1781 Delaware gubernatorial election

none January 2025 December 2025 ly 1781 Delaware gubernatorial election United States 1777 Presidential no 1778 Delaware gubernatorial election 1778 1783 Delaware gubernatorial election 1783 November 6, 1781 150x150px 1st ballot File:JohnDickinson4.gif John Dickinson Nonpartisan politician 25 President Caesar Rodney Nonpartisan politician John Dickinson Nonpartisan politician The 1781 Delaware gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1781. The councilor from Kent County John Dickinson was elected president of Delaware for a term of three-years.Munroe 1954 98 Delaware politics during the 1780s witnessed the rise of conservative and radical political factions, with the radical leaders predominating during the American War of Independence. The withdraw of British Army forces from Philadelphia in 1779 preceded the rise of the conservative faction, with which Dickinson, formerly an opponent of American independence, was associated. Dickinson's election to succeed the radical outgoing president Caesar Rodney represented the ascendency of a nationalist group of Founding Fathers who favored a more powerful central government for the United States.Munroe 1954 97–98 The election was conducted by the Delaware General Assembly. Dickinson was elected with a majority on the first ballot.Munroe 1954 98 General election + 1781 Delaware gubernatorial electionDelaware 1887 663 Candidate First ballot Count Percent John Dickinson 25 96.15 Others 1 3.85 Total 26 100.00 References Bibliography Delaware Minutes of the Council of the Delaware State, from 1776 to 1792 1887 Historical Society of Delaware Wilmington https://www.google.com/books/edition/Papers_of_the_Historical_Society_of_Dela/rfK_G1VV38wC Munroe John A. Federalist Delaware, 1775–1815 1954 Rutgers University Press New Brunswick https://archive.org/details/federalistdelawa0000john Category:Delaware gubernatorial elections Category:1781 in Delaware Category:1780s Delaware elections Category:1781 elections in the United States DE Gov 1781 Category:Single-candidate gubernatorial elections in Delaware Category:United States gubernatorial elections in the 1780s Category:Indirect gubernatorial elections in the United States