1776 New Jersey gubernatorial election

none January 2025 December 2025 ly 1776 New Jersey gubernatorial election New Jersey Presidential no 1777 New Jersey gubernatorial election 1777 August 31, 1776 125px William Livingston Nonpartisan politician 19 51.35% 125px Richard Stockton Nonpartisan politician 18 48.65% Governor William Franklin (as Royal Governor) Nonpartisan politician William Livingston Nonpartisan politician The 1776 New Jersey gubernatorial election was held on August 31, 1776, in order to elect the first Governor of New Jersey. Candidate and former Member of the New York General Assembly William Livingston was elected by the New Jersey General Assembly against his opponent candidate Richard Stockton.William Livingston https://www.nga.org/governor/william-livingston/ 2024-06-25 National Governors Association General election On election day, August 31, 1776, candidates William Livingston and Richard Stockton each received the same number of votes on the first ballot. On the second ballot, Livingston was elected by the New Jersey General Assembly by a margin of one vote.https://archive.org/details/minutesproceedin00newj/page/4/mode/2up Minutes and proceedings of the Council and General Assembly of the state of New-Jersey, in joint-meeting, from August 30, 1776 to October 29, 1799 archive.org August 14, 2009 2024-06-25 Livingston was sworn in as the first Governor of New Jersey that same day.https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=1030537 NJ Governor ourcampaigns.com September 3, 2023 2024-06-25 Results New Jersey gubernatorial election, 1776 Nonpartisan politician William Livingston 19 51.35% Nonpartisan politician Richard Stockton 18 48.65% 37 100.00% Nonpartisan politician References Category:1776 in New Jersey Category:New Jersey gubernatorial elections New Jersey gubernatorial Category:Indirect gubernatorial elections in the United States NJ gov 1776 Category:United States gubernatorial elections in the 1770s