1819 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

1819 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

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Nominee Samuel Bell William Hale Party Democratic-Republican Federalist Popular vote 13,761 8,660 Percentage 56.71% 35.69%

Governor before election William Plumer Democratic-Republican Elected Governor Samuel Bell Democratic-Republican

The 1819 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 9, 1819. ^[1]

Incumbent Democratic-Republican Governor William Plumer did not run for re-election.

Democratic-Republican nominee Samuel Bell defeated Federalist nominee William Hale.

General election

Candidates

• Samuel Bell, Democratic-Republican, associate justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court of Judicature
• William Hale, Federalist, former U.S. Representative

Results

1819 New Hampshire gubernatorial election ^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [lower-alpha 1]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic-Republican	Samuel Bell	13,761	56.71%
	Federalist	William Hale	8,660	35.69%
	Scattering		1,844 [lower-alpha 2]	7.60%
Majority			5,101	21.02%
Turnout			24,265
	Democratic-Republican hold		Swing

Notes

1. Some sources give slightly different results. The result given is taken from the New Hampshire Senate Journal. ^{[8] [9] [10] [11]}
2. A New Nation Votes indicates around 926 of the scattering votes were cast for David L. Morril. ^[12]

References

1. "The General Election". Richmond enquirer. Richmond, Va. March 19, 1819. p. 2. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
2. Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 66. ISBN   1-56802-396-0.
3. Kallenbach, Joseph E.; Kallenbach, Jessamine S., eds. (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Vol. I. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, Inc. p. 381. ISBN   0-379-00665-0.
4. 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, 1819. Concord: Hill and Moore. 1819. p. 13.
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. 152.
6. Whitcher, William F. (1919). History of the Town of Haverhill, New Hampshire. Concord, N.H.: Rumford Press. p. 170.
7. Wadleigh, George (1913). Notable Events in the History of Dover, New Hampshire: from the first settlement in 1623 to 1865. Dover, N.H.: The Tufts College Press. p. 209.
8. "NH Governor, 1819". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
9. Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 200–201. ISBN   0-930466-17-9.
10. Farmer, James. The New Hampshire Annual Register and United States Calendar, 1833. Concord: Marsh, Capen and Lyon. p. 18.
11. Coolidge, A. J.; Mansfield, J. B. (1860). History and Description of New England. New Hampshire. Boston: Austin J. Coolidge. p. 708.
12. "New Hampshire 1819 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University . Retrieved 14 December 2021.