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The 1796 Virginia gubernatorial election was held on 30 November 1796 in order to elect the Governor of Virginia.Incumbent Federalist member of Virginia's Executive Council James Wood defeated former Governor of Virginia Beverley Randolph, incumbent member of the Virginia House of Delegates representing Botetourt County Thomas Madison and William Clarke in a Virginia General Assembly vote.
Glenn Youngkin, the 74th and current governor of Virginia The governor of Virginia is the state 's head of government and commander-in-chief of the state's official national guard . The first Constitution of 1776 created the office of governor, to be elected annually by the Virginia State Legislature .
A Federalist, in 1796, Wood was elected as Virginia's eleventh governor and served until 1799, after previously being the Federalist gubernatorial candidate in 1794. [9] In addition to being an original member of the Society of the Cincinnati, he was also a leading member of an early abolition society in Virginia. Wood served as President of ...
Presidential elections were held in the United States from November 4 to December 7, 1796, when electors throughout the United States cast their ballots. It was the first contested American presidential election, the first presidential election in which political parties played a dominant role, and the only presidential election in which a president and vice president were elected from ...
An English Immigrant Views American Society: Benjamin Henry Latrobe's Virginia Years, 1796-1798. The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 85, No. 4 (October, 1977), pp. 387–410. Richard Wojtowicz, Billy G. Smith. Advertisements For Runaway Slaves, Indentured Servants, and Apprentices in the Pennsylvania Gazette, 1795–1796.
Map of the Presidential Election of 1796 between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson Items portrayed in this file ... Virginia did not get its portion back until 1847 ...
The 1796 United States presidential election in Virginia took place as part of the 1796 United States presidential election. Voters chose 21 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College , [ 1 ] who voted for President and Vice President .
11 Virginia. 12 See also. 13 References. ... This is an incomplete list of presidential electors in the United States presidential election of 1796. Electoral college ...