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1827 New Hampshire gubernatorial election New Hampshire Presidential no 1826 New Hampshire gubernatorial election 1826 1828 New Hampshire gubernatorial election 1828 March 13, 1827 File:NHGOV Benjamin Pierce.jpg Benjamin Pierce Jacksonian Party 23,695 86.44% File:David Lawrence Morril.jpg 150x150px David L. Morril Anti-Jacksonian Party 2,529 9.23% 1827 New Hampshire gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 245px County resultsPierce: #6674DE 60–70% #3933E5 80–90% #0D0596 90–100% Governor David L. Morril Anti-Jacksonian Party Benjamin Pierce Jacksonian Party
The 1827 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 13, 1827. March 27, 1827 The general election of New Hampshire https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024735/1827-03-27/ed-1/seq-3/ Richmond enquirer Richmond, Va. 3 13 December 2022
Incumbent Adams Governor David L. Morril did not stand for re-election, although he won a number of scattering votes.
Jackson nominee Benjamin Pierce was elected without serious opposition.
Democratic-Republican nomination
The Democratic-Republican members of the New Hampshire Legislature met in caucus in summer 1826 at Concord and chose Benjamin Pierce over Matthew Harvey, E. Bartlett, and incumbent Governor Morril. July 4, 1826 Gov. Morrill of New Hampshire https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024735/1826-07-04/ed-1/seq-3/ Richmond enquirer Richmond, Va. 3 13 December 2022 July 4, 1826 Caucus https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045110/1826-07-04/ed-1/seq-3/ Constitutional Whig Richmond, Va. 3 13 December 2022 August 25, 1826 Extract of a Letter from a Member of Congress in New Hampshire to a Gentlemen in Cincinnati https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024735/1826-08-25/ed-1/seq-2/ Richmond enquirer Richmond, Va. 2 13 December 2022
General election
Candidates
David L. Morril, "Adams", incumbent Governor
Benjamin Pierce, "Jackson", sheriff of Hillsborough County
Party labels were in flux following the splitting of the Democratic-Republican Party into groups following the 1824 presidential election. Contemporary newspapers refer to Morril as a "friend of John Quincy Adams" or "supporter of the Administration" and Pierce as a "friend of Andrew Jackson".
Morril declined a re-election. December 14, 1826 Governor Morril, of New-Hampshire https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85042523/1826-12-14/ed-1/seq-3/ The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser Wilmington, Del. 3 13 December 2022 Wadleigh George 1913 Notable Events in the History of Dover, New Hampshire: from the first settlement in 1623 to 1865 https://archive.org/details/notableeventsinh00wadl/page/226/mode/1up Dover, N.H. The Tufts College Press 226
Results
1827 New Hampshire gubernatorial electionGlashan Roy R. American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978 Meckler Books Westport, CT 1979 200–201 0-930466-17-9Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997 1998 Washington, D.C. Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998 66 1-56802-396-0 Kallenbach Joseph E. Kallenbach Jessamine S. 1977 American State Governors, 1776-1976 I Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. Oceana Publications, Inc. 382 0-379-00665-0 Journal of the Senate of the State of New-Hampshire, at their Session, holden at the Capitol in Concord, commencing Wednesday, June 6, 1827 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 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433010042111&view=1up&seq=18&skin=2021 Concord Isaac Hill 12 1827 Farmer James The New Hampshire Annual Register and United States Calendar, 1833 1772 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hxkwqy&view=1up&seq=29 Concord Marsh, Capen and Lyon 19 Carter Hosea B. The New Hampshire Manual for the General Court 1680–1891 1891 Office of the Secretary of State Concord https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101073361493&view=image&seq=165 Gubernatorial Vote of New Hampshire – 1784 to 1890 153Coolidge A. J. Mansfield J. B. 1860 History and Description of New England. New Hampshire https://books.google.com/books?id=HfOzuIgopTsC&pg=PA708 Boston Austin J. Coolidge 708 Some sources give slightly different results. The result given is taken from the New Hampshire Senate Journal.https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=235776 NH Governor, 1827 Our Campaigns 13 December 2022Dubin Michael J. United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County McFarland 2003 978-0-7864-1439-0 Jefferson, North Carolina
Jacksonian Party Benjamin Pierce 23,695 86.44%
Anti-Jacksonian Party David L. Morril (incumbent) 2,529 9.23%
Scattering 1,187 4.33%
21,166 77.21%
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Jacksonian Party Anti-Jacksonian Party
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References
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