The 1803 Tennessee gubernatorial election took place from August 4–5, 1803. In
1801 former governor,
John Sevier
John Sevier (September 23, 1745 September 24, 1815) was an American soldier, frontiersman, and politician, and one of the founding fathers of the State of Tennessee. A member of the Democratic-Republican Party, he played a leading role in Tennes ...
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.
Results
See also
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1803 United States gubernatorial elections
References
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1803 Tennessee elections
1803
Events January–March
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Tennessee
Tennessee (, ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Kentucky to the north, Virginia to the northeast, North Carolina t ...
August 1803