1777 North Carolina gubernatorial election

April 18, 1777 1778  →
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

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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