New Hampshire 1812 Governor

Office:
Governor (State)
Title:
Governor
Jurisdiction:
State
Label:
New Hampshire 1812 Governor
Date:
1812
State:
New Hampshire
Type:
General
Iteration:
First Ballot
Office/Role:
Governor/Governor
Candidates:
John T. Gilman, William Plumer, Levi Bartlett, Nathaniel Gilman, John Langdon, Nicholas Gilman, John Goddard, Jeremiah Smith, Josiah Bartlett, John A. Harper, Nahum Parker, William Adams, Benjamin George, David L. Morrill, Michael W. Clay, Daniel Gookin, Elijah Hall, Thomas Kimball, Michael MacClany, Job Otis, Benjamin Rolfe, John Taylor, Joseph Wheat, Samuel Ambrose, Daniel Balcheldon, John Brown, William Brown, Robert L. Cammet, Ithamar Chase, Thomas Chase, Theophilus Clough, Richard Dearborn, Timothy Farrar, Lemuel Flanders, Abel Gibbs, Abner Greenleaf, Nathaniel A. Havin, Freeworthy Hill, Benjamin Hoit, Joseph Holton, Levi Jackson, Johnson, William Kimball, William A. Kint, George Long, Joshua Lyman, Gilbert MacMillan, Daniel Merrill, Jonathan Merrill, Parker Merrill, Josiah Norris, Oliver Peabody, Andrew Rankin, Samuel Roby, Andrew Sargent, Reuben Sargent, Josiah A. Skarrett, J. Smith, Jedediah K. Smith, Clement Storer, George Sullivan, Jonathan Tilton, John Underwood, Nathaniel Upham, John Warner, John Wentworth, Lynds Wheelock, Whipple, Jonathan Wilson, Dan Young
Candidates: John T. GilmanWilliam PlumerLevi BartlettNathaniel GilmanJohn LangdonNicholas GilmanJohn GoddardJeremiah SmithJosiah BartlettJohn A. HarperNahum ParkerWilliam AdamsBenjamin GeorgeDavid L. MorrillMichael W. ClayDaniel GookinElijah HallThomas KimballMichael MacClanyJob OtisBenjamin RolfeJohn TaylorJoseph WheatSamuel AmbroseDaniel BalcheldonJohn BrownWilliam BrownRobert L. CammetIthamar ChaseThomas ChaseTheophilus CloughRichard DearbornTimothy FarrarLemuel FlandersAbel GibbsAbner GreenleafNathaniel A. HavinFreeworthy HillBenjamin HoitJoseph HoltonLevi JacksonJohnson[1]William KimballWilliam A. KintGeorge LongJoshua LymanGilbert MacMillanDaniel MerrillJonathan MerrillParker MerrillJosiah NorrisOliver PeabodyAndrew RankinSamuel RobyAndrew SargentReuben SargentJosiah A. SkarrettJ. SmithJedediah K. SmithClement StorerGeorge SullivanJonathan TiltonJohn UnderwoodNathaniel UphamJohn WarnerJohn WentworthLynds WheelockWhipple[2]Jonathan WilsonDan Young
Affiliation:FederalistRepublicanRepublicanRepublicanRepublicanRepublicanRepublicanFederalistFederalistFederalistFederalist
Final Result: [3]156271549223815912512293181411963322222222211111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111
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Town of Alstead161105--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Charlestown19539--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Chesterfield17396--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Claremont226121-----1--------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Cornish14388--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Croydon7373--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Dublin11467--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Fitzwilliam12973--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Gilsum4741--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Goshen4039--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Hinsdale4945--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Jaffrey20346---------------------------1----------------------------------------
Town of Keene21657--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Langdon3263--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Lempster8861--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Marlborough13631--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Marlow1394--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of New Grantham30100--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Newport19446--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Packersfield15933--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Plainfield107119--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Richmond10172--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Rindge13846--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Springfield2873-1------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Stoddard7888--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Sullivan62---------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Surry4942--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Swanzey60144--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Unity25153-------------------------1------------------------------------------
Town of Walpole176176--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Washington26121--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Wendell1285--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Westmoreland188146----1---8-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Winchester11163--------------------------1-----------1----1--------------------1---
Coos County186341-----1-------------------------------1------------------------------
Town of Adams244--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Bartlett673--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Chatham131--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Colebrook2323--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Columbia197--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Dalton287--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Jefferson-32-----1--------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Lancaster6537-------------------------------------1------------------------------
Town of Northumberland197--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Percy1115--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Stewartstown524--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Stratford733--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Whitefield-8--------------------------------------------------------------------
Grafton County25351826-147313--------------1-------1--1-------1-----111--1---1-----------11
Town of Alexandria5126--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Bath11847--4-----------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Bethlehem4119--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Bridgewater9186-----------------------------------------------1--------------------
Town of Campton10720---1----------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Canaan14546--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Concord38101-------------------------------------------------------------------1
Town of Coventry812--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Danbury3516--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Dorchester5434--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Ellsworth22---------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Enfield62137----------------------------1---------------------------------------
Town of Franconia1928--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Grafton7690--------------------1------------------1----------------------------
Town of Groton5132--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Hanover23082--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Haverhill9590-1-1-2--------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Hebron3755--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Landaff4747-7---1--------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Lebanon16297--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Lincoln-8--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Littleton9329--2-----------------------------------------------1-----------------
Town of Lyman7270------------------------------------------------------1-------------
Town of Lyme22654--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of New Chester6081--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of New Holderness8765--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Orange255--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Orford126105--1---------------------------------------------------------------1-
Town of Peeling1619--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Piermont6170--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Plymouth11046--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Rumney4251-6------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Thornton9719--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Warren1455---11--------------------------1-------------11---------------------
Town of Wentworth1784--------------------------------------------------------------------
Hillsborough County27804200354-47--1--3------2---1-1-------1-------1----------111-11-----1--1--
Town of Amherst112136--------------------------------------------------------------1-----
