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1819 Virginia gubernatorial election
The 1819 Virginia gubernatorial election was held on 30 November 1819 in order to elect the Governor of Virginia . Incumbent Democratic-Republican member of Virginia House of Delegates Thomas Mann Randolph Jr. defeated fellow Democratic-Republican nominee and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 13th district Burwell Bassett and incumbent Democratic-Republican Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates Linn Banks in a Virginia General Assembly vote.[ 1]
On election day, 30 November 1819, Democratic-Republican nominee Thomas Mann Randolph Jr. won the election against his foremost opponent and fellow Democratic-Republican candidate Burwell Bassett . Randolph Jr. was sworn in as the 21st Governor of Virginia on 1 December 1819.[ 2]
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