1810 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

The 1810 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 13, 1810.

1810 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

March 13, 1810
 
Nominee John Langdon Jeremiah Smith
Party Democratic-Republican Federalist
Popular vote 16,325 15,166
Percentage 51.70% 48.03%

Governor before election

Jeremiah Smith
Federalist

Elected Governor

John Langdon
Democratic-Republican

Incumbent Federalist Governor Jeremiah Smith was defeated by Democratic-Republican nominee John Langdon in a re-match of the previous year's election.

General election

Candidates

Results

1810 New Hampshire gubernatorial election[1][2][3][4][5][6][lower-alpha 1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic-Republican John Langdon 16,325 51.70%
Federalist Jeremiah Smith (incumbent) 15,166 48.03%
Scattering 84 0.27%
Majority 1,159 3.67%
Turnout 31,575
Democratic-Republican gain from Federalist Swing

Notes

  1. Some sources give slightly different results. The result given is taken from the New Hampshire Senate Journal.[7][8]

References

  1. Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 66. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
  2. 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.
  3. Journal of the Honorable Senate of the State of New-Hampshire, at their Session, begun and holden at Concord, on the first Wednesday of June, 1810. Concord: Isaac Hill. 1810. p. 10.
  4. Farmer, James (1772). The New Hampshire Annual Register and United States Calendar, 1833. Concord: Marsh, Capen and Lyon. p. 18.
  5. 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.
  6. Coolidge, A. J.; Mansfield, J. B. (1860). History and Description of New England. New Hampshire. Boston: Austin J. Coolidge. p. 708.
  7. "NH Governor, 1810". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  8. 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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