1863 Orange Free State presidential election

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1863 Orange Free State presidential election
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 18605 November 1863 1868  
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Nominee Johannes Brand

President before election

Marthinus Wessel Pretorius

Elected President

Johannes Brand

Presidential elections were held in the Orange Free State on 5 November 1863. [1] The result was a victory for Johannes Brand, [1] who was inaugurated as the fourth President of the country on 2 February 1864. [2]

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