1806 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

For related races, see 1806 United States gubernatorial elections.

The 1806 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 11, 1806.

1806 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

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Nominee John Langdon Timothy Farrar John Taylor Gilman Party Democratic-Republican Federalist Federalist Popular vote 15,277 1,720 1,553 Percentage 74.26% 8.36% 7.55%

County results Langdon:      60-70%      70-80%      80-90%

Governor before election John Langdon Democratic-Republican Elected Governor John Langdon Democratic-Republican

Incumbent Democratic-Republican Governor John Langdon won re-election to a second term.

General election

Major candidates

• John Langdon, Democratic-Republican, incumbent Governor

Minor candidates

The following candidates may not have been formally nominated and attracted only scattering votes.^[1]

• Timothy Farrar, Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for Hillsborough County, former justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court of Judicature^[2][3]
• John Taylor Gilman, Federalist, former Governor
• Oliver Peabody, Federalist, former President of the New Hampshire Senate^[4]
• Jeremiah Smith, Federalist, Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court of Judicature

Results

1806 New Hampshire gubernatorial election^{[5][6][7][8][9][10][lower-alpha 1]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic-Republican	John Langdon (incumbent)	15,277	74.26%
	Federalist	Timothy Farrar	1,720	8.36%
	Federalist	John Taylor Gilman	1,553	7.55%
	Federalist	Jeremiah Smith	902	4.38%
	Federalist	Oliver Peabody	866	4.21%
	Scattering		255	1.24%
Majority			13,557	65.90%
Turnout			20,573
	Democratic-Republican hold		Swing

Notes

1. Some sources give slightly different results. The result given is taken from the New Hampshire Senate Journal.^[11][12]

References

1. "New Hampshire 1806 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
2. The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, for the Year 1849. Vol. III. Boston: Samuel G. Drake. 1849. p. 289.
3. Clary, Timothy Farrar (1847). Honorable Old Age. A Discourse Occasioned by the Centennial Anniversary of Hon. Timothy Farrar, LL. D. Delivered at Hollis, N. H., July 11, 1847. Andover: William H. Wardwell. p. 28.
4. Opal, J. M. (Winter 2000). "The Politics of "Industry": Federalism in Concord and Exeter, New Hampshire, 1790-1805". Journal of the Early Republic. 20 (4). University of Pennsylvania Press: 637–671. doi:10.2307/3125010. JSTOR 3125010. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
5. Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 66. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
6. Kallenbach, Joseph E.; Kallenbach, Jessamine S., eds. (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Vol. I. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, Inc. p. 379. ISBN 0-379-00665-0.
7. A Journal of the Proceedings of the Honorable Senate of the State of New-Hampshire, at their Session, begun and holden at Hopkinton, on the first Wednesday of June, 1806. Portsmouth: Peirce & Gardner, Printers to the State. 1807. p. 7.
8. Farmer, James (1772). The New Hampshire Annual Register and United States Calendar, 1833. Concord: Marsh, Capen and Lyon. p. 18.
9. 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.
10. Coolidge, A. J.; Mansfield, J. B. (1860). History and Description of New England. New Hampshire. Boston: Austin J. Coolidge. p. 708.
11. "NH Governor, 1806". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
12. Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 200–201. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.