1803 Tennessee gubernatorial election

The 1803 Tennessee gubernatorial election took place from August 4–5, 1803. In 1801 former governor, John Sevier was forced to leave office as he had reached his three consecutive term limits. In 1803, however, he was qualified to run for re-election and ran against the incumbent governor, Archibald Roane, and defeated him in with 57.93% of the vote.

1803 Tennessee gubernatorial election

August 4–5, 1803[1]
 
Nominee John Sevier Archibald Roane
Party Democratic-Republican Democratic-Republican
Popular vote 6,780 4,923
Percentage 57.93% 42.07%

Governor before election

Archibald Roane
Democratic-Republican

Elected Governor

John Sevier
Democratic-Republican

This was the first Tennessee gubernatorial election that did not unanimously elect a governor.

Results

Tennessee gubernatorial election, 1803[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic-Republican John Sevier 6,780 57.93%
Democratic-Republican Archibald Roane (incumbent) 4,923 42.07%
Total votes 11,703 100%

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