preston defeated the member from Campbell County William J. Lewis and the former member from Greenbrier CountyVirginia 1916 282 Linah Mimms.Lampi 2012 The incumbent governor of Virginia Wilson Cary Nicholas was not a candidate for re-election. The election was conducted by the Virginia General Assembly in joint session.Sobel Raimo 1978 1632 Preston was elected with a majority on the first ballot.Lampi 2012 General election + 1816 Virginia gubernatorial special electionLampi 2012 Candidate First ballot Count Percent James Patton Preston 104 52.79 William J. Lewis 83 42.13 Linah Mimms 9 4.57 Others 1 0.51 Total 197 100.00 Notes Bibliography Kallenbach Joseph E. Kallenbach Jessamine S. American State Governors, 1776–1976 1 1977 Oceana Publications Dobbs Ferry, NY https://archive.org/details/americanstategov0000kall Lampi Philip J. Virginia 1816 Governor https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/nv935358m A New Nation Votes American Antiquarian Society 2025-10-23 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 Virginia Journal of the House of Delegates [...] 1816 none Richmond https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433014925329&seq=1 Virginia Twelfth Annual Report of the Library Board of the Virginia State Library [...] 1916 none Richmond https://www.google.com/books/edition/Annual_Report_of_the_Library_Board_of_th/ROIaAAAAMAAJ Gubernatorial Category:Virginia gubernatorial elections Virginia Category:November 1816 Category:Indirect gubernatorial elections in the United States