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1860 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

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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

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Candidates

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Results

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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

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  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

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  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.