New Hampshire 1791 Governor
- Office:
- Governor (State)
- Title:
- Governor
- Jurisdiction:
- State
- Label:
- New Hampshire 1791 Governor
- Date:
- 1791
- State:
- New Hampshire
- Type:
- General
- Iteration:
- First Ballot
- Office/Role:
- Governor/Governor
- Candidates:
- Josiah Bartlett, Timothy Walker, John Taylor Gilman, Charles Henzell, John Langdon, John Pickering, Jonathan Smith, Joshua Wentworth, scattering
| Candidates: | Josiah Bartlett[1] | Timothy Walker | John Taylor Gilman | Charles Henzell | John Langdon | John Pickering | Jonathan Smith | Joshua Wentworth | scattering |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affiliation: | Republican | Federalist | |||||||
| Final Result: [2] | 8679 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 86 |
| Cheshire County | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Acworth | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Alstead | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Charlestown[3] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Chesterfield | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Claremont | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Cornish | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Croydon | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Dublin | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Fitzwilliam | 7 | - | 34 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Gilsum | - | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hinsdale | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Jaffrey | 69 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Town of Keene | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Langdon | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lempster | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Marlborough | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Marlow | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of New Grantham | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Newport | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Packersfield | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Plainfield | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Richmond | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Rindge | 72 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Stoddard | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sullivan | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Surry | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Swanzey | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Unity | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Walpole | 70 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 Bridgewater | 47 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Burton | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Campton | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Canaan | 37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Chatham | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Concord | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Conway | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Coventry | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Dorchester | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Enfield | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Franconia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Grafton[4] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Groton | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hanover[5] | 79 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Haverhill | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lancaster | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Landaff | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lebanon[6] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lincoln | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Littleton | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lyman | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lyme[7] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of New Chester | 40 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of New Holderness | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Northumberland | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Orange | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Orford[8] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Peeling | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Piermont | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Plymouth | 49 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Rumney | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Stewartstown | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Stratford | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Thornton | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Warren | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Wentworth | 34 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hillsborough County | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Amherst | 206 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Andover | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Antrim | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bedford | 47 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Boscawen | 93 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bradford | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Brookline | 36 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Deering | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Derryfield | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Dunbarton | 51 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Town of Dunstable | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Fishersfield | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Francestown | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Goffstown | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Greenfield | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hancock | 38 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Henniker | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hillsborough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hollis | 105 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hopkinton | 128 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kearsage Gore | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Litchfield | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lyndeborough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Mason | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Merrimack | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of New Boston | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of New Ipswich | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of New London | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Nottingham West | 80 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Peterborough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Salisbury | 78 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sharon | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Society Land | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sutton | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Temple | 64 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Warner | 79 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Weare | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Wilton | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rockingham County | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Allenstown | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Atkinson | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bow[9] | 33 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Brentwood | 96 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Candia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Canterbury | 75 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Chester | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Chichester | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Concord[10] | 139 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Deerfield | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of East Kingston | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Epping | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Epsom | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Exeter | 181 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 | 161 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 | 72 | - | - | - | 25 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Pelham | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Pembroke | 105 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Pittsfield | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Plaistow | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Poplin | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Portsmouth | 120 | - | - | 34 | - | - | - | - | 26 |
| Town of Raymond | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Rye[11] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Salem | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sandown | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Seabrook | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of South Hampton | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Stratham | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Windham | 33 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Strafford County | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Alton | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Barnstead | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Barrington | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Dover | 159 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 |
| Town of Durham | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Eaton | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Effingham | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 Rochester | 183 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sanbornton | 122 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sandwich | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Somersworth | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Tamworth | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Wakefield | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Wolfeboro | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Notes:
[1]Elected.
[2]There were 8967 total votes.
[3]Josiah Bartlett had a majority of 57 votes.
[4]"The votes for a President in the towns of Grafton, Lebanon, Hanover, Lyme and Orford, are for his Excellency Josiah Bartlett." Concord Herald (Concord, NH). March 30, 1791.
[5]The vote in Hanover was split into two town meetings, held two weeks apart, on March 14, 1791 and March 30, 1791. In the first, Josiah Bartlett received 73 votes and John Pickering received 7 votes. In the second, Josiah Bartlett received an additional 6 votes and John Pickering received an additional 7 votes.
[6]"The votes for a President in the towns of Grafton, Lebanon, Hanover, Lyme and Orford, are for his Excellency Josiah Bartlett." Concord Herald (Concord, NH). March 30, 1791.
[7]"The votes for a President in the towns of Grafton, Lebanon, Hanover, Lyme and Orford, are for his Excellency Josiah Bartlett." Concord Herald (Concord, NH). March 30, 1791.
[8]"The votes for a President in the towns of Grafton, Lebanon, Hanover, Lyme and Orford, are for his Excellency Josiah Bartlett." Concord Herald (Concord, NH). March 30, 1791.
[9]The Concord Herald, March 2, reports 35 votes for Josiah Bartlett in Bow.
[10]The Osborne's New-Hampshire Spy (Portsmouth, NH), and Osborne's New-Hampshire Spy (Portsmouth, NH) list Josiah Bartlett with 140 votes in Concord.
[11]"In the town of Rye, the votes were, for President Bartlet, unanimous." Osborne's New-Hampshire Spy (Portsmouth, NH). March 30, 1791.
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Concord Town Records, 1732-1820. 265.
Hough's Concord Herald (Concord, NH). March 2, 1791.
Osborne's New-Hampshire Spy (Portsmouth, NH). March 5, 1791.
Concord Herald (Concord, NH). March 9, 1791.
The New Hampshire Gazetteer (Exeter, NH). March 12, 1791.
Concord Herald (Concord, NH). March 16, 1791.
The New Hampshire Gazetteer (Exeter, NH). March 19, 1791.
Concord Herald (Concord, NH). March 23, 1791.
Osborne's New-Hampshire Spy (Portsmouth, NH). March 23, 1791.
The New-Hampshire Gazette, and the General Advertiser (Portsmouth, NH). March 26, 1791.
Concord Herald (Concord, NH). March 30, 1791.
Osborne's New-Hampshire Spy (Portsmouth, NH). March 30, 1791.
The New Hampshire Gazetteer (Exeter, NH). April 2, 1791.
Osborne's New-Hampshire Spy (Portsmouth, NH). April 9, 1791.
The New Hampshire Gazetteer (Exeter, NH). June 10, 1791.
Osborne's New-Hampshire Spy (Portsmouth, NH). June 11, 1791.
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