1821 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

1821 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

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Nominee Samuel Bell
Party Democratic-Republican
Popular vote 22,582
Percentage 92.37%

Governor before election

Samuel Bell
Democratic-Republican

Elected Governor

Samuel Bell
Democratic-Republican

The 1821 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 13, 1821.

Incumbent Democratic-Republican Governor Samuel Bell won re-election to a third term.

General election[edit]

Major candidates[edit]

Minor candidates[edit]

The following candidates may not have been formally nominated and attracted only scattering votes.[1]

Results[edit]

1821 New Hampshire gubernatorial election[2][3][4][5][6][7][a]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic-Republican Samuel Bell (incumbent) 22,582 92.37%
Scattering 1,866 7.63%
Majority 20,716 84.74%
Turnout 24,448
Democratic-Republican hold Swing

References[edit]

  1. ^ "New Hampshire 1821 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved December 3, 2021.
  2. ^ Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 66. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
  3. ^ Kallenbach, Joseph E.; Kallenbach, Jessamine S., eds. (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Vol. I. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, Inc. p. 381. ISBN 0-379-00665-0.
  4. ^ "Journal of the Honorable Senate, of the State of New-Hampshire, at their Session, begun and holden at Concord, on the first Wednesday of June, 1821". Journals of the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the State of New Hampshire at Their Session, Holden at the Capitol in Concord Commencing. Concord: Hill and Moore: 11. 1821.
  5. ^ Farmer, James (1772). The New Hampshire Annual Register and United States Calendar, 1833. Concord: Marsh, Capen and Lyon. p. 18.
  6. ^ 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. 152.
  7. ^ Coolidge, A. J.; Mansfield, J. B. (1860). History and Description of New England. New Hampshire. Boston: Austin J. Coolidge. p. 708.
  8. ^ "NH Governor, 1821". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 3, 2021.
  9. ^ Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 200–201. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.

Notes[edit]

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