1829 New Jersey gubernatorial election

1829 New Jersey gubernatorial election

←  1828 October 30, 1829 1830  →

Nominee Garret D. Wall Isaac Halstead Williamson Party Democratic Democratic-Republican Popular vote 39 15 Percentage 69.64% 26.79%

Governor before election Isaac Halstead Williamson Democratic-Republican Elected Governor Peter Dumont Vroom Democratic

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. ^{[1] [2]}

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. ^{[3] [4]}

Results

New Jersey gubernatorial election, 1829

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Garret D. Wall	39	69.64%
	Democratic-Republican	Isaac Halstead Williamson (incumbent)	15	26.79%
	Democratic	John Joseph Chetwood	2	3.57%
Total votes			56	100.00%
	Democratic gain from Democratic-Republican

References

1. "Peter Dumont Vroom". National Governors Association . Retrieved 2024-09-22.
2. "Vroom elected governor November 6". newspapers.com. November 10, 1829. Retrieved 2024-09-22.
3. "Wall elected October 30". newspapers.com. November 13, 1829. Retrieved 2024-09-22.
4. "Journal of the proceedings of the Legislative-Council of the State of New-Jersey 1829". babel.hathitrust.org. November 13, 1829. Retrieved 2024-09-22.