| Election Name: | 1827 New Hampshire gubernatorial election |
| Country: | New Hampshire |
| Type: | Presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1826 New Hampshire gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 1826 |
| Next Election: | 1828 New Hampshire gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 1828 |
| Election Date: | March 13, 1827 |
| Nominee1: | Benjamin Pierce |
| Party1: | Jacksonian Party |
| Popular Vote1: | 23,695 |
| Percentage1: | 86.44% |
| Nominee2: | David L. Morril |
| Party2: | Anti-Jacksonian Party |
| Popular Vote2: | 2,529 |
| Percentage2: | 9.23% |
| Governor | |
| Before Election: | David L. Morril |
| Before Party: | Anti-Jacksonian Party |
| After Election: | Benjamin Pierce |
| After Party: | Jacksonian Party |
The 1827 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 13, 1827.[1]
Incumbent Adams Governor David L. Morril did not stand for re-election, although he won a number of scattering votes.
Jackson nominee Benjamin Pierce was elected without serious opposition.
The Democratic-Republican members of the New Hampshire Legislature met in caucus in summer 1826 at Concord and chose Benjamin Pierce over Matthew Harvey, E. Bartlett, and incumbent Governor Morril.[2] [3] [4]
Party labels were in flux following the splitting of the Democratic-Republican Party into groups following the 1824 presidential election. Contemporary newspapers refer to Morril as a "friend of John Quincy Adams" or "supporter of the Administration" and Pierce as a "friend of Andrew Jackson".[4]
Morril declined a re-election.[5] [6]