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New Hampshire gubernatorial election
1842 New Hampshire gubernatorial election
County results Hubbard: 40–50% 50–60% 70–80%
The 1842 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 8, 1842.
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Incumbent
Democratic
Governor
John Page did not stand for re-election.
Democratic nominee
Henry Hubbard defeated
Whig nominee Enos Stevens,
Independent Democrat nominee John H. White, and
Liberty nominee Daniel Hoit with 55.78% of the vote.
General election
Candidates
Daniel Hoit, Liberty, former
State Senator ,
[2] Liberty nominee for Governor in
1841
Henry Hubbard , Democratic, former
U.S. Senator
Enos Stevens, Whig, former member of the
Executive Council of New Hampshire , Whig nominee for Governor in
1840 and
1841
John H. White, Independent Democrat, judge. Contemporary newspapers refer to White as a 'Conservative' candidate.
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[5]
[6] White was supported by former Governor and owner of Hill's New Hampshire Patriot ,
Isaac Hill .
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[8]
[9]
[11] White appears to have declined the nomination.
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Results
Notes
^ Some sources give slightly different results.
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[22] The result given is taken from the New Hampshire Senate Journal.
References
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"New Hampshire election" . Martinsburg gazette . Martinsburg, Va. March 24, 1842. p. 2. Retrieved December 29, 2021 .
^ Drew Merrill, Georgia, ed. (1889).
History of Carroll County, New Hampshire . Boston, Mass.: W. A. Fergusson & Co. p. 674.
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" "The Party" in a snarl in New Hampshire" . Alexandria gazette . Alexandria, D.C. March 4, 1842. p. 2. Retrieved December 29, 2021 .
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"New-Hampshire" . New-York tribune . New-York, N.Y. March 12, 1842. p. 2. Retrieved December 29, 2021 .
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"New Hampshire election" . Alexandria gazette . Alexandria, D.C. March 15, 1842. p. 3. Retrieved December 29, 2021 .
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b
"John H. White" . New-York tribune . New-York, N.Y. March 4, 1842. p. 2. Retrieved December 29, 2021 .
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"A row in the ranks" . Wabash Express . Terre Haute, Indiana. March 16, 1842. p. 2. Retrieved December 29, 2021 .
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"New Hampshire" . Boon's Lick times . Fayette, Mo. March 26, 1842. p. 2. Retrieved December 29, 2021 .
^
Cole, Donald B. (1970).
Jacksonian Democracy in New Hampshire, 1800-1851 . Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 204.
ISBN
0-674-46990-9 .
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"New Hampshire" . The New World . Vol. IV, no. 12. New-York. March 19, 1842. p. 194. Retrieved December 29, 2021 .
^ Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978 . Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 202–203.
ISBN
0-930466-17-9 .
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"Journal of the Honorable Senate, of the State of New Hampshire, at their Session holden at the Capitol in Concord, commencing Wednesday, June 1, 1842" . 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: Carroll & Baker, State Printers: 7. 1842.
^ Fowler, Asa.
The New Hampshire Annual Register, and United States Calendar, for the year 1843 . Concord: John D. Norton. p. 129.
^ 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.
^ 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. 244.
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"NH Governor, 1842" . Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 29, 2021 .
^ 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 .
^ 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 .
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