1860 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

1860 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

←  1859 March 13, 1860 1861  →

Nominee Ichabod Goodwin Asa P. Cate Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 38,037 33,544 Percentage 53.12% 46.85%

County results Goodwin:     50–60%     60–70% Cate:     50–60%

Governor before election Ichabod Goodwin Republican Elected Governor Ichabod Goodwin Republican

The 1860 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 13, 1860. ^[1]

Incumbent Republican Governor Ichabod Goodwin defeated Democratic nominee Asa P. Cate in a re-match of the previous year's election.

General election

Candidates

• Asa P. Cate, Democratic, attorney, former President of the New Hampshire Senate, ^[2] Democratic nominee for Governor in 1858 and 1859
• Ichabod Goodwin, Republican, incumbent Governor

Results

1860 New Hampshire gubernatorial election ^{[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [a]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Ichabod Goodwin (incumbent)	38,037	53.12%
	Democratic	Asa P. Cate	33,544	46.85%
	Scattering		22	0.03%
Majority			4,493	6.27%
Turnout			71,603
	Republican hold		Swing

Notes

1. Some sources give the result as Goodwin 38,031, Cate 33,543, scattering 22. ^{[9] [10]} The result given is taken from the New Hampshire Senate Journal.

References

1. "New Hampshire". Bellows Falls times. Bellows Falls, Vt. March 9, 1860. p. 2. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
2. Cross, Lucy R. H. (1905). History of Northfield, New Hampshire, 1780-1905. Vol. I. Concord, N.H.: Rumford Printing Co. p. 160.
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. 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.
5. "Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of New-Hampshire, June Session, 1860". Journals of the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the State of New Hampshire at Their Session, Holden at the Capitol in Concord Commencing. Concord: Asa McFarland, State Printer: 19. 1860.
6. Lyon, G. Parker (1861). The New-Hampshire Annual Register, and United States Calendar, for the year 1861. Concord: G. Parker Lyon. p. 122.
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. 155.
8. Coolidge, A. J.; Mansfield, J. B. (1860). History and Description of New England. New Hampshire. Boston: Austin J. Coolidge. p. 709.
9. Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 67. 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. pp. 385–386. ISBN   0-379-00665-0.