1806 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

The 1806 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 11, 1806.

Incumbent Democratic-Republican Governor John Langdon won re-election to a second term.

General election[]

Major candidates[]

John Langdon, Democratic-Republican, incumbent Governor

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
Oliver Peabody, Federalist, former President of the New Hampshire Senate^[4]
Jeremiah Smith, Federalist, Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court of Judicature

Results[]

1806 New Hampshire gubernatorial election^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[a]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic-Republican	John Langdon (incumbent)	15,277	74.26%
	Federalist	Timothy Farrar	1,720	8.36%
	Federalist	John Taylor Gilman	1,553	7.55%
	Federalist	Jeremiah Smith	902	4.38%
	Federalist	Oliver Peabody	866	4.21%
	Scattering		255	1.24%
Majority			13,557	65.90%
Turnout			20,573
	Democratic-Republican hold		Swing

Notes[]

^ Some sources give slightly different results. The result given is taken from the New Hampshire Senate Journal.^[11]^[12]

References[]

^ "New Hampshire 1806 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
^ The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, for the Year 1849. Vol. III. Boston: Samuel G. Drake. 1849. p. 289.
^ 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. p. 28.
^ Opal, J. M. (Winter 2000). "The Politics of "Industry": Federalism in Concord and Exeter, New Hampshire, 1790-1805". Journal of the Early Republic. University of Pennsylvania Press. 20 (4): 637–671. Retrieved 11 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. 379. ISBN 0-379-00665-0.
^ A Journal of the Proceedings of the Honorable Senate of the State of New-Hampshire, at their Session, begun and holden at Hopkinton, on the first Wednesday of June, 1806. Portsmouth: Peirce & Gardner, Printers to the State. 1807. p. 7.
^ Farmer, James. The New Hampshire Annual Register and United States Calendar, 1833. Concord: Marsh, Capen and Lyon. p. 18.
^ 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. 151.
^ Coolidge, A. J.; Mansfield, J. B. (1860). History and Description of New England. New Hampshire. Boston: Austin J. Coolidge. p. 708.
^ "NH Governor, 1806". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 11 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.

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[13] Some sources give slightly different results. The result given is taken from the New Hampshire Senate Journal.^[11]^[12]

[New_Nation_Votes-1] "New Hampshire 1806 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved 11 December 2021.

[2] The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, for the Year 1849. Vol. III. Boston: Samuel G. Drake. 1849. p. 289.

[3] 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. p. 28.

[4] Opal, J. M. (Winter 2000). "The Politics of "Industry": Federalism in Concord and Exeter, New Hampshire, 1790-1805". Journal of the Early Republic. University of Pennsylvania Press. 20 (4): 637–671. Retrieved 11 December 2021.

[5] Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 66. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.

[6] Kallenbach, Joseph E.; Kallenbach, Jessamine S., eds. (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Vol. I. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, Inc. p. 379. ISBN 0-379-00665-0.

[7] A Journal of the Proceedings of the Honorable Senate of the State of New-Hampshire, at their Session, begun and holden at Hopkinton, on the first Wednesday of June, 1806. Portsmouth: Peirce & Gardner, Printers to the State. 1807. p. 7.

[8] Farmer, James. The New Hampshire Annual Register and United States Calendar, 1833. Concord: Marsh, Capen and Lyon. p. 18.

[9] 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. 151.

[10] Coolidge, A. J.; Mansfield, J. B. (1860). History and Description of New England. New Hampshire. Boston: Austin J. Coolidge. p. 708.

[11] "NH Governor, 1806". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 11 December 2021.

[12] Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 200–201. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.

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