1849 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

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1849 New Hampshire gubernatorial election
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 1848March 13, 18491850 
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Nominee Samuel Dinsmoor Jr. Levi Chamberlain Nathaniel S. Berry
Party Democratic Whig Free Soil
Popular vote30,10718,7647,045
Percentage53.73%33.49%12.57%

Governor before election

Jared W. Williams
Democratic

Elected Governor

Samuel Dinsmoor Jr.
Democratic

The 1849 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 13, 1849.

Contents

Incumbent Democratic Governor Jared W. Williams did not stand for re-election.

Democratic nominee Samuel Dinsmoor Jr. defeated Whig nominee Levi Chamberlain and Free Soil nominee Nathaniel S. Berry with 53.73% of the vote.

General election

Candidates

Results

1849 New Hampshire gubernatorial election [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [lower-alpha 1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Samuel Dinsmoor Jr. 30,107 53.73%
Whig Levi Chamberlain18,76433.49%
Free Soil Nathaniel S. Berry 7,04512.57%
Scattering1170.21%
Majority11,34320.24%
Turnout 56,033
Democratic hold Swing

Notes

  1. Some sources give Berry's total as 7,162. [11] [12] The result given is taken from the New Hampshire Senate Journal.

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