1869 Virginia gubernatorial election

1869 Virginia gubernatorial election
July 6, 1869
 
Nominee Gilbert Carlton Walker Henry H. Wells
Party Conservative Republican Radical Republican
Popular vote 119,502 101,184
Percentage 54.15% 45.85%
County results
Walker:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Wells:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Governor before election

Henry H. Wells
Radical Republican

Elected Governor

Gilbert C. Walker
Conservative Republican

A gubernatorial election was held in Virginia on July 6, 1869. The Conservative Republican candidate Gilbert C. Walker defeated the Radical Republican candidate Henry H. Wells.

The election took place during the Reconstruction era following the American Civil War. Concurrent elections for the Virginia General Assembly resulted in 21 African Americans elected to the Virginia House of Delegates and six to the Virginia Senate. Some candidates were so-called "carpetbaggers," Union Army officers politicians from the Northern United States who relocated to the former Confederacy following the end of the war. Thomas Bayne was a party leader among the African-American group, although he lost the election when a White Republican ran against him in the same election, splitting the vote and allowing a Democrat to win.

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