1839 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

1839 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

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Nominee John Page James Wilson II Party Democratic Whig Popular vote 30,518 23,928 Percentage 55.89% 43.82%

County results Page:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80% Wilson:     60–70%

Governor before election Isaac Hill Democratic Elected Governor John Page Democratic

The 1839 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 12, 1839. ^[1]

Incumbent Democratic Governor Isaac Hill did not stand for re-election.

Democratic nominee John Page defeated Whig nominee James Wilson II with 55.89% of the vote.

Wilson was cross-endorsed on the Independent ticket sponsored by the New Hampshire Anti-Slavery Society and the abolitionist Herald of Freedom, which contributed 1,800 votes to his total. ^{[2] [3]}

General election

Candidates

• John Page, Democratic, former U.S. Senator
• James Wilson II, Whig, former Speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, Whig nominee for Governor in 1838

Results

1839 New Hampshire gubernatorial election ^{[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [a]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	John Page	30,518	55.89%
	Whig	James Wilson II	23,928	43.82%
	Scattering		155	0.28%
Majority			6,590	12.07%
Turnout			54,601
	Democratic hold		Swing

Notes

1. Some sources give slightly different results. ^{[10] [11] [12] [13]} The result given is taken from the New Hampshire Senate Journal.

References

1. "Elections". Rutland herald. Rutland, Vt. March 5, 1839. p. 3. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
2. Sewell, Richard H. (1976). Ballots for Freedom: Antislavery Politics in the United States, 1837–1860. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 58. LCCN   75-25464.
3. Brooks, Corey Michael (Fall 2010). Building an Antislavery House: Political Abolitionists and the U.S. Congress (PDF) (PhD thesis). Berkley, CA: University of California Berkley. p. 35.
4. Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 202–203. ISBN   0-930466-17-9.
5. Journal of the Honorable Senate, of the State of New Hampshire. At their Session holden at the Capitol in Concord, commencing Wednesday, June 5, 1839. Concord: Cyrus Barton, State Printer. 1839. p. 12.
6. Lyon, G. Parker. The New-Hampshire Annual Register, and United States Calendar, for the year 1860. Concord: G. Parker Lyon. p. 43.
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. 154.
8. Coolidge, A. J.; Mansfield, J. B. (1860). History and Description of New England. New Hampshire. Boston: Austin J. Coolidge. p. 709.
9. 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. 241.
10. "NH Governor, 1839". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
11. Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 66. ISBN   1-56802-396-0.
12. 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.
13. 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.