1806 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

The 1806 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 11, 1806.

1806 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

March 11, 1806
 
Nominee John Langdon Timothy Farrar John Taylor Gilman
Party Democratic-Republican Federalist Federalist
Popular vote 15,277 1,720 1,553
Percentage 74.26% 8.36% 7.55%

Governor before election

John Langdon
Democratic-Republican

Elected Governor

John Langdon
Democratic-Republican

Incumbent Democratic-Republican Governor John Langdon won re-election to a second term.

General election

Major candidates

Minor candidates

The following candidates may not have been formally nominated and attracted only scattering votes.[1]

Results

1806 New Hampshire gubernatorial election[5][6][7][8][9][10][lower-alpha 1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic-Republican John Langdon (incumbent) 15,277 74.26%
Federalist Timothy Farrar 1,720 8.36%
Federalist John Taylor Gilman 1,553 7.55%
Federalist Jeremiah Smith 902 4.38%
Federalist Oliver Peabody 866 4.21%
Scattering 255 1.24%
Majority 13,557 65.90%
Turnout 20,573
Democratic-Republican hold Swing

Notes

  1. Some sources give slightly different results. The result given is taken from the New Hampshire Senate Journal.[11][12]

References

  1. "New Hampshire 1806 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  2. The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, for the Year 1849. Vol. III. Boston: Samuel G. Drake. 1849. p. 289.
  3. 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.
  4. Opal, J. M. (Winter 2000). "The Politics of "Industry": Federalism in Concord and Exeter, New Hampshire, 1790-1805". Journal of the Early Republic. University of Pennsylvania Press. 20 (4): 637–671. doi:10.2307/3125010. JSTOR 3125010. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  5. Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 66. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
  6. Kallenbach, Joseph E.; Kallenbach, Jessamine S., eds. (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Vol. I. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, Inc. p. 379. ISBN 0-379-00665-0.
  7. A Journal of the Proceedings of the Honorable Senate of the State of New-Hampshire, at their Session, begun and holden at Hopkinton, on the first Wednesday of June, 1806. Portsmouth: Peirce & Gardner, Printers to the State. 1807. p. 7.
  8. Farmer, James (1772). The New Hampshire Annual Register and United States Calendar, 1833. Concord: Marsh, Capen and Lyon. p. 18.
  9. 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.
  10. Coolidge, A. J.; Mansfield, J. B. (1860). History and Description of New England. New Hampshire. Boston: Austin J. Coolidge. p. 708.
  11. "NH Governor, 1806". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  12. Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 200–201. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.


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