| Election Name: | 1781 Delaware gubernatorial election |
| Country: | Delaware |
| Type: | Presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1778 Delaware gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 1778 |
| Next Election: | 1783 Delaware gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 1783 |
| Election Date: | 6 November 1781 |
| Nominee1: | John Dickinson |
| Party1: | Nonpartisan politician |
| Popular Vote1: | 25 |
| Percentage1: | 96.15% |
| Governor | |
| Before Election: | Caesar Rodney |
| Before Party: | Nonpartisan politician |
| After Election: | John Dickinson |
| After Party: | Nonpartisan politician |
The 1781 Delaware gubernatorial election was held on 6 November 1781 in order to elect the President of Delaware. (The office would be renamed to Governor in 1792.) Candidate and former member of the Continental Congress John Dickinson was unanimously elected by the Delaware General Assembly as he ran unopposed.[1]
On election day, 6 November 1781, John Dickinson was unanimously elected by the Delaware General Assembly, receiving all but his own vote (which was rejected). Dickinson was sworn in as the 5th President of Delaware on 13 November 1781.[2]