1795 Georgia gubernatorial election

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1795 Georgia gubernatorial election
Flag of Georgia (U.S. state).svg
  1793 14 January 1795 1797  
  Jared Irwin.jpg
Nominee Jared Irwin
Party Democratic-Republican
Percentage100.00%

Governor before election

George Mathews
Democratic-Republican

Elected Governor

Jared Irwin
Democratic-Republican

The 1795 Georgia gubernatorial election was held on January 14, to elect the next Governor of Georgia Democratic-Republican nominee Jared Irwin won the election in a Georgia General Assembly vote as he ran unopposed. [1]

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General election

On election day, 14 January 1795, Democratic-Republican nominee Jared Irwin won the election as he ran unopposed. Irwin was sworn in as the 22nd Governor of Georgia on 16 January 1795. [2]

Results

Georgia gubernatorial election, 1795 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic-Republican Jared Irwin 100.00
Total votes100.00
Democratic-Republican hold

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References

  1. "Georgia 1796 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University . Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  2. "GA Governor". ourcampaigns.com. 12 September 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  3. Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson: McFarland & Company. ISBN   9780786414390.