New Hampshire gubernatorial election
1861 New Hampshire gubernatorial election
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| | |  | | Nominee | Nathaniel S. Berry | George Stark | | | Party | Republican | Democratic | | Popular vote | 35,467 | 31,452 | | Percentage | 52.82% | 46.84% | |
Governor before election
Ichabod Goodwin
Republican | Elected Governor
Nathaniel S. Berry
Republican | |
The 1861 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 12, 1861.[1]
Incumbent Republican Governor Ichabod Goodwin did not stand for re-election.
Republican nominee Nathaniel S. Berry defeated Democratic nominee George Stark with 52.82% of the vote.
General election
Candidates
- Nathaniel S. Berry, Republican, probate judge for Grafton County,[2] Free Soil nominee for Governor from 1846 to 1850
- George Stark, Democratic, civil engineer, brigadier-general of the third brigade of New Hampshire militia[3]
- Levi Bartlett, Constitutional Union Party[1][4][5][6][a]
Withdrew
Results
1861 New Hampshire gubernatorial election[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][b] | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Republican | Nathaniel S. Berry | 35,467 | 52.82% | |
| | Democratic | George Stark | 31,452 | 46.84% | |
| | Constitutional Union | Paul J. Wheeler | 181 | 0.27% | |
| | Scattering | | 42 | 0.06% | |
| Majority | 4,015 | 5.98% | |
| Turnout | 67,142 | | |
| | Republican hold | Swing | | |
Notes
- ^ Some 20th Century sources record Bartlett as an American Party candidate, but this party had largely disappeared by 1860.
- ^ Most 20th Century sources give scattering votes as 24. The result given is taken from the New Hampshire Senate Journal.
References
- ^ a b c "Political Intelligence". The New York herald. New York, N.Y. January 25, 1861. p. 5. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
- ^ "Gov. Nathaniel Springer Berry". National Governors Association. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
- ^ Herrick, H. W. (1882). "Gen. George Stark". In Clarke, John Badger (ed.). Sketches of Successful New Hampshire Men. Manchester, NH: John B. Clarke. pp. 9–13.
- ^ "New Hampshire politics". Richmond daily Whig. Richmond, Va. January 29, 1861. p. 2. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
- ^ a b "Political Intelligence". The New York herald. New York, N.Y. March 11, 1861. p. 5. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
- ^ a b "The New Hampshire election". The daily exchange. Baltimore, Md. March 12, 1861. p. 2. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
- ^ "New Hampshire". Bellows Falls times. Bellows Falls, Vt. March 1, 1861. p. 2. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
- ^ "NH Governor, 1861". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
- ^ Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 202–203. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
- ^ Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 67. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
- ^ Kallenbach, Joseph E.; Kallenbach, Jessamine S., eds. (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Vol. I. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, Inc. p. 386. ISBN 0-379-00665-0.
- ^ Dubin, Michael J. (2010). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861-1911. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. p. 1. ISBN 978-0-7864-4722-0.
- ^ Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of New-Hampshire, June Session, 1861. Concord: Henry McFarland, State Printer. 1861. p. 18.
- ^ Lyon, G. Parker. The New-Hampshire Annual Register, and United States Calendar, for the year 1862. Concord: G. Parker Lyon. p. 130.
- ^ 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. 156.
