1834 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

1834 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

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Nominee William Badger Party Democratic Popular vote 28,542 Percentage 94.59%

County results Badger:     90–100%

Governor before election Samuel Dinsmoor Democratic Elected Governor William Badger Democratic

The 1834 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 11, 1834.

Incumbent Democratic Governor Samuel Dinsmoor did not stand for re-election.

Democratic nominee William Badger was elected without formal opposition.

General election

Candidate

• William Badger, Democratic, former President of the New Hampshire Senate

Results

1834 New Hampshire gubernatorial election ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [a]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	William Badger	28,542	94.59%
	Scattering		1,631	5.41%
Majority			26,911	89.19%
Turnout			30,173
	Democratic hold		Swing

Notes

1. Some sources give scattering votes as 1,455. ^{[9] [10]} The result given is taken from the New Hampshire Senate Journal.

References

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5. Lyon, G. Parker. The New-Hampshire Annual Register, and United States Calendar, for the year 1860. Concord: G. Parker Lyon. p. 43.
6. 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.
7. Coolidge, A. J.; Mansfield, J. B. (1860). History and Description of New England. New Hampshire. Boston: Austin J. Coolidge. p. 708.
8. McGiffen, Steven P. (September 1986). "Ideology and the Failure of the Whig Party in New Hampshire, 1834-1841". The New England Quarterly. 59 (3). The New England Quarterly, Inc.: 387–401. doi:10.2307/365335. JSTOR   365335 . Retrieved December 23, 2021.
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10. Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 153. ISBN   978-0-7864-1439-0.