Virginia's elections of 1869 occurred during the post-American Civil WarReconstruction Era and included African-American candidates and so-called "carpetbaggers", politicians from the North, often former Union Army officers, who ran in elections in southern states then under the authority of the Federal government and U.S. Army. The election included the 1869 Virginia gubernatorial election held on July 6, 1869, to elect the governor of Virginia. Gilbert Carlton Walker was elected as a "True Republican" defeating H. H. Wells, who was running as a "Radical Republican." Walker switched his party affiliation to Democratic in 1870.
Elections results brought 21 African Americans to office in the Virginia House of Delegates and six to the Virginia State Senate.[1]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.[1]
^ abFederal Writers' Project (October 31, 2013). The WPA Guide to Virginia: The Old Dominion State. Trinity University Press. pp. 79–. ISBN978-1-59534-244-7.
^"Our Campaigns – VA Governor Race – Jul 06, 1869". Retrieved May 2, 2016.
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