New Hampshire 1798 Governor

Office:
Governor (State)
Title:
Governor
Jurisdiction:
State
Label:
New Hampshire 1798 Governor
Date:
1798
State:
New Hampshire
Type:
General
Iteration:
First Ballot
Office/Role:
Governor/Governor
Candidates:
John T. Gilman, Oliver Peabody, Timothy Walker, John Langdon, Simeon Olcott, Michael MacClary, Jeremiah Smith, Benjamin Bellows, Samuel Livermore, John Goddard, Timothy Farrar, John Bellows, Moses Jewitt, Amos Shepard, scattering
Candidates: John T. Gilman[1]Oliver PeabodyTimothy WalkerJohn LangdonSimeon OlcottMichael MacClaryJeremiah SmithBenjamin BellowsSamuel LivermoreJohn GoddardTimothy FarrarJohn BellowsMoses JewittAmos Shepardscattering
Affiliation:FederalistFederalistRepublicanRepublicanRepublicanRepublicanFederalistFederalistFederalistRepublicanFederalist
Final Result: [2]9397118973436414611452503329----29
Cheshire County---------------
Town of Acworth---------------
Town of Alstead---------------
Town of Charlestown122--------------
Town of Chesterfield---------------
Town of Claremont---------------
Town of Cornish---------------
Town of Croydon---------------
Town of Dublin3218-------------
Town of Fitzwilliam61--------------
Town of Gilsum42--------------
Town of Goshen---------------
Town of Hinsdale---------------
Town of Jaffrey65--------------
Town of Keene107--------------
Town of Langdon---------------
Town of Lempster---------------
Town of Marlborough53-------------1
Town of Marlow---------------
Town of New Grantham---------------
Town of Newport---------------
Town of Packersfield---------------
Town of Plainfield---------------
Town of Richmond---------------
Town of Rindge86-----------3--
Town of Springfield---------------
Town of Stoddard---------------
Town of Sullivan42--------------
Town of Surry---------------
Town of Swanzey---------------
Town of Unity---------------
Town of Walpole140-------------2
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 Bridgewater48--------------
Town of Burton---------------
Town of Campton---------------
Town of Canaan1834-------------
Town of Chatham---------------
Town of Cockburne---------------
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 Hanover1203-------------
Town of Haverhill55-816-----------
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 Chester74--------------
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[3]---------------
Town of Rumney---------------
Town of Stewartstown---------------
Town of Stratford---------------
Town of Thornton---------------
Town of Warren---------------
Town of Wentworth2112-------------
Hillsborough County---------------
Town of Amherst171--------------
Town of Andover382-------------
Town of Antrim---------------
Town of Bedford78--------------
Town of Boscawen---------------
Town of Bradford---------------
Town of Brookline38--------------
Town of Deering---------------
Town of Derryfield14------13---4-2-
Town of Dunbarton76-1------------
Town of Dunstable---------------
Town of Fishersfield---------------
Town of Francestown---------------
Town of Goffstown---------------
Town of Greenfield---------------
Town of Hancock54--------------
Town of Henniker4-41-12-----5----
Town of Hillsborough---------------
Town of Hollis115--------------
Town of Hopkinton62132------32----
Kearsage Gore---------------
Town of Litchfield---------------
Town of Lyndeborough---------------
Town of Mason---------------
Town of Merrimack---------------
Town of Milford52--------------
Town of New Boston---------------
Town of New Ipswich---------------
Town of New London---------------
Town of Nottingham West74--------------
Town of Peterborough---------------
Town of Salisbury8222-------------
Town of Sharon---------------
Town of Society Land---------------
Town of Sutton---------------
Town of Temple89--------------
Town of Warner9-58------------
Town of Weare---------------
Town of Wilton---------------
Town of Windsor---------------
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 Concord90-25------------
Town of Deerfield---------------
Town of East Kingston---------------
Town of Epping---------------
Town of Epsom---------------
Town of Exeter13710-------------
Town of Greenland---------------
Town of Hampstead---------------
Town of Hampton---------------
Town of Hampton Falls---------------
Town of Hawke---------------
Town of Kensington4435-------------
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 Hampton---------------
Town of Northfield---------------
Town of Northwood---------------
Town of Nottingham---------------
Town of Pelham---------------
Town of Pembroke24----36---17-----
Town of Pittsfield[4]---------------
Town of Plaistow---------------
Town of Poplin---------------
Town of Portsmouth413-79-----------
Town of Raymond---------------
Town of Rye-80-19-6---------
Town of Salem---------------
Town of Sandown---------------
Town of Seabrook---------------
Town of South Hampton---------------
Town of Stratham---------------
Town of Windham46-------------2
Strafford County---------------
Town of Alton---------------
Town of Barnstead---------------
Town of Barrington---------------
Town of Brookfield---------------
Town of Center Harbor---------------
Town of Dover177--------------
Town of Durham92--6-----------
Town of Eaton---------------
Town of Effingham---------------
Town of Farmington---------------
Town of Gilmantown---------------
Town of Lee---------------
Town of Madbury---------------
Town of Meredith---------------
Town of Middleton---------------
Town of Moultonborough---------------
Town of New Durham---------------
Town of New Hampton---------------
Town of Ossipee---------------
Ossipee Gore---------------
Town of Rochester30227-------------
Town of Sanbornton167--------------
Town of Sandwich---------------
Town of Somersworth---------------
Town of Tamworth---------------
Town of Tuftonboro---------------
Town of Wakefield---------------
Town of Wolfeboro---------------

