1847 Liberian general election

1847 Liberian general election
September 27, 1847 1849 →
Presidential election
 
Nominee Joseph Jenkins Roberts Samuel Benedict
Party Pro-Administration Anti-Administration
Elected President

Joseph Jenkins Roberts

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General elections were held for the first time in newly independent Liberia on September 27, 1847, alongside a constitutional referendum.[1] The result was a victory for Governor Joseph Jenkins Roberts of the Pro-Administration Party, who defeated Samuel Benedict of the Anti-Administration Party.[2] In a separate vote, Nathaniel Brander was elected vice president.[3]

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

  1. ^ Charles Henry Huberich (1947) The political and legislative history of Liberia, Central Book Co., p844
  2. ^ Elections in Liberia African Elections Database
  3. ^ Huberich, p846