1811 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

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1811 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

← 1810 March 12, 1811 1812 →
 
Nominee John Langdon Jeremiah Smith
Party Democratic-Republican Federalist
Popular vote 17,552 14,477
Percentage 54.69% 45.11%

Governor before election

John Langdon
Democratic-Republican

Elected Governor

John Langdon
Democratic-Republican

The 1811 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 12, 1811.[1]

Incumbent Democratic-Republican Governor John Langdon defeated Federalist nominee Jeremiah Smith in a re-match of the previous year's election.

General election[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Results[edit]

1811 New Hampshire gubernatorial election[2][3][4][5][a]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic-Republican John Langdon (incumbent) 17,552 54.69%
Federalist Jeremiah Smith 14,477 45.11%
Scattering 65 0.20%
Majority 3,075 9.58%
Turnout 32,094
Democratic-Republican hold Swing

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Some sources give Langdon's total as 17,554,[6][7][8] while others give it as 17,522.[9][10] The result given is taken from the New Hampshire Senate Journal.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "New Hampshire election". Virginia Argus. Richmond, Va. March 28, 1811. p. 2. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  2. ^ "NH Governor, 1811". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  3. ^ Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 200–201. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
  4. ^ "New Hampshire 1811 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  5. ^ 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, 1811. Concord: I. & W.R. Hill. 1811. p. 10.
  6. ^ Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 66. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
  7. ^ 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.
  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. 151.
  9. ^ Farmer, James (1772). The New Hampshire Annual Register and United States Calendar, 1833. Concord: Marsh, Capen and Lyon. p. 18.
  10. ^ Coolidge, A. J.; Mansfield, J. B. (1860). History and Description of New England. New Hampshire. Boston: Austin J. Coolidge. p. 708.