1778 North Carolina gubernatorial election

←  1777 April 18, 1778 1779  →

Nominee Richard Caswell Party Nonpartisan

Governor before election Richard Caswell Nonpartisan Elected Governor Richard Caswell Nonpartisan

A gubernatorial election was held in North Carolina on April 18, 1778. ^[1] The incumbent governor of North Carolina Richard Caswell was re-elected. ^[2]

Contents

• General election
• References
• Bibliography

The election was conducted by the North Carolina General Assembly in joint session. Caswell was elected unanimously on the first ballot. ^[1]

General election

References

Bibliography

• Clark, Walter, ed. (1895). The State Records of North Carolina. Vol. 12, 1777–78. Winston, NC.
• Smith, Penelope Sue (1980). Creation of an American State: Politics in North Carolina, 1765–1789 (PhD thesis). Houston: Rice University.