1823 New Hampshire gubernatorial election
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The 1823 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 11, 1823.
Incumbent Democratic-Republican Governor Samuel Bell did not run for re-election to a fifth term in office.
Levi Woodbury defeated Samuel Dinsmoor with 56.72% of the vote.
Democratic-Republican nomination[edit]
Candidates[edit]
- William Badger, High Sheriff of Strafford County, former President of the New Hampshire Senate
- Ezra Bartlett, unsuccessful candidate for U.S. Representative in 1800 and 1804
- Josiah Butler, incumbent U.S. Representative
- Samuel Dinsmoor, former U.S. Representative
- Jonathan Harvey, President of the New Hampshire Senate
- Arthur Livermore, former U.S. Representative
- David L. Morril, incumbent U.S. Senator
- William Pickering, incumbent Treasurer of New Hampshire
Results[edit]
The Democratic-Republican caucus met at Concord on June 21, 1822.[1]
The results of the balloting were as follows:[2][3][4]
| Gubernatorial Ballot | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | ||||||
| Samuel Dinsmoor | 72 | 92 | |||||
| Arthur Livermore | 29 | 27 | |||||
| Jonathan Harvey | 27 | 27 | |||||
| David L. Morril | 18 | 7 | |||||
| William Pickering | 8 | 0 | |||||
| Ezra Bartlett | 5 | 1 | |||||
| William Badger | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Josiah Butler | 1 | 0 | |||||
General election[edit]
Candidates[edit]
- Samuel Dinsmoor, former U.S. Representative
- Levi Woodbury, Associate Justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court of Judicature
Some 20th Century sources record Woodbury as an Independent Republican. Woodbury stood at the invitation of a convention of Portsmouth Republicans.[5][6] Contemporary sources record both candidates as Republicans; Dinsmoor as a supporter of William H. Crawford for the U.S. Presidency, and Woodbury a supporter of John Quincy Adams.[7][8][9] (However, Woodbury would be elected to the U.S. Senate in 1825 as a Jacksonian)
Results[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic-Republican | Levi Woodbury | 16,985 | 56.72% | ||
| Democratic-Republican | Samuel Dinsmoor | 12,718 | 42.47% | ||
| Scattering | 240 | 0.80% | |||
| Majority | 4,267 | 14.25% | |||
| Turnout | 29,943 | ||||
| Democratic-Republican hold | Swing | ||||
References[edit]
- ^ Cole 1970, p. 47.
- ^ "New Hampshire 1822 Governor, Nomination for 1823". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- ^ "New Hampshire 1822 Governor, Nomination for 1823, Ballot 2". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- ^ "New-Hampshire". The Portland gazette. Portland, Me. July 2, 1822. p. 2. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- ^ Cole 1970, p. 49.
- ^ "Savannah: Friday Morning, Feb. 14, 1823". Savannah Georgian. Savannah, Ga. February 15, 1823. p. 1. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- ^ "Domestic". The Portland gazette. Portland, Me. February 11, 1823. p. 1. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- ^ "The election of State Officers". Savannah Georgian. Savannah, Ga. March 22, 1823. p. 1. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- ^ "The election for Governor in New Hampshire". The Georgia journal. Milledgeville, Ga. April 8, 1823. p. 3. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- ^ Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 66. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
- ^ Kallenbach, Joseph E.; Kallenbach, Jessamine S., eds. (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Vol. I. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, Inc. p. 381. ISBN 0-379-00665-0.
- ^ Journal of the Senate, of the State of New-Hampshire, at their Session, holden at the Capitol in Concord, commencing on the first Wednesday of June, 1823. Concord: Jacob B. Moore. 1823. p. 10.
- ^ Farmer, James. The New Hampshire Annual Register and United States Calendar, 1833. Concord: Marsh, Capen and Lyon. p. 19.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Coolidge, A. J.; Mansfield, J. B. (1860). History and Description of New England. New Hampshire. Boston: Austin J. Coolidge. p. 708.
- ^ "NH Governor, 1823". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- ^ Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 200–201. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
Notes[edit]
Bibliography[edit]
- Cole, Donald B. (1970). Jacksonian Democracy in New Hampshire, 1800-1851. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-674-46990-9.
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