Notes:

[1]Elected.
[2]There were 12,153 total votes; 6077 necessary to make a choice.
[3]There were no votes recorded in Plymouth.
[4]"For Governor, principally for J. T. Gilman." Courier of New Hampshire (Concord, NH). March 20, 1798.

References:

Journal of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, 1798. 8.
Journal of the New Hampshire Senate, 1798. 124.
Concord Town Records, 1732-1820. 319.
The New Hampshire Gazette (Portsmouth, NH). March 7, 1798.
Oracle of the Day (Portsmouth, NH). March 10, 1798.
The Rising Sun (Keene, NH). March 10, 1798.
Village Messenger (Amherst, NH). March 10, 1798.
Courier of New Hampshire (Concord, NH). March 13, 1798.
The Mirror (Concord, NH). March 13, 1798.
The New Hampshire Gazette (Portsmouth, NH). March 14, 1798.
Oracle of the Day (Portsmouth, NH). March 17, 1798.
Courier of New Hampshire (Concord, NH). March 20, 1798.
Oracle of the Day (Portsmouth, NH). March 23, 1798.
The Eagle: or, Dartmouth Centinel (Hanover, NH). March 26, 1798.
The Sun. Dover Gazette and County Advertiser (Dover, NH). March 28, 1798.
Oracle of the Day (Portsmouth, NH). March 31, 1798.
The Sun. Dover Gazette and County Advertiser (Dover, NH). April 4, 1798.
The Mirror (Concord, NH). June 12, 1798.
Oracle of the Day (Portsmouth, NH). June 16, 1798.
The Rising Sun (Keene, NH). June 23, 1798.
Aldrich, George. Walpole: As It Was and As It Is. Claremont, NH: The Claremont Manufacturing, 1880. 172.
Bemis, Charles A. History of the Town of Marlborough, Cheshire County, N.H.. Boston, MA: Press of G. H. Ellis, 1881. 300.
Blood, Henry Ames. The History of Temple, N.H.. Boston, MA: Geo. C. Rand and Avery, 1860. 191.
Browne, George Waldo. Early Records of the Town of Derryfield now Manchester, NH. Vol. II. Manchester, NH: City Council of Manchester, 1909. 338.
Carter, Hosea B, ed. The New Hampshire Manual for the General Court, with Complete Official Succession, 1680-1891. Concord, NH: State of New Hampshire, 1891. 151.
Carter, N. F. History of Pembroke, N.H.: 1730-1895. Concord, NH: Republican Press Association, 1895. 385.
Cogswell, Leander W. History of the Town of Henniker, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. Concord, NH: Republican Press Association, 1880. 313.
Cutter, Daniel B. History of the Town of Jaffrey, New Hampshire. Concord, NH: Republican Press Association 1881. 47.
Dearborn, John J. The History of Salisbury, New Hampshire. Manchester, NH: W. E. Moore, 1890. 117.
Eastman, John R. History of the Town of Andover, New Hampshire 1751-1906. Concord, NH: Rumford Printing Company, 1910. 248.
Harriman, Walter. The History of Warner, New Hampshire for One Hundred and Forty-Four Years, from 1735 to 1879. Concord, NH: The Republican Press Association, 1879. 252-292.
Hayward, Silvanus. History of the Town of Gilsum, New Hampshire from 1752 to 1879. Manchester, NH: J. B. Clarke, 1881. 87.
