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| Elections in Tennessee |
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The 1801 Tennessee gubernatorial election took place from August 6–7, 1801. The incumbent governor, John Sevier, had reached his three consecutive term limits and had to wait until 1803 to run again. Democratic-Republican judge Archibald Roane won a term almost unanimously against other Democratic-Republican nominee John Boyd.