1849 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

The 1849 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 13, 1849.

1849 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

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Nominee Samuel Dinsmoor Jr. Levi Chamberlain Nathaniel S. Berry
Party Democratic Whig Free Soil
Popular vote 30,107 18,764 7,045
Percentage 53.73% 33.49% 12.57%

County results
Dinsmoor:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Chamberlain:      40–50%

Governor before election

Jared W. Williams
Democratic

Elected Governor

Samuel Dinsmoor Jr.
Democratic

Incumbent Democratic Governor Jared W. Williams did not stand for re-election.

Democratic nominee Samuel Dinsmoor Jr. defeated Whig nominee Levi Chamberlain and Free Soil nominee Nathaniel S. Berry with 53.73% of the vote.

General election

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Candidates

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Results

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1849 New Hampshire gubernatorial election[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][a]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Samuel Dinsmoor Jr. 30,107 53.73%
Whig Levi Chamberlain 18,764 33.49%
Free Soil Nathaniel S. Berry 7,045 12.57%
Scattering 117 0.21%
Majority 11,343 20.24%
Turnout 56,033
Democratic hold Swing

Notes

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  1. ^ Some sources give Berry's total as 7,162.[11][12] The result given is taken from the New Hampshire Senate Journal.

References

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  1. ^ Griffin, Simon Goodell (1904). A History of the Town of Keene, from 1732, When the Township Was Granted by Massachusetts, to 1874, When it Became a City. Keene, N.H.: Sentinel Printing Company. p. 572.
  2. ^ Rumrill, Alan (2009). Monadnock Moments: Historic Tales from Southwest New Hampshire. Charleston, SC: The History Press. p. 50. ISBN 978-1-59629-740-1.
  3. ^ "NH Governor, 1849". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
  4. ^ Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 202–203. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
  5. ^ Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 156. ISBN 978-0-7864-1439-0.
  6. ^ Journal of the Honorable Senate of the State of New Hampshire; June Session, 1849. Concord: Butterfield and Hill. 1849. p. 10.
  7. ^ Lyon, G. Parker. The New-Hampshire Annual Register, and United States Calendar, for the year 1860. Concord: G. Parker Lyon. p. 44.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ Coolidge, A. J.; Mansfield, J. B. (1860). History and Description of New England. New Hampshire. Boston: Austin J. Coolidge. p. 709.
  10. ^ Wadleigh, George (1913). Notable Events in the History of Dover, New Hampshire: from the first settlement in 1623 to 1865. Dover, N.H.: The Tufts College Press. p. 255.
  11. ^ Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 66. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
  12. ^ Kallenbach, Joseph E.; Kallenbach, Jessamine S., eds. (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Vol. I. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, Inc. p. 384. ISBN 0-379-00665-0.