1838 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

The 1838 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 13, 1838.[1]

1838 New Hampshire gubernatorial election
March 13, 1838
 
Nominee Isaac Hill James Wilson II
Party Democratic Whig
Popular vote 28,697 25,675
Percentage 52.59% 47.05%
Governor before election

Isaac Hill
Democratic

 Elected Governor

Isaac Hill
Democratic

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Incumbent Democratic Governor Isaac Hill defeated Whig nominee James Wilson II with 52.59% of the vote.

General election

Candidates

Results
1838 New Hampshire gubernatorial election[2][3][4][5][6][7][lower-alpha 1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Isaac Hill (incumbent) 28,697 52.59%
Whig James Wilson II 25,675 47.05%
Scattering 198 0.36%
Majority 3,022 5.54%
Turnout 54,570
Democratic hold Swing

Notes
  1. Some sources give slightly different results.[8][9][10][11] The result given is taken from the New Hampshire Senate Journal.

References
  1. "The State election in New-Hampshire". Herald of the times. Newport, R.I. March 15, 1838. p. 2. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  2. Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 202–203. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
  3. Journal of the Honorable Senate, of the State of New Hampshire. At their Session holden at the Capitol in Concord. Commencing Wednesday, June 6, 1838. Concord: Cyrus Barton, State Printer. 1838. p. 7.
  4. Lyon, G. Parker. The New-Hampshire Annual Register, and United States Calendar, for the year 1860. Concord: G. Parker Lyon. p. 43.
  5. 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. 154.
  6. Coolidge, A. J.; Mansfield, J. B. (1860). History and Description of New England. New Hampshire. Boston: Austin J. Coolidge. p. 709.
  7. Wadleigh, George (1913). Notable Events in the History of Dover, New Hampshire: from the first settlement in 1623 to 1865. Dover, N.H.: The Tufts College Press. p. 239.
  8. "NH Governor, 1838". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  9. Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 66. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
  10. Kallenbach, Joseph E.; Kallenbach, Jessamine S., eds. (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Vol. I. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, Inc. p. 383. ISBN 0-379-00665-0.
  11. Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 154. ISBN 978-0-7864-1439-0.
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