1805 Virginia gubernatorial election

none January 2025 December 2025 ly File:Flag of the United States (1795-1818).svg 1805 Virginia gubernatorial election Virginia Presidential no 1804 Virginia gubernatorial election 1804 1806 Virginia gubernatorial election 1806 December 7, 1805 150x150px 1st ballot File:William H. Cabell (cropped).jpg William H. Cabell Democratic-Republican Party 99 File:3x4.svg Alexander MacRae Democratic-Republican Party 90 Governor John Page Democratic-Republican Party William H. Cabell Democratic-Republican Party A gubernatorial election was held in Virginia on December 7, 1805.Election of Governor https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84024736/1805-12-10/ed-1/?sp=3 Enquirer December 10, 1805 The Democratic-Republican former member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Amherst County William H. Cabell defeated the Democratic-Republican member of the Council of State Alexander MacRae.Lampi 2012 The incumbent governor of Virginia John Page was ineligible for re-election due to term limits established by the Constitution of Virginia. The election was conducted by the Virginia General Assembly in joint session.Sobel Raimo 1978 1628 Democratic-Republicans formed a majority on the joint ballot, but were divided between supporters of Cabell and MacRae. Most of the Democratic-Republican members supported MacRae, while all but five of the 28 to 30 Federalists voted for Cabell. Cabell was elected with a majority on the first ballot.Lampi 2012 The closeness of the election, with Federalist legislators supplying Cabell's entire margin of victory, led observers to characterize the result as a triumph of Federalist principles. General election + 1805 Virginia gubernatorial electionLampi 2012 Party Candidate First ballot Count Percent Democratic-Republican William H. Cabell 99 52.38 Democratic-Republican Alexander MacRae 90 47.62 Total 182 100.00 Notes Bibliography Lampi Philip J. Virginia 1805 Governor https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/rx913q72s A New Nation Votes American Antiquarian Society 2025-10-22 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 collapsed Gubernatorial Category:Virginia gubernatorial elections Virginia Category:November 1805 Category:Indirect gubernatorial elections in the United States