1841 New Hampshire gubernatorial election
March 9, 1841
 
Nominee John Page Enos Stevens
Party Democratic Whig
Popular vote 29,116 21,230
Percentage 56.33% 41.07%
Governor before election

John Page
Democratic

 Elected Governor

John Page
Democratic

The 1841 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 9, 1841.[1]

Incumbent Democratic Governor John Page defeated Whig nominee Enos Stevens with 56.33% of the vote in a re-match of the previous year's election.

General election

Candidates

Results

1841 New Hampshire gubernatorial election[3][4][5][6][7][8][lower-alpha 1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic John Page (incumbent) 29,116 56.33%
Whig Enos Stevens 21,230 41.07%
Liberty Daniel Hoit 1,273 2.46%
Scattering 70 0.14%
Majority 7,886 15.26%
Turnout 51,689
Democratic hold Swing

Notes

  1. ↑ Some sources give slightly different results.[9][10][11][12] The result given is taken from the New Hampshire Senate Journal.

References

  1. ↑ "Elections". The Madisonian. Washington City. March 20, 1841. p. 1. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
  2. ↑ Drew Merrill, Georgia, ed. (1889). History of Carroll County, New Hampshire. Boston, Mass.: W. A. Fergusson & Co. p. 674.
  3. ↑ Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 202–203. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
  4. ↑ "Journal of the Honorable Senate, of the State of New Hampshire, at their Session holden at the Capitol in Concord, commencing Wednesday, June 2, 1841". Journal of the House of Representatives. Concord: Barton & Carroll, State Printers: 7. 1841.
  5. ↑ Fowler, Asa. The New-Hampshire Annual Register, and United States Calendar, for the year 1842. Concord: Luther Hamilton. p. 100.
  6. ↑ Carter, Hosea B., ed. (1891). "Gubernatorial Vote of New Hampshire – 1784 to 1890". The New Hampshire Manual for the General Court 1680–1891. Concord: Office of the Secretary of State. p. 154.
  7. ↑ Coolidge, A. J.; Mansfield, J. B. (1860). History and Description of New England. New Hampshire. Boston: Austin J. Coolidge. p. 709.
  8. ↑ Wadleigh, George (1913). Notable Events in the History of Dover, New Hampshire: from the first settlement in 1623 to 1865. Dover, N.H.: The Tufts College Press. p. 243.
  9. ↑ "NH Governor, 1841". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
  10. ↑ Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 66. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
  11. ↑ Kallenbach, Joseph E.; Kallenbach, Jessamine S., eds. (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Vol. I. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, Inc. p. 383. ISBN 0-379-00665-0.
  12. ↑ Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 154. ISBN 978-0-7864-1439-0.


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