1829 New Jersey gubernatorial election

none January 2025 December 2025 ly 1829 New Jersey gubernatorial election New Jersey Presidential no 1828 New Jersey gubernatorial election 1828 1830 New Jersey gubernatorial election 1830 October 30, 1829 125px Garret D. Wall Democratic Party (United States) 39 69.64% 125px Isaac Halstead Williamson Democratic-Republican Party 15 26.79% Governor Isaac Halstead Williamson Democratic-Republican Party Peter Dumont Vroom Democratic Party (United States) The 1829 New Jersey gubernatorial election was held on October 30, 1829, in order to elect the governor of New Jersey. Democratic nominee and incumbent United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey Garret D. Wall was elected by the New Jersey General Assembly against incumbent Democratic-Republican governor Isaac Halstead Williamson. Wall however, declined to assume the office of governor on November 2, 1829, whereupon incumbent Democratic member of the New Jersey General Assembly Peter Dumont Vroom was instead elected, by a vote of 42 to Williamson's 13, to replace Wall as governor on November 6, 1829.Peter Dumont Vroom https://www.nga.org/governor/peter-dumont-vroom/ 2024-09-22 National Governors Associationhttps://www.newspapers.com/article/the-united-states-gazette-vroom-elected/123161572/ Vroom elected governor November 6 newspapers.com November 10, 1829 2024-09-22 General election On election day, October 30, 1829, Democratic nominee Garret D. Wall was elected by the New Jersey General Assembly by a margin of 24 votes against incumbent Democratic-Republican governor Isaac Halstead Williamson, thereby gaining Democratic control over the office of governor. Wall however, declined to assume the office of governor on November 2, 1829, whereupon incumbent Democratic member of the New Jersey General Assembly Peter Dumont Vroom was instead elected, by a vote of 42 to Williamson's 13, to replace Wall as governor on November 6, 1829. Vroom was sworn in as the 9th governor of New Jersey that same day.https://www.newspapers.com/article/burlington-weekly-free-press-wall-electe/123161619/ Wall elected October 30 newspapers.com November 13, 1829 2024-09-22https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101065085555&seq=20 Journal of the proceedings of the Legislative-Council of the State of New-Jersey 1829 babel.hathitrust.org November 13, 1829 2024-09-22 Results New Jersey gubernatorial election, 1829 Democratic Party (United States) Garret D. Wall 39 69.64% Democratic-Republican Party Isaac Halstead Williamson (incumbent) 15 26.79% Democratic Party (United States) John Joseph Chetwood 2 3.57% 56 100.00% Democratic Party (United States) Democratic-Republican Party References Category:1829 New Jersey elections Category:New Jersey gubernatorial elections Category:1829 United States gubernatorial elections Category:October 1829 Category:Indirect gubernatorial elections in the United States