1831 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

1831 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

←  1830 March 8, 1831 1832  →

Nominee Samuel Dinsmoor Ichabod Bartlett Party Democratic National Republican Popular vote 23,503 18,681 Percentage 55.57% 44.17%

Governor before election Joseph M. Harper (acting) Democratic Elected Governor Samuel Dinsmoor Democratic

The 1831 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 8, 1831.

Incumbent Democratic Governor Matthew Harvey resigned on February 28, 1831 to take up a seat on the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire. President of the New Hampshire Senate Joseph M. Harper served as acting Governor for the remainder of Harvey's term.

Democratic nominee Samuel Dinsmoor defeated National Republican nominee Ichabod Bartlett with 55.57% of the vote.

General election

Candidates

• Ichabod Bartlett, National Republican, member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
• Samuel Dinsmoor, Democratic, judge of probate of Cheshire County, ^[1] former U.S. Representative, unsuccessful candidate for Governor in 1823

Results

1831 New Hampshire gubernatorial election ^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [lower-alpha 1]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Samuel Dinsmoor	23,503	55.57%
	National Republican	Ichabod Bartlett	18,681	44.17%
	Scattering		110	0.26%
Majority			4,822	11.40%
Turnout			42,294
	Democratic hold		Swing

References

1. Benjamin, W.R. (1899). The Collector, Issues 128–137. W.R. Benjamin. p. 83.
2. Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 202–203. ISBN   0-930466-17-9.
3. Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 66. ISBN   1-56802-396-0.
4. Kallenbach, Joseph E.; Kallenbach, Jessamine S., eds. (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Vol. I. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, Inc. p. 382. ISBN   0-379-00665-0.
5. Journal of the Honorable Senate of the State of New-Hampshire, at their Session, holden at the Capitol in Concord, commencing Wednesday, June 1, 1831. Concord: Luther Roby. 1831. pp. 12–13.
6. Farmer, James. The New Hampshire Annual Register and United States Calendar, 1833. Concord: Marsh, Capen and Lyon. p. 19.
7. 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. 153.
8. Coolidge, A. J.; Mansfield, J. B. (1860). History and Description of New England. New Hampshire. Boston: Austin J. Coolidge. p. 708.
9. "NH Governor, 1831". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 December 2021.

Notes

1. Some sources give slightly different results. The result given is taken from the New Hampshire Senate Journal. ^[9]