1857 New Hampshire gubernatorial election
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Nominee William Haile John S. Wells
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 34,216 31,214
Percentage 51.93% 47.38%
Governor before election

Ralph Metcalf
Know Nothing

Elected Governor

William Haile
Republican

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The 1857 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 10, 1857.[1]

Incumbent Know Nothing Governor Ralph Metcalf did not stand for re-election.

Republican nominee William Haile defeated Democratic nominee John S. Wells with 51.93% of the vote.

General election

Major candidates

Minor candidate

Results

1857 New Hampshire gubernatorial election[4][5][6][7][8][9][a]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican William Haile 34,216 51.93%
Democratic John S. Wells 31,214 47.38%
Scattering[b] 452 0.69%
Majority 3,002 4.55%
Turnout 65,882
Republican gain from Know Nothing Swing

Notes

  1. ^ Some sources give the result as Haile 34,214, Wells 31,209, scattering 452.[10][11] The result given is taken from the New Hampshire Senate Journal.
  2. ^ Contemporary newspapers indicate that around 209 of the scattering votes were cast for Charles Brickett Haddock.[12][13][14]

References

  1. ^ "New-Hampshire election". New-York daily tribune. New-York, N.Y. March 11, 1857. p. 5. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
  2. ^ "New Hampshire politics". Orleans independent standard. Irasburgh, Vt. February 13, 1857. p. 2. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
  3. ^ "Brattleboro, Vt. Saturday, February 14, 1857". Vermont phœnix. Brattleboro, Vt. February 14, 1857. p. 2. Retrieved December 27, 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. 157. ISBN 978-0-7864-1439-0.
  6. ^ "Journal of the Honorable Senate of the State of New Hampshire June Session, 1857". 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: George G. Fogg, State Printer: 21. 1857.
  7. ^ Lyon, G. Parker. The New-Hampshire Annual Register, and United States Calendar, for the year 1858. Concord: G. Parker Lyon. p. 130.
  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. ^ Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 67. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
  11. ^ Kallenbach, Joseph E.; Kallenbach, Jessamine S., eds. (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Vol. I. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, Inc. p. 385. ISBN 0-379-00665-0.
  12. ^ "The New Hampshire election". The national era. Washington, D.C. March 26, 1857. p. 50. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
  13. ^ "New Hampshire election". Weekly national intelligencer. Washington, D.C. March 28, 1857. p. 2. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
  14. ^ "New Hampshire---all Haile!". Lewisburg chronicle. Lewisburg, Pa. April 3, 1857. p. 1. Retrieved December 27, 2021.


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