1791 New Jersey gubernatorial election

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| election_name = 1791 New Jersey gubernatorial election

| country = New Jersey

| type = Presidential

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| previous_election = 1790 New Jersey gubernatorial election

| previous_year = 1790

| next_election = 1792 New Jersey gubernatorial election

| next_year = 1792

| election_date = 29 October 1791

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| nominee1 = William Paterson

| party1 = Federalist Party

| popular_vote1 = 37

| percentage1 = 100.00%

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| title = Governor

| before_election = William Paterson

| before_party = Federalist Party

| after_election = William Paterson

| after_party = Federalist Party

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The 1791 New Jersey gubernatorial election was held on 29 October 1791 in order to elect the Governor of New Jersey. Incumbent Federalist Governor William Paterson was unanimously re-elected by the New Jersey General Assembly as he ran unopposed.{{Cite web |title=William Paterson |date=19 January 2010 |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/william-paterson/ |access-date=30 June 2024 |publisher=National Governors Association}}

General election

On election day, 29 October 1791, incumbent Federalist Governor William Paterson was unanimously re-elected by the New Jersey General Assembly as he ran unopposed, thereby retaining Federalist control over the office of Governor. Paterson was sworn in for his second term that same day.{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/minutesproceedin00newj/page/n141/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 |date=14 August 2009 |access-date=30 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=1067188 |title=NJ Governor |publisher=ourcampaigns.com |date=30 April 2024 |access-date=30 June 2024}}