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1849 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

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1849 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

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Nathaniel Springer Berry.jpg
Nominee Samuel Dinsmoor Jr. Levi Chamberlain Nathaniel S. Berry
Party Democratic Whig Free Soil
Popular vote 30,107 18,764 7,045
Percentage 53.73% 33.49% 12.57%

County results
Dinsmoor:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Chamberlain:      40–50%

Governor before election

Jared W. Williams
Democratic

Elected Governor

Samuel Dinsmoor Jr.
Democratic

The 1849 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 13, 1849.

Incumbent Democratic Governor Jared W. Williams did not stand for re-election.

Democratic nominee Samuel Dinsmoor Jr. defeated Whig nominee Levi Chamberlain and Free Soil nominee Nathaniel S. Berry with 53.73% of the vote.

General election

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Candidates

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Results

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1849 New Hampshire gubernatorial election[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][a]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Samuel Dinsmoor Jr. 30,107 53.73%
Whig Levi Chamberlain 18,764 33.49%
Free Soil Nathaniel S. Berry 7,045 12.57%
Scattering 117 0.21%
Majority 11,343 20.24%
Turnout 56,033
Democratic hold Swing

Notes

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  1. ^ Some sources give Berry's total as 7,162.[11][12] The result given is taken from the New Hampshire Senate Journal.

References

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  1. ^ Griffin, Simon Goodell (1904). A History of the Town of Keene, from 1732, When the Township Was Granted by Massachusetts, to 1874, When it Became a City. Keene, N.H.: Sentinel Printing Company. p. 572.
  2. ^ Rumrill, Alan (2009). Monadnock Moments: Historic Tales from Southwest New Hampshire. Charleston, SC: The History Press. p. 50. ISBN 978-1-59629-740-1.
  3. ^ "NH Governor, 1849". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
  4. ^ Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 202–203. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
  5. ^ Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 156. ISBN 978-0-7864-1439-0.
  6. ^ Journal of the Honorable Senate of the State of New Hampshire; June Session, 1849. Concord: Butterfield and Hill. 1849. p. 10.
  7. ^ Lyon, G. Parker. The New-Hampshire Annual Register, and United States Calendar, for the year 1860. Concord: G. Parker Lyon. p. 44.
  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. 155.
  9. ^ Coolidge, A. J.; Mansfield, J. B. (1860). History and Description of New England. New Hampshire. Boston: Austin J. Coolidge. p. 709.
  10. ^ 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. 255.
  11. ^ Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 66. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
  12. ^ Kallenbach, Joseph E.; Kallenbach, Jessamine S., eds. (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Vol. I. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, Inc. p. 384. ISBN 0-379-00665-0.