← 1848 December 1, 1851 65,257 57,040 Date 1 December 1851 | December 1, 1851 1855 → 53.46% 46.54% Location Virginia, United States | |
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Winner Joseph Johnson | ||
The 1851 Virginia gubernatorial election was held on December 1, 1851 to elect the governor of Virginia. It was the first gubernatorial election in Virginia in which the governor was elected by direct popular vote, instead of being selected by the state legislature.
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Virginia gubernatorial election, 1851 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA