1815 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

1815 New Hampshire gubernatorial election
	March 14, 1815
Governor before election; John Taylor Gilman; Federalist	Elected Governor ; John Taylor Gilman; Federalist

The 1815 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 14, 1815.[1]

Incumbent Federalist Governor John Taylor Gilman defeated Democratic-Republican nominee William Plumer in a re-match of the previous year's election.

General election

1815 New Hampshire gubernatorial election[2][3][4][5][6][7][lower-alpha 1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Federalist	John Taylor Gilman (incumbent)	18,357	50.72%
	Democratic-Republican	William Plumer	17,799	49.18%
	Scattering		38	0.10%
Majority			558	1.54%
Turnout			36,194
	Federalist hold		Swing

Some sources give slightly different results. The result given is taken from the New Hampshire Senate Journal.[8][9]

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