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.^[1]

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1803 Tennessee gubernatorial election

← 1801 August 4–5, 1803 1805 â†’

Nominee John Sevier Archibald Roane Party Democratic-Republican Democratic-Republican Popular vote 6,780 4,923 Percentage 57.93% 42.07%

County results Sevier:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Roane:      70–80%      No data/No votes

Governor before election Archibald Roane Democratic-Republican Elected Governor John Sevier Democratic-Republican

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