New Hampshire 1813 Governor's Council, Coos and Grafton Counties
- Office:
- Governor's Council (State)
- Title:
- Governor's Councillor
- Jurisdiction:
- State
- Label:
- New Hampshire 1813 Governor's Council, Coos and Grafton Counties
- Date:
- 1813
- State:
- New Hampshire
- Type:
- General
- Iteration:
- First Ballot
- Office/Role:
- Governor's Council/Governor's Councillor
- Candidates:
- Enoch Colby, Abel Merrill, Jonathan Franklin, Levi Bartlett, Moses P. Payson, Zeba Huntington, Samuel Shepard, John T. Gilman, Daniel Kimball, Walter R. Webster, Stephen P. Webster, J. Kent, William Plumer, Moore Russell
| Candidates: | Enoch Colby | Abel Merrill | Jonathan Franklin | Levi Bartlett | Moses P. Payson | Zeba Huntington | Samuel Shepard | John T. Gilman | Daniel Kimball | Walter R. Webster | Stephen P. Webster | J. Kent | William Plumer | Moore Russell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affiliation: | Federalist | |||||||||||||
| Final Result: [1][2] | 2433 | 1695 | 704 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| District of Coos and Grafton | 2433 | 1695 | 704 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Coos County | 230 | 292 | - | - | 5 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Adams | - | 50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bartlett | 6 | 59 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Chatham | 1 | 31 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Colebrook | 28 | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Columbia | 16 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Dalton | 29 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Jefferson | 6 | 27 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lancaster | 85 | 26 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Northumberland | 23 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Percy | 18 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Stewartstown | 8 | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Stratford | 6 | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Whitefield | 4 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Grafton County | 2203 | 1403 | 704 | 14 | 2 | 4 | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Town of Alexandria | 51 | 34 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bath | 144 | 7 | 67 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bethlehem | 39 | - | - | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bridgewater | 90 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Campton | 70 | 19 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Canaan | 110 | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Concord | 51 | 61 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Coventry | 1 | 13 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Danbury | 45 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Dorchester | 63 | 20 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Ellsworth | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Enfield | 46 | 126 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Franconia | 20 | 37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Grafton | 72 | 36 | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Groton | 61 | 36 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hanover[3] | 188 | 58 | 77 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Haverhill | 86 | 70 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Town of Hebron | 45 | 52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Landaff | 48 | 53 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lebanon | 88 | 75 | 70 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lincoln | - | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Littleton | 76 | - | 37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lyman | 70 | 65 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lyme | 156 | 36 | 63 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of New Chester | 68 | 82 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of New Holderness | 105 | 56 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Orange | 25 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Orford | 11 | 28 | 147 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Peeling[4] | 19 | - | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Piermont | 65 | 74 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Town of Plymouth | 108 | - | 48 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Rumney | 54 | 73 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Thornton[5] | 75 | 19 | 31 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Town of Warren | 16 | 59 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Wentworth | 13 | 76 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Notes:
[1]"The committee appointed to examine and cast the votes for Counsellors reported: Grafton and Coos. No Choice. Whole number 4829; necessary to a choice, 2415." War Journal (Portsmouth, NH). June 11, 1813.
[2]New Hampshire law required a majority to elect. Enoch Colby would subsequently be elected by the State Legislature.
[3]The Records of the Town of Hanover lists 1 vote for John T. Gilman.
[4]The votes from Peeling were rejected.
[5]Stephen P. Webster received 1 vote as S. P. Webster.
References:
Original Election Returns. New Hampshire Archives and Records Management, Concord.
Concord Gazette (Concord, NH). March 6, 1813.
Dartmouth Gazette (Hanover, NH). March 10, 1813.
War Journal (Portsmouth, NH). June 11, 1813.
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. 275.
Hoyt, Peter L. Hoyt's History of Wentworth, New Hampshire, as transcribed from the Original Manuscript by Francis A. Muzzey. Littleton, NH: Courier, 1976. 246.
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