1807 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

1807 New Hampshire gubernatorial election
	County results; Langdon: 70-80% 80-90% 90-100%
Governor before election; John Langdon; Democratic-Republican	Elected Governor ; John Langdon; Democratic-Republican

The 1807 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 10, 1807.

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

General election

Major candidates

John Langdon, Democratic-Republican, incumbent Governor

Minor candidates

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

Timothy Farrar, Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for Hillsborough County, former justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court of Judicature^[2]^[3]
John Taylor Gilman, Federalist, former Governor
Oliver Peabody, Federalist, former President of the New Hampshire Senate^[4]
Jeremiah Smith, Federalist, Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court of Judicature

Results

1807 New Hampshire gubernatorial election^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[a]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic-Republican	John Langdon (incumbent)	13,912	82.51%
	Scattering		2,949^[b]	17.49%
Majority			10,963	65.02%
Turnout			16,861
	Democratic-Republican hold		Swing

Notes

^ Some sources give slightly different results. The result given is taken from the New Hampshire Senate Journal.^[12]^[13]
^ A New Nation Votes indicates scattering votes break down as: John T. Gilman 1,204, Jeremiah Smith 647, Timothy Farrar 603, Oliver Peabody 412.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "New Hampshire 1807 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
^ The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, for the Year 1849. Vol. III. Boston: Samuel G. Drake. 1849. p. 289.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 66. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
^ Kallenbach, Joseph E.; Kallenbach, Jessamine S., eds. (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Vol. I. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, Inc. p. 380. ISBN 0-379-00665-0.
^ "A Journal of the Proceedings of the House of Representatives of the State of New-Hampshire, at their Session, begun and holden at Hopkinton, on the first Wednesday of June, 1807". Journal of the House of Representatives. Portsmouth: Peirce & Gardner, Printers to the State: 9. 1807.
^ A Journal of the Proceedings of the Honorable Senate of the State of New-Hampshire, at their Session begun and holden at Hopkinton, at the annual election on the first Wednesday of June, 1807. Amherst: Joseph Cushing. 1808. p. 7.
^ Farmer, James (1772). The New Hampshire Annual Register and United States Calendar, 1833. Concord: Marsh, Capen and Lyon. p. 18.
^ 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.
^ Coolidge, A. J.; Mansfield, J. B. (1860). History and Description of New England. New Hampshire. Boston: Austin J. Coolidge. p. 708.
^ "NH Governor, 1807". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
^ Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 200–201. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.

[14] Some sources give slightly different results. The result given is taken from the New Hampshire Senate Journal.^[12]^[13]

[15] A New Nation Votes indicates scattering votes break down as: John T. Gilman 1,204, Jeremiah Smith 647, Timothy Farrar 603, Oliver Peabody 412.^[1]

[New_Nation_Votes-1] "New Hampshire 1807 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. 380. ISBN 0-379-00665-0.

[7] "A Journal of the Proceedings of the House of Representatives of the State of New-Hampshire, at their Session, begun and holden at Hopkinton, on the first Wednesday of June, 1807". Journal of the House of Representatives. Portsmouth: Peirce & Gardner, Printers to the State: 9. 1807.

[8] A Journal of the Proceedings of the Honorable Senate of the State of New-Hampshire, at their Session begun and holden at Hopkinton, at the annual election on the first Wednesday of June, 1807. Amherst: Joseph Cushing. 1808. p. 7.

[9] Farmer, James (1772). The New Hampshire Annual Register and United States Calendar, 1833. Concord: Marsh, Capen and Lyon. p. 18.

[10] 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.

[11] Coolidge, A. J.; Mansfield, J. B. (1860). History and Description of New England. New Hampshire. Boston: Austin J. Coolidge. p. 708.

[12] "NH Governor, 1807". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 11, 2021.

[13] Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 200–201. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.

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