Town of Andover10293----2---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Antrim31148--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Bedford13776--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Boscawen183127--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Bradford7378--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Brookline656--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Deering31145-----------------------------------------------------------------1--
Town of Dunbarton7793-5------1---------------1-------------------------------------------
Town of Dunstable7771--2-----------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Fishersfield674--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Francestown621441-------------------------------------------------------1-----------
Town of Goffstown55194--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Greenfield23110--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Hancock16166--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Henniker721511----2--------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Hillsborough40196------------------2---------------------------------1---------------
Town of Hollis141107--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Hopkinton108192--------------------------------------------------------------------
Kearsage Gore313--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Litchfield5423--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Lyndeborough38119--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Manchester4655--1-----------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Mason7278--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Merrimack5593--1-----------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Milford10150--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Mont Vernon31104----------------------------------------1---------------------------
Town of New Boston34168--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of New Ipswich16922--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of New London5450--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Nottingham West11265-----------------------------------------------------1--------------
Town of Peterborough12178--------------------------------1-----------------------------------
Town of Salisbury1621451---1---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Sharon[4]1327-------------------------------------------------------1------------
Town of Society Land-15--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Sutton15176---------------------------------------------------1----------------
Town of Temple10030--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Warner73150--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Weare110204----1------3--------------------------------------------------------
Town of Wilmot240--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Wilton63109----------------------1---------------------------------------------
Town of Windsor-29-----5--------------------------------------------------------------
Rockingham County388934611676610611980514--63-222-2--11--1-----11--11-1----11-----1---------111-------
Town of Allenstown2040--1--------------------------------------1--------------------------
Town of Atkinson31471-------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Bow3386-----------------------1--------------------------------------------
Town of Brentwood1101411-------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Candia9867-1------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Canterbury9063-257-----------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Chester197126--1---1----------------------1--------------------------------------
Town of Chichester543211917-----------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Concord263209-23-----------------1---------1-------------------------------------
Town of Deerfield8719323-151---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of East Kingston264133------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Epping13565-1--1-------------------------------1-----------1----------1--------
Town of Epsom221723-5-------------2-----------------------------------------1---------
Town of Exeter20067--51-1--------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Greenland4168--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Hampstead4962-2---1--------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Hampton874911-------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Hampton Falls6581--5----------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Hawke174734----3-------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Kensington631-1-47----------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Kingston63-48-------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Londonderry319100--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Loudon14693620------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of New Castle159--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Newington1463--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Newmarket441193-1-----------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Newton18417-------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of North Hampton5555--3-----------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Northfield39114--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Northwood11083--81----------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Nottingham5087-1---1--------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Pelham10381---------1---------1--------------1---------------------------------
Town of Pembroke16058--5---------2-1-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Pittsfield7165------10-------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Plaistow31339---------3---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Poplin41621-------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Portsmouth514525--4-32---------------------------1--------1-----------------1-------
Town of Raymond34-----73---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Rye21644-------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Salem12189-4------------1-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Sandown38331111-----------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Seabrook6229--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of South Hampton12531-------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Stratham3386142--2----5---2------------------------------------------------------
Town of Windham12029--------------------------------------------------------------------
Strafford County2646280168738-71-11-------2-2-1-1-------------1--------1----1-------1---1-1----
Town of Alton97313------------------------------------------------1------------------
Town of Barnstead89121-4------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Barrington277121-----------------2--------------------------------------------------
Town of Brookfield5532--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Burton217--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Center Harbor2134--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Conway37116--------------------------------------------1----------------1------
Town of Dover156155-------2------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Durham73105--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Eaton1115--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Effingham228625-------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Farmington31128--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Gilmantown33718633405-5--9------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Lee26114-----------------------------------1--------------------------------
Town of Madbury4434--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Meredith127103-8------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Middleton4525-----1--------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Milton7980--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Moultonborough7987----2---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of New Durham5557--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of New Hampton98786-------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Ossipee39105--------------------------------------------------------------------
Ossipee Gore95--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Rochester762221-------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Sanbornton28997-21-------------2---1------------------------------------------------
Town of Sandwich126143---------------------1----------------------------------------------
Town of Somersworth8819--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Tamworth11549--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Tuftonboro16121--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Wakefield10083---------------------------------------------------------------1----
Town of Wolfeboro37132--3------------------------------------------------------1----------

