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%

County results Bell:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80% Hale:     50–60%

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 December 14, 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". Journals of the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the State of New Hampshire at Their Session, Holden at the Capitol in Concord Commencing. Concord: Hill and Moore: 13. 1819.
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 December 14, 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 (1772). 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 December 14, 2021.