1805 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

The 1805 New Hampshire gubernatorial election took place on March 12, 1805. Incumbent Federalist Governor John Taylor Gilman was defeated for re-election by Democratic-Republican candidate, former Governor and U.S. Senator John Langdon in a re-match of the previous year's election.

1805 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

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Nominee John Langdon John Taylor Gilman
Party Democratic-Republican Federalist
Popular vote 16,097 12,287
Percentage 56.59% 43.20%

Governor before election

John Taylor Gilman
Federalist

Elected Governor

John Langdon
Democratic-Republican

Results

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1805 New Hampshire gubernatorial election[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic-Republican John Langdon 16,097 56.59%
Federalist John Taylor Gilman (incumbent) 12,287 43.20%
Scattering 59 0.21%
Majority 3,810 13.39%
Turnout 28,443 100.00%
Democratic-Republican gain from Federalist Swing

References

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  1. ^ "NH Governor, 1805". Our Campaigns. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
  2. ^ Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 200–201. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
  3. ^ Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 66. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
  4. ^ Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 148. ISBN 978-0-7864-1439-0.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "New Hampshire 1805 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
  7. ^ Farmer, James (1772). The New Hampshire Annual Register and United States Calendar, 1833. Concord: Marsh, Capen and Lyon. p. 18.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ "A Journal of the Proceedings of the House of Representatives of the State of New Hampshire, at their Session, begun and holden at Concord, on the first Wednesday of June, 1805". Journal of the House of Representatives. Portsmouth: Peirce & Gardner, Printers to the State: 7. 1805.