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1810 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

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1810 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

← 1809 March 13, 1810 1811 →
 
Nominee John Langdon Jeremiah Smith
Party Democratic-Republican Federalist
Popular vote 16,325 15,166
Percentage 51.70% 48.03%

County results
Langdon:      50–60%      60–70%
Smith:      50–60%      60–70%

Governor before election

Jeremiah Smith
Federalist

Elected Governor

John Langdon
Democratic-Republican

The 1810 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 13, 1810.

Incumbent Federalist Governor Jeremiah Smith was defeated by Democratic-Republican nominee John Langdon 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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1810 New Hampshire gubernatorial election[1][2][3][4][5][6][a]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic-Republican John Langdon 16,325 51.70%
Federalist Jeremiah Smith (incumbent) 15,166 48.03%
Scattering 84 0.27%
Majority 1,159 3.67%
Turnout 31,575
Democratic-Republican gain from Federalist Swing

Notes

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  1. ^ Some sources give slightly different results. The result given is taken from the New Hampshire Senate Journal.[7][8]

References

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  1. ^ Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 66. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Journal of the Honorable Senate of the State of New-Hampshire, at their Session, begun and holden at Concord, on the first Wednesday of June, 1810. Concord: Isaac Hill. 1810. p. 10.
  4. ^ Farmer, James (1772). The New Hampshire Annual Register and United States Calendar, 1833. Concord: Marsh, Capen and Lyon. p. 18.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Coolidge, A. J.; Mansfield, J. B. (1860). History and Description of New England. New Hampshire. Boston: Austin J. Coolidge. p. 708.
  7. ^ "NH Governor, 1810". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  8. ^ Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 200–201. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.