1808 New Hampshire gubernatorial election
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The 1808 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 8, 1808.
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March 8, 1808
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 County results Langdon: 80â90% 90â100% | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Incumbent Democratic-Republican Governor John Langdon won re-election to a fourth term.
General election
Major candidates
- John Langdon, Democratic-Republican, incumbent Governor
Minor candidates
The following candidates may not have been formally nominated and attracted only scattering votes.[1]
- Timothy Farrar, Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for Hillsborough County, former justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court of Judicature[2][3]
- John Taylor Gilman, Federalist, former Governor
- William Hale, Federalist, former member of the Executive Council of New Hampshire[4]
- Oliver Peabody, Federalist, former President of the New Hampshire Senate[5]
- Jeremiah Smith, Federalist, Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court of Judicature
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Democratic-Republican | John Langdon (incumbent) | 12,641 | 79.51% | ||
| Federalist | John Taylor Gilman | 1,261 | 7.93% | ||
| Federalist | Jeremiah Smith | 839 | 5.28% | ||
| Federalist | Oliver Peabody | 405 | 2.55% | ||
| Federalist | Timothy Farrar | 398 | 2.50% | ||
| Scattering | 355 | 2.23% | |||
| Majority | 11,380 | 71.58% | |||
| Turnout | 15,899 | ||||
| Democratic-Republican hold | Swing | ||||