1808 New Hampshire gubernatorial election
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The 1808 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 8, 1808.
Incumbent Democratic-Republican Governor John Langdon won re-election to a fourth term.
General election
[edit]Major candidates
[edit]- John Langdon, Democratic-Republican, incumbent Governor
Minor candidates
[edit]The following candidates may not have been formally nominated and attracted only scattering votes.[1]
- Timothy Farrar, Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for Hillsborough County, former justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court of Judicature[2][3]
- John Taylor Gilman, Federalist, former Governor
- William Hale, Federalist, former member of the Executive Council of New Hampshire[4]
- Oliver Peabody, Federalist, former President of the New Hampshire Senate[5]
- Jeremiah Smith, Federalist, Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court of Judicature
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic-Republican | John Langdon (incumbent) | 12,641 | 79.51% | ||
| Federalist | John Taylor Gilman | 1,261 | 7.93% | ||
| Federalist | Jeremiah Smith | 839 | 5.28% | ||
| Federalist | Oliver Peabody | 405 | 2.55% | ||
| Federalist | Timothy Farrar | 398 | 2.50% | ||
| Scattering | 355 | 2.23% | |||
| Majority | 11,380 | 71.58% | |||
| Turnout | 15,899 | ||||
| Democratic-Republican hold | Swing | ||||
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "New Hampshire 1808 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
- ^ The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, for the Year 1849. Vol. III. Boston: Samuel G. Drake. 1849. p. 289.
- ^ Clary, Timothy Farrar (1847). Honorable Old Age. A Discourse Occasioned by the Centennial Anniversary of Hon. Timothy Farrar, LL. D. Delivered at Hollis, N. H., July 11, 1847. Andover: William H. Wardwell. p. 28.
- ^ Scales, John (1914). History of Strafford County New Hampshire and Representative Citizens. Chicago, Ill.: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co. p. 574.
- ^ Opal, J. M. (Winter 2000). "The Politics of "Industry": Federalism in Concord and Exeter, New Hampshire, 1790-1805". Journal of the Early Republic. 20 (4). University of Pennsylvania Press: 637–671. doi:10.2307/3125010. JSTOR 3125010. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
- ^ Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 66. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
- ^ Kallenbach, Joseph E.; Kallenbach, Jessamine S., eds. (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Vol. I. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, Inc. p. 380. ISBN 0-379-00665-0.
- ^ A Journal of the Proceedings of the House of Representatives of the State of New-Hampshire, at their Session, begun and holden at Concord, on the first Wednesday of June, 1808. Concord: George Hough. 1808. p. 10.
- ^ Journal of the Proceedings of the Honorable Senate of the State of New-Hampshire, at their Session, begun and holden at Concord, on the first Wednesday of June, 1808. Concord: George Hough. 1808. p. 7.
- ^ Farmer, James (1772). The New Hampshire Annual Register and United States Calendar, 1833. Concord: Marsh, Capen and Lyon. p. 18.
- ^ Carter, Hosea B., ed. (1891). "Gubernatorial Vote of New Hampshire – 1784 to 1890". The New Hampshire Manual for the General Court 1680–1891. Concord: Office of the Secretary of State. p. 151.
- ^ Coolidge, A. J.; Mansfield, J. B. (1860). History and Description of New England. New Hampshire. Boston: Austin J. Coolidge. p. 708.
- ^ "NH Governor, 1808". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
- ^ Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 200–201. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
