The 1798 New Hampshire gubernatorial election took place on March 13, 1798. Incumbent FederalistGovernorJohn Taylor Gilman won re-election to a fifth term, easily defeating various minor candidates.
^Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 200–201. ISBN0-930466-17-9.
^Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 66. ISBN1-56802-396-0.
^Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 148. ISBN978-0-7864-1439-0.
^Kallenbach, Joseph E.; Kallenbach, Jessamine S., eds. (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Vol. I. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, Inc. p. 379. ISBN0-379-00665-0.
^"New Hampshire 1798 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
^Glashan and A New Nation Votes describe Peabody as a Federalist.
^A New Nation Votes describes Olcott as a Republican. However, he later served as a Federalist Senator and is described in one source as a "staunch Federalist".[9]