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1806 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

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1806 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

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Nominee John Langdon Timothy Farrar John Taylor Gilman
Party Democratic-Republican Federalist Federalist
Popular vote 15,277 1,720 1,553
Percentage 74.26% 8.36% 7.55%

County results
Langdon:      60-70%      70-80%      80-90%

Governor before election

John Langdon
Democratic-Republican

Elected Governor

John Langdon
Democratic-Republican

The 1806 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 11, 1806.

Incumbent Democratic-Republican Governor John Langdon won re-election to a second term.

General election

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Major candidates

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Minor candidates

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The following candidates may not have been formally nominated and attracted only scattering votes.[1]

Results

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1806 New Hampshire gubernatorial election[5][6][7][8][9][10][a]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic-Republican John Langdon (incumbent) 15,277 74.26%
Federalist Timothy Farrar 1,720 8.36%
Federalist John Taylor Gilman 1,553 7.55%
Federalist Jeremiah Smith 902 4.38%
Federalist Oliver Peabody 866 4.21%
Scattering 255 1.24%
Majority 13,557 65.90%
Turnout 20,573
Democratic-Republican hold Swing

Notes

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

References

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  1. ^ "New Hampshire 1806 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  2. ^ The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, for the Year 1849. Vol. III. Boston: Samuel G. Drake. 1849. p. 289.
  3. ^ Clary, Timothy Farrar (1847). Honorable Old Age. A Discourse Occasioned by the Centennial Anniversary of Hon. Timothy Farrar, LL. D. Delivered at Hollis, N. H., July 11, 1847. Andover: William H. Wardwell. p. 28.
  4. ^ Opal, J. M. (Winter 2000). "The Politics of "Industry": Federalism in Concord and Exeter, New Hampshire, 1790-1805". Journal of the Early Republic. 20 (4). University of Pennsylvania Press: 637–671. doi:10.2307/3125010. JSTOR 3125010. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  5. ^ Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 66. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
  6. ^ Kallenbach, Joseph E.; Kallenbach, Jessamine S., eds. (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Vol. I. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, Inc. p. 379. ISBN 0-379-00665-0.
  7. ^ A Journal of the Proceedings of the Honorable Senate of the State of New-Hampshire, at their Session, begun and holden at Hopkinton, on the first Wednesday of June, 1806. Portsmouth: Peirce & Gardner, Printers to the State. 1807. p. 7.
  8. ^ Farmer, James (1772). The New Hampshire Annual Register and United States Calendar, 1833. Concord: Marsh, Capen and Lyon. p. 18.
  9. ^ 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. 151.
  10. ^ Coolidge, A. J.; Mansfield, J. B. (1860). History and Description of New England. New Hampshire. Boston: Austin J. Coolidge. p. 708.
  11. ^ "NH Governor, 1806". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  12. ^ Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 200–201. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.