1820 North Carolina gubernatorial election

1820 North Carolina gubernatorial election

5 December 1820

Nominee Jesse Franklin Gabriel Holmes Joseph Hunter Bryan Party Democratic-Republican Democratic-Republican Democratic-Republican Popular vote 94 63 28 Percentage 50.81% 34.05% 15.14%

Governor before election John Branch Democratic-Republican Elected Governor Jesse Franklin Democratic-Republican

The 1820 North Carolina gubernatorial election was held on 5 December 1820 in order to elect the Governor of North Carolina. Democratic-Republican candidate and former United States Senator from North Carolina Jesse Franklin was elected by the North Carolina General Assembly against Democratic-Republican candidate and former member of the North Carolina Senate Gabriel Holmes and Democratic-Republican candidate and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's 2nd district Joseph Hunter Bryan.

General election

On election day, 5 December 1820, Democratic-Republican candidate Jesse Franklin was elected by the North Carolina General Assembly by a margin of 31 votes against his foremost opponent fellow Democratic-Republican candidate Gabriel Holmes, thereby retaining Democratic-Republican control over the office of Governor. Franklin was sworn in as the 20th Governor of North Carolina on 7 December 1820.

Results

North Carolina gubernatorial election, 1820

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic-Republican	Jesse Franklin	94	50.81
	Democratic-Republican	Gabriel Holmes	63	34.05
	Democratic-Republican	Joseph Hunter Bryan	28	15.14
Total votes			185	100.00
	Democratic-Republican hold