1811 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

The 1811 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 12, 1811.[1]

1811 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

March 12, 1811
 
Nominee John Langdon Jeremiah Smith
Party Democratic-Republican Federalist
Popular vote 17,552 14,477
Percentage 54.69% 45.11%

Governor before election

John Langdon
Democratic-Republican

Elected Governor

John Langdon
Democratic-Republican

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

General election

Candidates

Results

1811 New Hampshire gubernatorial election[2][3][4][5][lower-alpha 1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic-Republican John Langdon (incumbent) 17,552 54.69%
Federalist Jeremiah Smith 14,477 45.11%
Scattering 65 0.20%
Majority 3,075 9.58%
Turnout 32,094
Democratic-Republican hold Swing

Notes

  1. Some sources give Langdon's total as 17,554,[6][7][8] while others give it as 17,522.[9][10] The result given is taken from the New Hampshire Senate Journal.

References

  1. "New Hampshire election". Virginia Argus. Richmond, Va. March 28, 1811. p. 2. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  2. "NH Governor, 1811". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  3. Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 200–201. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
  4. "New Hampshire 1811 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  5. 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, 1811. Concord: I. & W.R. Hill. 1811. p. 10.
  6. Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 66. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. Farmer, James (1772). The New Hampshire Annual Register and United States Calendar, 1833. Concord: Marsh, Capen and Lyon. p. 18.
  10. Coolidge, A. J.; Mansfield, J. B. (1860). History and Description of New England. New Hampshire. Boston: Austin J. Coolidge. p. 708.


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