1832 North Carolina gubernatorial election

1832 North Carolina gubernatorial election

← 1831 1 December 1832 1833 →
 
Nominee David L. Swain Richard Dobbs Spaight Jr.
Party Whig Democratic
Popular vote 99 85
Percentage 51.03% 43.81%

Governor before election

Montfort Stokes
Democratic-Republican

Elected Governor

David L. Swain
Whig

The 1832 North Carolina gubernatorial election was held on 1 December 1832 in order to elect the Governor of North Carolina. Whig nominee David L. Swain was elected by the North Carolina General Assembly against Democratic candidate and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's 4th district Richard Dobbs Spaight Jr. and fellow Democratic candidate and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's 2nd district Joseph Hunter Bryan.[1]

  1. ^ "David Lowry Swain". National Governors Association. Retrieved 17 May 2024.