Election Name: | 1815 New Jersey gubernatorial election |
Country: | New Jersey |
Type: | Presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1814 New Jersey gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 1814 |
Next Election: | 1816 New Jersey gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 1816 |
Election Date: | 26 October 1815 |
Nominee1: | Mahlon Dickerson |
Party1: | Democratic-Republican Party |
Popular Vote1: | 52 |
Percentage1: | 100.00% |
Governor | |
Before Election: | William Kennedy (Acting) |
Before Party: | Democratic-Republican Party |
After Election: | Mahlon Dickerson |
After Party: | Democratic-Republican Party |
The 1815 New Jersey gubernatorial election was held on 26 October 1815 in order to elect the governor of New Jersey. Democratic-Republican nominee and former attorney general of Pennsylvania Mahlon Dickerson was elected by the New Jersey General Assembly as he ran unopposed.[1]
On election day, 26 October 1815, Democratic-Republican nominee Mahlon Dickerson was elected by the New Jersey General Assembly as he ran unopposed, thereby retaining Democratic-Republican control over the office of governor. Dickerson was sworn in as the 7th governor of New Jersey that same day.[2]