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1828 New Hampshire gubernatorial election New Hampshire Presidential no 1827 New Hampshire gubernatorial election 1827 1829 New Hampshire gubernatorial election 1829 March 11, 1828 x150px John Bell Anti-Jacksonian Party 21,149 53.01% x150px Benjamin Pierce Jacksonian Party 18,672 46.80% 1828 New Hampshire gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 245px County resultsBell: #E27F7F 50–60% #D72F30 70–80%Pierce: #7996E2 50–60% #6674DE 60–70% Governor Benjamin Pierce Jacksonian Party John Bell Anti-Jacksonian Party
The 1828 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 11, 1828. March 12, 1828 New-Hampshire Election https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83021389/1828-03-12/ed-1/seq-2/ Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman Providence, R.I. 2 5 December 2021
Incumbent Jackson Governor Benjamin Pierce was defeated by Adams nominee John Bell.
General election
Candidates
John Bell, "Adams", sheriff of Rockingham County
Benjamin Pierce, "Jackson", incumbent Governor
Party labels were in flux following the splitting of the Democratic-Republican Party into groups following the 1824 presidential election. Contemporary newspapers refer to Pierce as a "friend of Andrew Jackson" and Bell as a "friend of John Quincy Adams" or "supporter of the Administration" March 21, 1828 New Hampshire Election https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024735/1828-03-21/ed-1/seq-3/ Richmond enquirer Richmond, Va. 3 5 December 2021 March 22, 1828 The Election https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045110/1828-03-22/ed-1/seq-3/ Constitutional Whig Richmond, Va. 3 5 December 2021 April 18, 1828 New Hampshire Election https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024735/1828-04-18/ed-1/seq-4/ Richmond enquirer Richmond, Va. 4 5 December 2021 although others suggested Pierce had won the support of many Adams supporters. March 15, 1828 New-Hampshire Election https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83021389/1828-03-15/ed-1/seq-2/ Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman Providence, R.I. 2 5 December 2021 March 19, 1828 New-Hampshire Election https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83021389/1828-03-19/ed-1/seq-2/ Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman Providence, R.I. 2 5 December 2021 March 25, 1828 Twedledum https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025530/1828-03-25/ed-1/seq-2/ Delaware journal Wilmington, Del. 2 5 December 2021
Results
1828 New Hampshire gubernatorial electionGlashan Roy R. American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978 Meckler Books Westport, CT 1979 200–201 0-930466-17-9Kallenbach 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 4, 1828 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.33433010042137&view=1up&seq=19&skin=2021 Concord Jacob B. Moore 13 1828 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=235777 NH Governor, 1828 Our Campaigns 5 December 2021Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997 1998 Washington, D.C. Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998 66 1-56802-396-0
Anti-Jacksonian Party John Bell 21,149 53.01%
Jacksonian Party Benjamin Pierce (incumbent) 18,672 46.80%
Scattering 76 0.19%
2,477 6.21%
39,897
Anti-Jacksonian Party Jacksonian Party
Notes
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