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1815 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

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1815 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

← 1814 March 14, 1815 1816 →
 
Nominee John Taylor Gilman William Plumer
Party Federalist Democratic-Republican
Popular vote 18,357 17,799
Percentage 50.72% 49.18%

County results
Gilman:      50–60%      60–70%
Plumer:      50–60%

Governor before election

John Taylor Gilman
Federalist

Elected Governor

John Taylor Gilman
Federalist

The 1815 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 14, 1815.[1]

Incumbent Federalist Governor John Taylor Gilman defeated Democratic-Republican nominee William Plumer 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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1815 New Hampshire gubernatorial election[2][3][4][5][6][7][a]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Federalist John Taylor Gilman (incumbent) 18,357 50.72%
Democratic-Republican William Plumer 17,799 49.18%
Scattering 38 0.10%
Majority 558 1.54%
Turnout 36,194
Federalist 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.[8][9]

References

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  1. ^ "Federal Nominations". Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. Portland, Me. February 13, 1815. p. 3. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
  2. ^ "NH Governor, 1815". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
  3. ^ Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 66. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Journal of the Proceedings of the Honorable Senate of the State of New-Hampshire, at their Session, begun and holden at Concord, on the first Wednesday of June, 1815". 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. Dover: John Mann: 11. 1815.
  6. ^ 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. 152.
  7. ^ Coolidge, A. J.; Mansfield, J. B. (1860). History and Description of New England. New Hampshire. Boston: Austin J. Coolidge. p. 708.
  8. ^ Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 200–201. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
  9. ^ Farmer, James (1772). The New Hampshire Annual Register and United States Calendar, 1833. Concord: Marsh, Capen and Lyon. p. 18.