1803 Tennessee gubernatorial election
The Tennessee gubernatorial election of 1803 took place from August 4 - 5, 1803. In 1801 Sevier was forced leave office as he had reached his three consecutive term limit and in 1803 ran against the incumbent governor, Roane, and defeated him with 57.93% of the vote. This was the first gubernatorial election that did not unanimously elect a governor.
![]() | |||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||
|
Elections in Tennessee | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | ||||||||
|
||||||||
![]() | ||||||||
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic-Republican | John Sevier | 6,780 | 57.93% | |
Democratic-Republican | Archibald Roane | 4,923 | 42.07% | |
Total votes | 11,703 | 100% |
gollark: We have a flowchart pinned you can use.
gollark: They're not allowed on the forums, for som insanely stupid reason.
gollark: I guess I can take that if nobody else wants it, but I'd have to throw away another random AP egg.
gollark: When's the ToD?
gollark: I'm tempted to just incubate all my eggs to grab ND experimental stuff now.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.