New Hampshire gubernatorial election
1861 New Hampshire gubernatorial election
The 1861 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 12, 1861.[1]
Incumbent Republican Governor Ichabod Goodwin did not stand for re-election.
Republican nominee Nathaniel S. Berry defeated Democratic nominee George Stark with 52.82% of the vote.
General election
Candidates
Nathaniel S. Berry , Republican, probate judge for Grafton County ,[2] Free Soil nominee for Governor from 1846 to 1850
George Stark, Democratic, civil engineer, brigadier-general of the third brigade of New Hampshire militia[3]
Levi Bartlett, Constitutional Union Party[1] [4] [5] [6] [a]
Withdrew
Results
Notes
^ Some 20th Century sources record Bartlett as an American Party candidate, but this party had largely disappeared by 1860.
^ Most 20th Century sources give scattering votes as 24. The result given is taken from the New Hampshire Senate Journal.
References
^ a b c "Political Intelligence" . The New York herald . New York, N.Y. January 25, 1861. p. 5. Retrieved December 25, 2021 .
^ "Gov. Nathaniel Springer Berry" . National Governors Association . Retrieved December 25, 2021 .
^ Herrick, H. W. (1882). "Gen. George Stark". In Clarke, John Badger (ed.). Sketches of Successful New Hampshire Men . Manchester, NH: John B. Clarke. pp. 9–13.
^ "New Hampshire politics" . Richmond daily Whig . Richmond, Va. January 29, 1861. p. 2. Retrieved December 25, 2021 .
^ a b "Political Intelligence" . The New York herald . New York, N.Y. March 11, 1861. p. 5. Retrieved December 25, 2021 .
^ a b "The New Hampshire election" . The daily exchange . Baltimore, Md. March 12, 1861. p. 2. Retrieved December 25, 2021 .
^ "New Hampshire" . Bellows Falls times . Bellows Falls, Vt. March 1, 1861. p. 2. Retrieved December 25, 2021 .
^ "NH Governor, 1861" . Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 25, 2021 .
^ 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. 386. ISBN 0-379-00665-0 .
^ Dubin, Michael J. (2010). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861-1911 . Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. p. 1. ISBN 978-0-7864-4722-0 .
^ Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of New-Hampshire, June Session, 1861 . Concord: Henry McFarland, State Printer. 1861. p. 18.
^ Lyon, G. Parker. The New-Hampshire Annual Register, and United States Calendar, for the year 1862 . Concord: G. Parker Lyon. p. 130.
^ 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. 156.