1808 New Hampshire gubernatorial election explained
| Election Name: | 1808 New Hampshire gubernatorial election |
| Country: | New Hampshire |
| Type: | Presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1807 New Hampshire gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 1807 |
| Next Election: | 1809 New Hampshire gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 1809 |
| Election Date: | March 8, 1808 |
| Nominee1: | John Langdon |
| Party1: | Democratic-Republican Party |
| Popular Vote1: | 12,641 |
| Percentage1: | 79.51% |
| Nominee2: | John Taylor Gilman |
| Party2: | Federalist Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,261 |
| Percentage2: | 7.93% |
| Nominee3: | Jeremiah Smith |
| Party3: | Federalist Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote3: | 839 |
| Percentage3: | 5.28% |
| Governor |
| Before Election: | John Langdon |
| Before Party: | Democratic-Republican Party |
| After Election: | John Langdon |
| After Party: | Democratic-Republican Party |
The 1808 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 8, 1808.
Incumbent Democratic-Republican Governor John Langdon won re-election to a fourth term.
General election
Major candidates
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
- William Hale, Federalist, former member of the Executive Council of New Hampshire[4]
- Oliver Peabody, Federalist, former President of the New Hampshire Senate[5]
- Jeremiah Smith, Federalist, Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court of Judicature
Results
Notes and References
- Web site: . Tufts Digital Collations and Archives . New Hampshire 1808 Governor . A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 . 11 December 2021 .
- Book: . 1849 . The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, for the Year 1849 . III . Boston . Samuel G. Drake . 289 .
- Book: 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 . 28 .
- Book: Scales, John . 1914 . History of Strafford County New Hampshire and Representative Citizens . Chicago, Ill. . Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co. . 574 .
- 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 . 10.2307/3125010. 3125010 . 11 December 2021 .
