1796 New Jersey gubernatorial election

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| election_name = 1796 New Jersey gubernatorial election

| country = New Jersey

| type = Presidential

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| previous_election = 1795 New Jersey gubernatorial election

| previous_year = 1795

| next_election = 1797 New Jersey gubernatorial election

| next_year = 1797

| election_date = 28 October 1796

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| nominee1 = Richard Howell

| party1 = Federalist Party

| popular_vote1 = 48

| percentage1 = 100.00%

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| title = Governor

| before_election = Richard Howell

| before_party = Federalist Party

| after_election = Richard Howell

| after_party = Federalist Party

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The 1796 New Jersey gubernatorial election was held on 28 October 1796 in order to elect the Governor of New Jersey. Incumbent Federalist Governor Richard Howell was unanimously re-elected by the New Jersey General Assembly as he ran unopposed.{{Cite web |title=Richard Howell |date=19 January 2010 |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/richard-howell/ |access-date=30 June 2024 |publisher=National Governors Association}}

General election

On election day, 28 October 1796, incumbent Federalist Governor Richard Howell was unanimously re-elected by the New Jersey General Assembly as he ran unopposed, thereby retaining Federalist control over the office of Governor. Howell was sworn in for his fourth term that same day.{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/minutesproceedin00newj/page/n209/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://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/x633f259d |title=New Jersey 1796 Governor |publisher=elections.lib.tufts.edu |date=11 January 2012 |access-date=30 June 2024}}