1838 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

1838 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

← 1837 March 13, 1838 1839  →

Nominee Isaac Hill James Wilson II Party Democratic Whig Popular vote 28,697 25,675 Percentage 52.59% 47.05%

Governor before election Isaac Hill Democratic Elected Governor Isaac Hill Democratic

The 1838 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 13, 1838. ^[1]

Incumbent Democratic Governor Isaac Hill defeated Whig nominee James Wilson II with 52.59% of the vote.

General election

Candidates

• Isaac Hill, Democratic, incumbent Governor
• James Wilson II, Whig, former Speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives

Results

1838 New Hampshire gubernatorial election ^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [lower-alpha 1]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Isaac Hill (incumbent)	28,697	52.59%
	Whig	James Wilson II	25,675	47.05%
	Scattering		198	0.36%
Majority			3,022	5.54%
Turnout			54,570
	Democratic hold		Swing

Notes

1. Some sources give slightly different results. ^{[8] [9] [10] [11]} The result given is taken from the New Hampshire Senate Journal.

References

1. "The State election in New-Hampshire". Herald of the times. Newport, R.I. March 15, 1838. p. 2. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
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. Journal of the Honorable Senate, of the State of New Hampshire. At their Session holden at the Capitol in Concord. Commencing Wednesday, June 6, 1838. Concord: Cyrus Barton, State Printer. 1838. p. 7.
4. Lyon, G. Parker. The New-Hampshire Annual Register, and United States Calendar, for the year 1860. Concord: G. Parker Lyon. p. 43.
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. 154.
6. Coolidge, A. J.; Mansfield, J. B. (1860). History and Description of New England. New Hampshire. Boston: Austin J. Coolidge. p. 709.
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. 239.
8. "NH Governor, 1838". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
9. Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 66. ISBN   1-56802-396-0.
10. Kallenbach, Joseph E.; Kallenbach, Jessamine S., eds. (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Vol. I. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, Inc. p. 383. ISBN   0-379-00665-0.
11. Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 154. ISBN   978-0-7864-1439-0.