1818 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

The 1818 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 10, 1818.[1]

1818 New Hampshire gubernatorial election
March 10, 1818
 
Nominee William Plumer Jeremiah Mason William Hale
Party Democratic-Republican Federalist Federalist
Popular vote 18,674 6,850 5,019
Percentage 59.35% 21.77% 15.95%
Governor before election

William Plumer
Democratic-Republican

 Elected Governor

William Plumer
Democratic-Republican

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Incumbent Democratic-Republican Governor William Plumer defeated Federalist nominees Jeremiah Mason and William Hale.

General election

Candidates

Results
1818 New Hampshire gubernatorial election[2][3][4][5][6][7][lower-alpha 1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic-Republican William Plumer (incumbent) 18,674 59.35%
Federalist Jeremiah Mason 6,850 21.77%
Federalist William Hale 5,019 15.95%
Scattering 922 2.93%
Majority 11,824 37.58%
Turnout 31,465
Democratic-Republican hold Swing

Notes
  1. Some sources give slightly different results. The result given is taken from the New Hampshire Senate Journal.[8][9]

References
  1. "Portland gazette and Maine advertiser". The Elections. Portland, Me. March 17, 1818. p. 3. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  2. Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 66. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
  3. Kallenbach, Joseph E.; Kallenbach, Jessamine S., eds. (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Vol. I. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, Inc. p. 381. ISBN 0-379-00665-0.
  4. 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, 1818. Concord: Isaac Hill. 1818. p. 9.
  5. Farmer, James. The New Hampshire Annual Register and United States Calendar, 1833. Concord: Marsh, Capen and Lyon. p. 18.
  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. "NH Governor, 1818". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  9. 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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