1847 Liberian general election

none Liberia 1849 Liberian general election 1849 September 27, 1847 yes Presidential election presidential Joseph Jenkins Roberts (cropped).jpg Joseph Jenkins Roberts Pro-Administration no 3x4.svg Samuel Benedict Anti-Administration no President Joseph Jenkins Roberts General elections were held for the first time in newly independent Liberia on September 27, 1847, alongside a constitutional referendum.Charles Henry Huberich (1947) The political and legislative history of Liberia, Central Book Co., p844 The result was a victory for Governor Joseph Jenkins Roberts of the Pro-Administration Party, who defeated Samuel Benedict of the Anti-Administration Party.Elections in Liberia https://web.archive.org/web/20171228171749/http://africanelections.tripod.com/lr.html 2017-12-28 African Elections Database In a separate vote, Nathaniel Brander was elected vice president.Huberich, p846 Roberts was sworn into office as the country's first president on January 3, 1848, with Nathaniel Brander as vice president. Campaign Due to his part in the trial of Tobias Outland, who had murdered James Stevens in 1845, Benedict had faced condemnation across the electorate.Nathaniel R Richardson (1959) Liberia's Past and Present, The Diplomatic Press and Publishing Company, p82 Results In the presidential vote, Benedict received only ten votes. In Montserrado County John B. Gripon and John N. Lewis were elected to the Senate whilst D. B. Brown, William Draper, J.B. McGill, and Daniel Bashiel Warner were elected to the House of Representatives. References Liberia General Category:Elections in Liberia Liberia Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results