1777 North Carolina gubernatorial election

1777 North Carolina gubernatorial election
April 18, 1777
Members of the General Assembly
Majority of votes needed to win
 
Nominee Richard Caswell
Party Radical–Moderate
Governor before election

Richard Caswell
Radical–Moderate

Elected Governor

Richard Caswell
Radical–Moderate

A gubernatorial election was held in North Carolina on April 18, 1777. The incumbent governor of North Carolina Richard Caswell was re-elected.[1]

Caswell, a militia officer and former president of the North Carolina Provincial Congress, led a coalition of radical and moderate Whigs that displaced the previously-dominant conservative political faction after 1776. Factional politics reflected regional interests, with the predominately Western radicals aligned with moderates from the Cape Fear River against the Albemarle conservatives.[2] Following adoption of the Constitution of North Carolina in December 1776, Caswell was appointed to serve as governor until the election of a successor.[1]

The election was conducted by the North Carolina General Assembly in joint session. Caswell was elected unanimously on the first ballot.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Mobley 2016, p. 38.
  2. ^ Smith 1980, pp. 351–52, 12–13.
  3. ^ Clark 1895, p. 27.

Bibliography

  • Clark, Walter, ed. (1895). The State Records of North Carolina. Vol. 12, 1777–78. Winston, NC.
  • Mobley, Joe A. (2016). North Carolina Governor Richard Caswell: Founding Father and Revolutionary Hero. Charleston, SC: History Press.
  • Smith, Penelope Sue (1980). Creation of an American State: Politics in North Carolina, 1765–1789 (PhD thesis). Houston: Rice University.
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