1859_New_Hampshire_gubernatorial_election References

The 1859 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 8, 1859.^[1]

Incumbent Republican Governor William Haile did not stand for re-election.

Republican nominee Ichabod Goodwin defeated Democratic nominee Asa P. Cate with 52.53% of the vote.

General election

Candidates

Asa P. Cate, Democratic, attorney, former President of the New Hampshire Senate,^[2] Democratic nominee for Governor in 1858
Ichabod Goodwin, Republican, former member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, Whig nominee for Governor in 1856

Results

1859 New Hampshire gubernatorial election^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[a]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ichabod Goodwin	36,326	52.53%
	Democratic	Asa P. Cate	32,802	47.43%
	Scattering		27	0.04%
Majority			3,524	5.10%
Turnout			69,155
	Republican hold		Swing

Notes

^ Some sources give Goodwin's total as 36,296.^[8]^[9]^[10] The result given is taken from the New Hampshire Senate Journal.

References

^ "New-Hampshire Election". The Jeffersonian. Stroudsburg, Pa. March 10, 1859. p. 2. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
^ Cross, Lucy R. H. (1905). History of Northfield, New Hampshire, 1780-1905. Vol. I. Concord, N.H.: Rumford Printing Co. p. 160.
^ Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 157. ISBN 978-0-7864-1439-0.
^ Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of New-Hampshire, June Session, 1859. Concord: Asa McFarland, State Printer. 1859. p. 32.
^ Lyon, G. Parker. The New-Hampshire Annual Register, and United States Calendar, for the year 1860. Concord: G. Parker Lyon. p. 137.
^ 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. 155.
^ Coolidge, A. J.; Mansfield, J. B. (1860). History and Description of New England. New Hampshire. Boston: Austin J. Coolidge. p. 709.
^ Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 202–203. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
^ Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 67. 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. 385. ISBN 0-379-00665-0.

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[11] Some sources give Goodwin's total as 36,296.^[8]^[9]^[10] The result given is taken from the New Hampshire Senate Journal.

[1] "New-Hampshire Election". The Jeffersonian. Stroudsburg, Pa. March 10, 1859. p. 2. Retrieved December 26, 2021.

[2] Cross, Lucy R. H. (1905). History of Northfield, New Hampshire, 1780-1905. Vol. I. Concord, N.H.: Rumford Printing Co. p. 160.

[3] Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 157. ISBN 978-0-7864-1439-0.

[4] Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of New-Hampshire, June Session, 1859. Concord: Asa McFarland, State Printer. 1859. p. 32.

[5] Lyon, G. Parker. The New-Hampshire Annual Register, and United States Calendar, for the year 1860. Concord: G. Parker Lyon. p. 137.

[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. 155.

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

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

[9] Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 67. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.

[10] Kallenbach, Joseph E.; Kallenbach, Jessamine S., eds. (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Vol. I. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, Inc. p. 385. ISBN 0-379-00665-0.

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