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1847 Liberian general election

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Field	Value
country	Liberia
next_election	1849 Liberian general election
next_year	1849
election_date	September 27, 1847
module	{{Infobox election
embed	yes
election_name	Presidential election
type	presidential
image1	Joseph Jenkins Roberts.jpg
nominee1	Joseph Jenkins Roberts
party1	Pro-Administration
party1_name	no
image2	3x4.svg
nominee2	Samuel Benedict
party2	Anti-Administration
party2_name	no
title	President
after_election	Joseph Jenkins Roberts

General elections were held for the first time in newly independent Liberia on September 27, 1847, alongside a constitutional referendum. The result was a victory for Governor Joseph Jenkins Roberts of the Pro-Administration Party, who defeated Samuel Benedict of the Anti-Administration Party. In a separate vote, Nathaniel Brander was elected vice president.

Roberts was sworn into office as the country's first president on January 3, 1848, with Nathaniel Brander as vice president.

Campaign

Due to his part in the trial of Tobias Outland, who had murdered James Stevens in 1845, Benedict had faced condemnation across the electorate.

Results

In the presidential vote, Benedict received only ten votes.

In Montserrado County John B. Gripon and John N. Lewis were elected to the Senate whilst D. B. Brown, William Draper, J.B. McGill, and Daniel Bashiel Warner were elected to the House of Representatives.

References

[[Charles Henry Huberich]] (1947) ''The political and legislative history of Liberia'', Central Book Co., p844
[http://africanelections.tripod.com/lr.html Elections in Liberia] African Elections Database
Huberich, p846
Nathaniel R Richardson (1959) ''Liberia's Past and Present'', The Diplomatic Press and Publishing Company, p82

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