1840 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

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 28 December 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 28 December 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. Concord: Cyrus Barton, State Printer. 1840. p. 7.
^ 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 28 December 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 28 December 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. Concord: Cyrus Barton, State Printer. 1840. p. 7.

[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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