1823 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

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1823 New Hampshire gubernatorial election
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  1822 March 11, 18231824 
  Levi Woodbury.jpg Samuel Dinsmoor Sr..jpg
Nominee Levi Woodbury Samuel Dinsmoor
Party Democratic-Republican Democratic-Republican
Popular vote16,98512,718
Percentage56.72%42.47%

Governor before election

Samuel Bell
Democratic-Republican

Elected Governor

Levi Woodbury
Democratic-Republican

The 1823 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 11, 1823.

Contents

Incumbent Democratic-Republican Governor Samuel Bell did not run for re-election to a fifth term in office.

Levi Woodbury defeated Samuel Dinsmoor with 56.72% of the vote.

Democratic-Republican nomination

Candidates

Results

The Democratic-Republican caucus met at Concord on June 21, 1822. [1]

The results of the balloting were as follows: [2] [3] [4]

General election

Candidates

Some 20th Century sources record Woodbury as an Independent Republican. Woodbury stood at the invitation of a convention of Portsmouth Republicans. [5] [6] Contemporary sources record both candidates as Republicans; Dinsmoor as a supporter of William H. Crawford for the U.S. Presidency, and Woodbury a supporter of John Quincy Adams. [7] [8] [9] (However, Woodbury would be elected to the U.S. Senate in 1825 as a Jacksonian)

Results

1823 New Hampshire gubernatorial election [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [lower-alpha 1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic-Republican Levi Woodbury 16,985 56.72%
Democratic-Republican Samuel Dinsmoor 12,71842.47%
Scattering2400.80%
Majority4,26714.25%
Turnout 29,943
Democratic-Republican hold Swing

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References

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Notes

  1. Some sources give slightly different results. The result given is taken from the New Hampshire Senate Journal. [16] [17]

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