Hayward, William Willis. The History of Hancock, New Hampshire, 1764-1889. Vol. I. Lowell, MA.: S. W. Huse and, 1889. 182.
Hoyt, Peter L. Hoyt's History of Wentworth, New Hampshire, as transcribed from the Original Manuscript by Francis A. Muzzey. Littleton, NH: Courier, 1976. 241.
Leonard, Levi W. The History of Dublin, N.H.. Boston, MA: J. Wilson and Son, 1855. 235.
Lord, C. C. Life and Times in Hopkinton, N.H.. Concord, NH: Republican Press Association, 1890. 516.
Lord, John King. A History of the Town of Hanover, N.H. Hanover, NH: Dartmouth Press, 1928. 3.
Foster, Herbert Darling, George Mendal Bridgman and Sidney Bradshaw Fay. The Records of the Town of Hanover, New Hampshire, 1761-1818. Hanover, NH: Hanover, 1905.
McDuffee, Franklin. History of the Town of Rochester, New Hampshire from 1722 to 1890. Manchester, NH: J. B. Clarke, 1892. 524.
Morrison, Leonard A. The History of Windham in New Hampshire (Rockingham County), 1719-1883. Boston,MA: Cupples, Upham and, 1883. 210.
Musgrove, Richard W. History of the Town of Bristol, Grafton County, New Hampshire. Volume I - Annals. Bristol, NH: R. W. Musgrove, 1904. 511-512.
Norton, John F. The History of Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire from 1752 to 1887. New York, NY: Burr Printing House, 1888. 259.
Parker, Edward E. History of Brookline, Formerly Raby, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. Gardner, MA: Meals Printing, 1914. 434.
Ramsdell, George A. The History of Milford. Concord, NH: Rumford Press, 1901.
Runnels, M. T. The History of Sanbornton, New Hampshire. Boston: Mudge, 1882. 422.
Saunderson, Henry H. The History of Charlestown, New Hampshire. Claremont, NH: Town of Claremont,1876. 674-676.
Secomb, Daniel F. History of the Town of Amherst, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. Concord, NH: Evans, Sleeper and Woodbury, 1883. 215.
Seward, Josiah Lafayette. A History of the Town of Sullivan, New Hampshire: 1777-1917. Keene, NH: J.L. Seward, 1921. 214.
Stark, Caleb. History of the Town of Dunbarton, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. Concord, NH: G. P. Lyon, 1860. 126.
Stearns, Ezra S. History of Plymouth, New Hampshire. Cambridge, MA: University Press, 1906. 577.
Stearns, Ezra S. History of the Town of Rindge, New Hampshire. Boston, MA: Press of G. H. Ellis, 1875. 409.
Wadleigh, George. Notable Events in the History of Dover, New Hampshire. Dover, NH, 1913. 187.
Wallace, William Allen. The History of Canaan, New Hampshire. Concord, NH: Rumford Press, 1910. 669.
Webster, Kimball. History of Hudson, N.H. Manchester, NH: Granite State Publishing Co, 1913. 562.
Whitcher, William F. History of the Town of Haverhill, New Hampshire. 1919. 90.
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History of Bedford, New Hampshire from 1737. Concord, NH: Published by the Town, 1903. 797.

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