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1821 Virginia gubernatorial election
The 1821 Virginia gubernatorial election was held on 30 November 1821 in order to elect the Governor of Virginia . Incumbent Democratic-Republican Governor of Virginia Thomas Mann Randolph Jr. defeated fellow Democratic-Republican nominee and incumbent member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 13th district Burwell Bassett in a Virginia General Assembly vote, in a near re-match from the 1819 Virginia gubernatorial election .[ 1]
On election day, 30 November 1821, Democratic-Republican nominee Thomas Mann Randolph Jr. won re-election against fellow Democratic-Republican Burwell Bassett . Randolph Jr. was sworn in for his third term on 1 December 1821.[ 2]
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