1841 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

1841 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

←  1840 March 9, 1841 1842  →

Nominee John Page Enos Stevens Party Democratic Whig Popular vote 29,116 21,230 Percentage 56.33% 41.07%

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

Governor before election John Page Democratic Elected Governor John Page Democratic

The 1841 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 9, 1841. ^[1]

Incumbent Democratic Governor John Page defeated Whig nominee Enos Stevens with 56.33% of the vote in a re-match of the previous year's election.

General election

Candidates

• Daniel Hoit, Liberty, former State Senator ^[2]
• John Page, Democratic, incumbent Governor
• Enos Stevens, Whig, former member of the Executive Council of New Hampshire, Whig nominee for Governor in 1840

Results

1841 New Hampshire gubernatorial election ^{[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [lower-alpha 1]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	John Page (incumbent)	29,116	56.33%
	Whig	Enos Stevens	21,230	41.07%
	Liberty	Daniel Hoit	1,273	2.46%
	Scattering		70	0.14%
Majority			7,886	15.26%
Turnout			51,689
	Democratic hold		Swing

Notes

1. Some sources give slightly different results. ^{[9] [10] [11] [12]} The result given is taken from the New Hampshire Senate Journal.

References

1. "Elections". The Madisonian. Washington City. March 20, 1841. p. 1. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
2. Drew Merrill, Georgia, ed. (1889). History of Carroll County, New Hampshire. Boston, Mass.: W. A. Fergusson & Co. p. 674.
3. Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 202–203. ISBN   0-930466-17-9.
4. "Journal of the Honorable Senate, of the State of New Hampshire, at their Session holden at the Capitol in Concord, commencing Wednesday, June 2, 1841". Journal of the House of Representatives. Concord: Barton & Carroll, State Printers: 7. 1841.
5. Fowler, Asa. The New-Hampshire Annual Register, and United States Calendar, for the year 1842. Concord: Luther Hamilton. p. 100.
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. 154.
7. Coolidge, A. J.; Mansfield, J. B. (1860). History and Description of New England. New Hampshire. Boston: Austin J. Coolidge. p. 709.
8. 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. 243.
9. "NH Governor, 1841". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
10. Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 66. ISBN   1-56802-396-0.
11. 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.
12. 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.