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1786 New Hampshire gubernatorial election New Hampshire Presidential no 1785 New Hampshire gubernatorial election 1785 1787 New Hampshire gubernatorial election 1787 March 14, 1786 115px John Sullivan Federalist Party 4,309 50.30% 125px John Langdon Anti-Federalist 3,600 42.02% President John Langdon Anti-Federalist John Sullivan Federalist Party
The 1786 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 14, 1786, in order to elect the President of New Hampshire. (The office would be renamed to Governor in 1792.) Incumbent Anti-Federalist President John Langdon was defeated in his re-election bid by Federalist candidate John Sullivan, who had initially finished third during the previous President election.John Langdon https://www.nga.org/governor/john-langdon/ 2024-01-24 National Governors Association
General election
On election day, March 14, 1786, Federalist candidate John Sullivan won the election by a margin of 709 votes against incumbent Anti-Federalist President John Langdon, thereby gaining Federalist control over the office of President. Sullivan was sworn in as the 3rd President of New Hampshire on June 6, 1786.https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=235642 NH Governor ourcampaigns.com June 1, 2005 2024-01-24
Results
New Hampshire gubernatorial election, 1786
Federalist Party
John Sullivan
4,309
50.30
Anti-Federalist
John Langdon (incumbent)
3,600
42.02
Scattering
658
7.68
7,079
100.00
Federalist Party
Anti-Federalist
References
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