1786 New Jersey gubernatorial election

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| election_name = 1786 New Jersey gubernatorial election

| country = New Jersey

| type = Presidential

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 1785 New Jersey gubernatorial election

| previous_year = 1785

| next_election = 1787 New Jersey gubernatorial election

| next_year = 1787

| election_date = 31 October 1786

| image1 = 125px

| nominee1 = William Livingston

| party1 = Nonpartisan politician

| popular_vote1 = 38

| percentage1 = 82.61%

| image2 = 125px

| nominee2 = Abraham Clark

| party2 = Nonpartisan politician

| popular_vote2 = 8

| percentage2 = 17.39%

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| title = Governor

| before_election = William Livingston

| before_party = Nonpartisan politician

| after_election = William Livingston

| after_party = Nonpartisan politician

}}

The 1786 New Jersey gubernatorial election was held on 31 October 1786 in order to elect the Governor of New Jersey. Incumbent Governor William Livingston was re-elected by the New Jersey General Assembly against his opponent candidate Abraham Clark.{{Cite web |title=William Livingston |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/william-livingston/ |access-date=29 June 2024 |publisher=National Governors Association}}

General election

On election day, 31 October 1786, incumbent Governor William Livingston was re-elected by the New Jersey General Assembly by a margin of 30 votes against his opponent candidate Abraham Clark. Livingston was sworn in for his eleventh term that same day.{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/minutesproceedin00newj/page/4/mode/2up |title=Minutes and proceedings of the Council and General Assembly of the state of New-Jersey, in joint-meeting, from August 30, 1776 to October 29, 1799 |publisher=archive.org |date=14 August 2009 |access-date=29 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=1067181 |title=NJ Governor |publisher=ourcampaigns.com |date=30 April 2024 |access-date=29 June 2024}}