1847 Liberian general election

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

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.

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