1872 Transvaal presidential election

April 2023 South African Republic presidential 1872 1883 Transvaal presidential election 1883 ThFBurgers CHM VA0897 (cropped).jpg Thomas François Burgers 2,964 88.42% 3x4.svg William Robinson 388 11.58% President Daniel Jacobus Erasmus(Acting) Thomas François Burgers Presidential elections were held in the South African Republic in 1872.John Noble (1896) Illustrated official handbook of the Cape and South Africa J.C. Juta & Co, p463 The result was a victory for Thomas François Burgers,Steven Debroey (1989) South Africa to the sources of apartheid who defeated the "Afrikanerised" Englishman William Robinson,Marq De Villiers (1988) White tribe dreaming: apartheid's bitter roots as witnessed by eight generations of an Afrikaner family Viking who had been supported by Paul Kruger.Jeremy Lawrence (2001) Buccaneer: a biography of Sir Joseph Benjamin Robinson, first Baronet Gryphon Press, p48 Burgers was sworn in as President on 27 June.Alan Patrick Cartwright (1973) Valley of gold Timmins, p25 Results Thomas François Burgers 2964 William Robinson 388 Debroey References Category:Elections in Transvaal Transvaal Category:1872 in the South African Republic Category:1870s in Transvaal