New Hampshire 1814 Governor's Council, Coos and Grafton Counties
- Office:
- Governor's Council (State)
- Title:
- Governor's Councillor
- Jurisdiction:
- State
- Label:
- New Hampshire 1814 Governor's Council, Coos and Grafton Counties
- Date:
- 1814
- State:
- New Hampshire
- Type:
- General
- Iteration:
- First Ballot
- Office/Role:
- Governor's Council/Governor's Councillor
- Candidates:
- Enoch Colby, Abel Merrill, Jonathan Franklin, William Tarlton, Miles Olcott, Benjamin Baker, Samuel Holmes, Samuel Lancaster, Moor Russell
| Candidates: | Enoch Colby[1] | Abel Merrill | Jonathan Franklin | William Tarlton | Miles Olcott | Benjamin Baker | Samuel Holmes | Samuel Lancaster | Moor Russell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affiliation: | Federalist | Republican | |||||||
| Final Result: | 3436 | 1422 | 498 | 411 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| District of Coos and Grafton | 3436 | 1422 | 498 | 411 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Coos County | 266 | 262 | 89 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Adams | - | 42 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bartlett | 4 | 74 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Chatham | 7 | 36 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Colebrook | 38 | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Columbia | 25 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Dalton | 20 | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Jefferson | 7 | 10 | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lancaster | 91 | 29 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Northumberland | 37 | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Percy | 21 | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Stewartstown[2] | 7 | 35 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Stratford | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Whitefield | 3 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Grafton County | 3170 | 1160 | 409 | 411 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Town of Alexandria | 64 | 29 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bath | 179 | 4 | 57 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bethlehem | 34 | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bridgewater | 114 | 1 | 78 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Campton | 142 | 3 | 18 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Town of Canaan | 157 | 49 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Concord | 59 | 99 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Coventry | 22 | - | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Danbury | 48 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Dorchester[3] | 60 | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Ellsworth | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Enfield | 57 | 139 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Franconia | 33 | 51 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Grafton | 98 | 97 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Groton | 61 | - | - | 45 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hanover | 311 | 79 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Haverhill | 128 | 70 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hebron | 51 | - | 1 | 51 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Landaff | 56 | 50 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lebanon | 212 | 115 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lincoln | - | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Littleton[4] | 120 | - | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lyman | 92 | - | 83 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lyme | 271 | 45 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of New Chester | 82 | 97 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of New Holderness | 106 | - | 63 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Orange | 24 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Orford | 162 | 74 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Peeling | 13 | 27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Piermont | 70 | 33 | - | 68 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Plymouth | 113 | - | 21 | 17 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Town of Rumney | 64 | - | - | 70 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Town of Thornton | 100 | - | 44 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Town of Warren | 17 | 12 | - | 64 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Wentworth | 19 | - | - | 95 | - | - | - | - | - |
Notes:
[1]Elected.
[2]Abel Merrill received 35 votes as Abil Merrill.
[3]Abel Merrill received 23 votes as Abel Morrall.
[4]"There appears to have been a diversion of sentiment among the Federalist, who had two candidates for Councillor in the field. The regular was Enoch Colby, who in this town received 96 votes to 20 cast for Mills Olcott, of Hanover, the candidate of the bolters." History of Littelton, New Hampshire. 241.
References:
Original Election Returns. New Hampshire Archives and Records Management, Concord.
Concord Gazette (Concord, NH). March 1, 1814.
New-Hampshire Gazette (Portsmouth, NH). March 1, 1814.
Portsmouth Oracle (Portsmouth, NH). March 5, 1814.
New-Hampshire Gazette (Portsmouth, NH). March 7, 1814.
Concord Gazette (Concord, NH). June 7, 1814.
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. 279.
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.
Jackson, James R. History of Littleton, New Hampshire. Vol. I. Cambridge, MA: University Press, 1905. 241.
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