New Hampshire 1797 Governor

Office:
Governor (State)
Title:
Governor
Jurisdiction:
State
Label:
New Hampshire 1797 Governor
Date:
1797
State:
New Hampshire
Type:
General
Iteration:
First Ballot
Office/Role:
Governor/Governor
Candidates:
John T. Gilman, John Langdon, Timothy Walker, John S. Sherburne, Oliver Peabody, Simeon Olcott, Michael MacClary, Amos Shepherd, John Bellows, William A. Kent, Woodbury Langdon, Nathaniel Peabody, Daniel Ringe, scattering
Candidates: John T. Gilman[1]John LangdonTimothy WalkerJohn S. SherburneOliver PeabodySimeon OlcottMichael MacClaryAmos ShepherdJohn BellowsWilliam A. KentWoodbury LangdonNathaniel PeabodyDaniel Ringescattering
Affiliation:FederalistRepublicanFederalistFederalistFederalist
Final Result: [2][3]9625------------687
Cheshire County--------------
Town of Acworth--------------
Town of Alstead--------------
Town of Charlestown[4]--------------
Town of Chesterfield--------------
Town of Claremont--------------
Town of Cornish--------------
Town of Croydon--------------
Town of Dublin29------------2
Town of Fitzwilliam40-------------
Town of Gilsum34-------------
Town of Goshen--------------
Town of Hinsdale--------------
Town of Jaffrey65-------------
Town of Keene88-------------
Town of Langdon--------------
Town of Lempster--------------
Town of Marlborough45-------------
Town of Marlow--------------
Town of New Grantham--------------
Town of Newport--------------
Town of Packersfield--------------
Town of Plainfield--------------
Town of Richmond--------------
Town of Rindge74-------------
Town of Springfield--------------
Town of Stoddard--------------
Town of Sullivan42-------------
Town of Surry--------------
Town of Swanzey--------------
Town of Unity--------------
Town of Walpole128-------------
Town of Washington--------------
Town of Wendell--------------
Town of Westmoreland--------------
Town of Winchester--------------
Grafton County--------------
Town of Adams--------------
Town of Alexandria--------------
Town of Bartlett--------------
Town of Bath--------------
Town of Bethlehem--------------
Town of Bridgewater36----1--------
Town of Burton--------------
Town of Campton--------------
Town of Canaan47-------------
Town of Chatham--------------
Town of Colebrook--------------
Town of Concord--------------
Town of Conway--------------
Town of Coventry--------------
Town of Dalton--------------
Town of Danbury--------------
Town of Dorchester--------------
Town of Enfield--------------
Town of Franconia--------------
Town of Grafton--------------
Town of Groton--------------
Town of Hanover146-------------
Town of Haverhill--------------
Town of Hebron--------------
Town of Jefferson--------------
Town of Lancaster--------------
Town of Landaff--------------
Town of Lebanon--------------
Town of Lincoln--------------
Town of Littleton--------------
Town of Lyman--------------
Town of Lyme--------------
Town of New Chester50-------------
Town of New Holderness--------------
Town of Northumberland--------------
Town of Orange--------------
Town of Orford--------------
Town of Peeling--------------
Town of Percy--------------
Town of Piermont--------------
Town of Plymouth[5]--------------
Town of Rumney--------------
Town of Stewartstown--------------
Town of Stratford--------------
Town of Thornton--------------
Town of Warren--------------
Town of Wentworth49-------------
Hillsborough County--------------
Town of Amherst135--43----3-----
Town of Andover46-------------
Town of Antrim--------------
Town of Bedford60-------------
Town of Boscawen--------------
Town of Bradford--------------
Town of Brookline38-------------
Town of Deering--------------
Town of Derryfield554------------
Town of Dunbarton87-------------
Town of Dunstable--------------
Town of Fishersfield--------------
Town of Francestown98-------------
Town of Goffstown--------------
Town of Greenfield--------------
Town of Hancock45-------------
Town of Henniker12----12-------8
Town of Hillsborough--------------
Town of Hollis113-------------
Town of Hopkinton51---40---------
Kearsage Gore--------------
Town of Litchfield--------------
Town of Lyndeborough--------------
Town of Mason--------------
Town of Merrimack--------------
Town of Milford46-------------
Town of New Boston--------------
Town of New Ipswich--------------
Town of New London--------------
Town of Nottingham West57-------------
Town of Peterborough--------------
Town of Salisbury110-------------
Town of Sharon--------------
Town of Society Land--------------
Town of Sutton--------------
Town of Temple80-------------
Town of Warner10-65-----------
Town of Weare--------------
Town of Wilton--------------
Rockingham County--------------
Town of Allenstown--------------
Town of Atkinson--------------
Town of Bow--------------
Town of Brentwood--------------
Town of Candia--------------
Town of Canterbury--------------
Town of Chester--------------
Town of Chichester--------------
Town of Concord161-19----4-1--1-
Town of Deerfield--------------
Town of East Kingston--------------
Town of Epping--------------
Town of Epsom--------------
Town of Exeter--------------
Town of Greenland--------------
Town of Hampstead--------------
Town of Hampton--------------
Town of Hampton Falls--------------
Town of Hawke--------------
Town of Kensington--------------
Town of Kingston--------------
Town of Londonderry--------------
Town of Loudon--------------
Town of New Castle--------------
Town of Newington--------------
Town of Newmarket--------------
Town of Newton--------------
Town of North Hampton2747------------
Town of Northfield--------------
Town of Northwood--------------
Town of Nottingham--------------
Town of Pelham--------------
Town of Pembroke73-1---4----1--
Town of Pittsfield--------------
Town of Plaistow--------------
Town of Poplin--------------
Town of Portsmouth31169--------1---
Town of Raymond--------------
Town of Rye-95------------
Town of Salem--------------
Town of Sandown--------------
Town of Seabrook--------------
Town of South Hampton--------------
Town of Stratham--------------
Town of Windham60------------2
Strafford County--------------
Town of Alton--------------
Town of Barnstead--------------
Town of Barrington--------------
Town of Brookfield--------------
Town of Center Harbor--------------
Town of Dover147-------------
Town of Durham--------------
Town of Eaton--------------
Town of Effingham--------------
Town of Gilmanton241-------------
Town of Lee--------------
Town of Madbury--------------
Town of Meredith--------------
Town of Middleton--------------
Town of Moultonborough75-------------
Town of New Durham--------------
Town of New Hampton--------------
Town of Ossipee--------------
Ossipee Gore--------------
Town of Rochester267-------------
Town of Sanbornton118-------------
Town of Sandwich--------------
Town of Somersworth--------------
Town of Tamworth--------------
Town of Tuftonboro--------------
Town of Wakefield--------------
Town of Wolfeboro--------------

