1798_New_Hampshire_gubernatorial_election References

The 1798 New Hampshire gubernatorial election took place on March 13, 1798. Incumbent Federalist Governor John Taylor Gilman won re-election to a fifth term, easily defeating various minor candidates.

Results

1798 New Hampshire gubernatorial election^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Federalist	John Taylor Gilman (incumbent)	9,397	77.32%
	Democratic-Republican	Oliver Peabody^[a]	1,189	9.78%
	Democratic-Republican	Timothy Walker	734	6.04%
	Democratic-Republican	John Langdon	364	3.00%
	Federalist	Simeon Olcott^[b]	146	1.20%
	Scattering		323	2.66%
Majority			8,208	67.54%
Turnout			12,153	100.00%
	Federalist hold		Swing

References

^ "NH Governor, 1798". Our Campaigns. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
^ Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 200–201. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
^ Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 66. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
^ Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 148. ISBN 978-0-7864-1439-0.
^ Kallenbach, Joseph E.; Kallenbach, Jessamine S., eds. (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Vol. I. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, Inc. p. 379. ISBN 0-379-00665-0.
^ "New Hampshire 1798 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
^ Farmer, James (1772). The New Hampshire Annual Register and United States Calendar, 1833. Concord: Marsh, Capen and Lyon. p. 17.
^ 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. 151.
^ MacPhee, Donald Albert (1959). The Tertium Quid Movement: A Study in Political Insurgency. Berkeley, CA: University of California, Berkeley. p. 68.

Notes

^ Glashan and A New Nation Votes describe Peabody as a Federalist.
^ A New Nation Votes describes Olcott as a Republican. However, he later served as a Federalist Senator and is described in one source as a "staunch Federalist".^[9]

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[1] "NH Governor, 1798". Our Campaigns. Retrieved May 29, 2021.

[2] Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 200–201. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.

[3] Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 66. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.

[4] Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 148. ISBN 978-0-7864-1439-0.

[5] Kallenbach, Joseph E.; Kallenbach, Jessamine S., eds. (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Vol. I. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, Inc. p. 379. ISBN 0-379-00665-0.

[6] "New Hampshire 1798 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved May 29, 2021.

[7] Farmer, James (1772). The New Hampshire Annual Register and United States Calendar, 1833. Concord: Marsh, Capen and Lyon. p. 17.

[8] 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. 151.

[10] MacPhee, Donald Albert (1959). The Tertium Quid Movement: A Study in Political Insurgency. Berkeley, CA: University of California, Berkeley. p. 68.

[9] Glashan and A New Nation Votes describe Peabody as a Federalist.

[11] A New Nation Votes describes Olcott as a Republican. However, he later served as a Federalist Senator and is described in one source as a "staunch Federalist".^[9]

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