1801 Georgia gubernatorial election

General election

On election day, 6 November 1801, Democratic-Republican candidate Josiah Tattnall won the election against his foremost opponent Federalist candidate Thomas P. Carnes. Tattnall was sworn in as the 25th governor of Georgia on 7 November 1801.^[2]

Georgia gubernatorial election, 1801^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic-Republican	Josiah Tattnall	41	59.42
	Federalist	Thomas P. Carnes	21	30.44
	Democratic-Republican	Jared Irwin	7	10.14
Total votes			69	100.00
	Democratic-Republican hold

^ "Georgia 1801 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
^ "GA Governor". ourcampaigns.com. 13 September 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
^ Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson: McFarland & Company. ISBN 9780786414390.

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