1840_New_Hampshire_gubernatorial_election References

The 1840 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 10, 1840.^[1]

Incumbent Democratic Governor John Page defeated Whig nominee Enos Stevens with 58.11% of the vote.

General election

Candidates

John Page, Democratic, incumbent Governor
Enos Stevens, Whig, incumbent member of the Executive Council of New Hampshire^[2]^[3]

Results

1840 New Hampshire gubernatorial election ^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[a]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Page (incumbent)	29,521	58.11%
	Whig	Enos Stevens	20,716	40.78%
	Scattering		562	1.11%
Majority			8,805	17.33%
Turnout			50,799
	Democratic hold		Swing

Notes

^ Some sources give slightly different results.^[11]^[12]^[13] The result given is taken from the New Hampshire Senate Journal.

References

^ "Elections". The Madisonian. Washington City. March 12, 1840. p. 3. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
^ Moore, Jacob B. "Executive". The New-Hampshire Annual Register, and United States Calendar, for the year 1840. Concord: Marsh, Capen, Lyon & Webb. p. 25.
^ Saunderson, Henry H. (1876). History of Charlestown, New-Hampshire, the Old No. 4. Claremont, N.H.: The Claremont Manufacturing Company. p. 570.
^ "NH Governor, 1840". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
^ Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 202–203. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
^ 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.
^ "Journal of the Honorable Senate, of the State of New Hampshire, at their Session holden at the Capitol in Concord, commencing Wednesday, June 3, 1840". Journals of the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the State of New Hampshire at Their Session, Holden at the Capitol in Concord Commencing. Concord: Cyrus Barton, State Printer: 7. 1840.
^ Lyon, G. Parker. The New-Hampshire Annual Register, and United States Calendar, for the year 1860. Concord: G. Parker Lyon. p. 43.
^ 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.
^ Coolidge, A. J.; Mansfield, J. B. (1860). History and Description of New England. New Hampshire. Boston: Austin J. Coolidge. p. 709.
^ Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 66. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
^ 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.
^ 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. 242.

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[14] Some sources give slightly different results.^[11]^[12]^[13] The result given is taken from the New Hampshire Senate Journal.

[1] "Elections". The Madisonian. Washington City. March 12, 1840. p. 3. Retrieved December 28, 2021.

[2] Moore, Jacob B. "Executive". The New-Hampshire Annual Register, and United States Calendar, for the year 1840. Concord: Marsh, Capen, Lyon & Webb. p. 25.

[3] Saunderson, Henry H. (1876). History of Charlestown, New-Hampshire, the Old No. 4. Claremont, N.H.: The Claremont Manufacturing Company. p. 570.

[4] "NH Governor, 1840". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 28, 2021.

[5] Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 202–203. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.

[6] 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.

[7] "Journal of the Honorable Senate, of the State of New Hampshire, at their Session holden at the Capitol in Concord, commencing Wednesday, June 3, 1840". Journals of the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the State of New Hampshire at Their Session, Holden at the Capitol in Concord Commencing. Concord: Cyrus Barton, State Printer: 7. 1840.

[8] Lyon, G. Parker. The New-Hampshire Annual Register, and United States Calendar, for the year 1860. Concord: G. Parker Lyon. p. 43.

[9] 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.

[10] Coolidge, A. J.; Mansfield, J. B. (1860). History and Description of New England. New Hampshire. Boston: Austin J. Coolidge. p. 709.

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

[12] 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.

[13] 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. 242.

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