Joseph Jenkins Roberts General elections were held for the first time in newly independent Liberia on September 27, 1847, alongside a constitutional referendum.

[1] The result was a victory for Governor Joseph Jenkins Roberts of the Pro-Administration Party, who defeated Samuel Benedict of the Anti-Administration Party.

[2] In a separate vote, Nathaniel Brander was elected vice president.

Due to his part in the trial of Tobias Outland, who had murdered James Stevens in 1845, Benedict had faced condemnation across the electorate.

Brown, William Draper, J.B. McGill, and Daniel Bashiel Warner were elected to the House of Representatives.