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1814 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

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1814 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

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Nominee John Taylor Gilman William Plumer
Party Federalist Democratic-Republican
Popular vote 19,675 18,794
Percentage 51.05% 48.76%

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

Governor before election

John Taylor Gilman
Federalist

Elected Governor

John Taylor Gilman
Federalist

The 1814 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 8, 1814.

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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1814 New Hampshire gubernatorial election[1][2][3][a]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Federalist John Taylor Gilman (incumbent) 19,675 51.05%
Democratic-Republican William Plumer 18,794 48.76%
Scattering 73 0.19%
Majority 881 2.29%
Turnout 38,542
Federalist hold Swing

Notes

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  1. ^ Some sources give Gilman's total as 19,695. The result given is taken from the New Hampshire Senate Journal.[4][5][6][7][8]

References

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  1. ^ "NH Governor, 1814". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
  2. ^ Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 200–201. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
  3. ^ "Journal of the Honorable Senate of the State of New-Hampshire, at their Session, holden at Concord, on the first Wednesday of June, 1814". 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. Concord: George Hough: 9. 1814.
  4. ^ Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 66. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Farmer, James (1772). The New Hampshire Annual Register and United States Calendar, 1833. Concord: Marsh, Capen and Lyon. p. 18.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ Coolidge, A. J.; Mansfield, J. B. (1860). History and Description of New England. New Hampshire. Boston: Austin J. Coolidge. p. 708.