Notes:

[1]Listed in Original Election Returns as Captain Johnson.
[2]Listed in Original Election Returns as Colonel Whipple.
[3]New Hampshire law required a majority for election. The election passed to the State Legislature. As the Republicans controlled the Legislature, William Plumer was elected.
[4]John T. Gilman received 13 votes as John T. Gilm.

References:

Original Election Returns. New Hampshire Archives and Records Management, Concord.
Concord Town Records, 1732-1820. 448.
New-Hampshire Patriot (Concord, NH). March 7, 1812.
Portsmouth Oracle (Portsmouth, NH). March 14, 1812.
The True American and Commercial Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). March 16, 1812.
New-Hampshire Gazette (Portsmouth, NH). March 17, 1812.
New-Hampshire Patriot (Concord, NH). March 17, 1812.
Merrimack Intelligencer (Haverhill, MA). March 21, 1812.
New-Hampshire Patriot (Concord, NH). March 24, 1812.
New-Hampshire Patriot (Concord, NH). April 18, 1812.
Concord Gazette (Concord, NH). June 9, 1812.
New-Hampshire Patriot (Concord, NH). June 9, 1812.
Merrimack Intelligencer (Haverhill, MA). June 13, 1812.
New-hampshire Sentinel (Keene, NH). June 13, 1812.
Farmer's Cabinet (Amherst, NH). June 15, 1812.
Windham Herald (Windham, CT). June 18, 1812.
Aldrich, George. Walpole: As It Was and As It Is. Claremont, NH: The Claremont Manufacturing, 1880. 173.
Bemis, Charles A. History of the Town of Marlborough, Cheshire County, N.H.. Boston, MA: Press of G. H. Ellis, 1881. 301.
Blood, Henry Ames. The History of Temple, N.H.. Boston, MA: Geo. C. Rand and Avery, 1860. 192.
Browne, George Waldo. Early Records of the Town of Derryfield now Manchester, NH. Vol. III. Manchester, NH: City Council of Manchester, 1909. 270.
Browne, George Waldo. The History of Hillsborough, New Hampshire, 1735-1921. Manchester, NH: John B. Clarke, 1921. 452.
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. 152.
Carter, N. F. History of Pembroke, N.H.: 1730-1895. Concord, NH: Republican Press Association, 1895. 385.
Chase, Benjamin. History of Old Chester, From 1719 to 1869. Auburn, NH: Published by the Author, 1869. 459.
Cogswell, Leander W. History of the Town of Henniker, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. Concord, NH: Republican Press Association, 1880. 314.
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. 118.
Downs, Charles A. History of Lebanon, N.H. 1761-1887. Concord, NH: Rumford Printing, 1908. 220.
Eastman, John R. History of the Town of Andover, New Hampshire 1751-1906. Concord, NH: Rumford Printing Company, 1910. 248.
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. 264.
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. 183.
Hoyt, Peter L. Hoyt's History of Wentworth, New Hampshire, as transcribed from the Original Manuscript by Francis A. Muzzey. Littleton, NH: Courier, 1976. 245.
Jackson, James R. History of Littleton, New Hampshire. Vol. I. Cambridge, MA: University Press, 1905. 241, 623.
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. 517.
Lord, John King. A History of the Town of Hanover, N.H. Hanover, NH: Dartmouth Press, 1928. 3.
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. 211.
Musgrove, Richard W. History of the Town of Bristol, Grafton County, New Hampshire. Volume I - Annals. Bristol, NH: R. W. Musgrove, 1904. 512-513.
Norton, John F. The History of Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire from 1752 to 1887. New York, NY: Burr Printing House, 1888. 260.
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. 423.
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. 215.
Stark, Caleb. History of the Town of Dunbarton, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. Concord, NH: G. P. Lyon, 1860. 129.
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. 410.
Wallace, William Allen. The History of Canaan, New Hampshire. Concord, NH: Rumford Press, 1910. 670.
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. 166.
Whitcher, William F. Some Things About Coventry-Benton, New Hampshire. Woodsville, NH: News Print, 1905. 150.
History of Bedford, New Hampshire from 1737. Concord, NH: Published by the Town, 1903. 797.

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