Notes:

[1]Elected.
[2]There were 10,823 votes; 5,412 necessary to make a choice.
[3]"John Taylor Gilman was reelected governor by 89 percent of the largest vote yet cast in a state election (fn: New Hampshire Register, 1860. 40). Senator John Langdon had allowed his name to be used on the opposition ticket, but received only six hundred votes, all but nineteen of these from Rockingham County." The Ninth State. 153.
[4]John Taylor Gilman had a majority of 107 votes.
[5]There were no votes recorded in Plymouth.

References:

Concord Town Records, 1732-1820. 301.
Village Messenger (Amherst, NH). March 7, 1797.
Republican Gazetteer (Concord, NH). March 14, 1797.
The Rising Sun (Keene, NH). March 14, 1797.
Courier of New Hampshire (Concord, NH). March 21, 1797.
Oracle of the Day (Portsmouth, NH). March 22, 1797.
The New Hampshire Gazette (Portsmouth, NH). March 25, 1797.
The Sun. Dover Gazette and County Advertiser (Dover, NH). March 29, 1797.
Oracle of the Day (Portsmouth, NH). March 29, 1797.
The New Hampshire Gazette (Portsmouth, NH). April 1, 1797.
Courier of New Hampshire (Concord, NH). April 4, 1797.
Oracle of the Day (Portsmouth, NH). April 12, 1797.
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