1857 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

1857 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

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Nominee William Haile John S. Wells Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 34,216 31,214 Percentage 51.93% 47.38%

Governor before election Ralph Metcalf Know Nothing Elected Governor William Haile Republican

The 1857 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 10, 1857. ^[1]

Incumbent Know Nothing Governor Ralph Metcalf did not stand for re-election.

Republican nominee William Haile defeated Democratic nominee John S. Wells with 51.93% of the vote.

General election

Major candidates

• William Haile, Republican, former President of the New Hampshire Senate
• John S. Wells, Democratic, former U.S. Senator, Democratic nominee for Governor in 1856

Minor candidate

• Charles Brickett Haddock, Whig ^{[2] [3]}

Results

1857 New Hampshire gubernatorial election ^{[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [lower-alpha 1]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	William Haile	34,216	51.93%
	Democratic	John S. Wells	31,214	47.38%
	Scattering [lower-alpha 2]		452	0.69%
Majority			3,002	4.55%
Turnout			65,882
	Republican gain from Know Nothing		Swing

Notes

1. Some sources give the result as Haile 34,214, Wells 31,209, scattering 452. ^{[10] [11]} The result given is taken from the New Hampshire Senate Journal.
2. Contemporary newspapers indicate that around 209 of the scattering votes were cast for Charles Brickett Haddock. ^{[12] [13] [14]}

References

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3. "Brattleboro, Vt. Saturday, February 14, 1857". Vermont phœnix. Brattleboro, Vt. February 14, 1857. p. 2. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
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5. Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 157. ISBN   978-0-7864-1439-0.
6. Journal of the Honorable Senate of the State of New Hampshire June Session, 1857. Concord: George G. Fogg, State Printer. 1857. p. 21.
7. Lyon, G. Parker. The New-Hampshire Annual Register, and United States Calendar, for the year 1858. Concord: G. Parker Lyon. p. 130.
8. 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. 155.
9. Coolidge, A. J.; Mansfield, J. B. (1860). History and Description of New England. New Hampshire. Boston: Austin J. Coolidge. p. 709.
10. Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 67. 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. 385. ISBN   0-379-00665-0.
12. "The New Hampshire election". The national era. Washington, D.C. March 26, 1857. p. 50. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
13. "New Hampshire election". Weekly national intelligencer. Washington, D.C. March 28, 1857. p. 2. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
14. "New Hampshire---all Haile!". Lewisburg chronicle. Lewisburg, Pa. April 3, 1857. p. 1. Retrieved 27 December 2021.