1798 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

1798 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

March 13, 1798

Nominee John Taylor Gilman Oliver Peabody Timothy Walker Party Federalist Democratic-Republican Democratic-Republican Popular vote 9,397 1,189 734 Percentage 77.32% 9.78% 6.04%

Governor before election John Taylor Gilman Federalist Elected Governor John Taylor Gilman Federalist

The 1798 New Hampshire gubernatorial election took place on March 13, 1798. Incumbent Federalist Governor John Taylor Gilman won re-election to a fifth term, easily defeating various minor candidates.

Results

1798 New Hampshire gubernatorial election[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Federalist	John Taylor Gilman (incumbent)	9,397	77.32%
	Democratic-Republican	Oliver Peabody[a]	1,189	9.78%
	Democratic-Republican	Timothy Walker	734	6.04%
	Democratic-Republican	John Langdon	364	3.00%
	Federalist	Simeon Olcott[b]	146	1.20%
	Scattering		323	2.66%
Majority			8,208	67.54%
Turnout			12,153	100.00%
	Federalist hold		Swing

References

1. "NH Governor, 1798". Our Campaigns. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
2. Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 200–201. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
3. Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 66. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
4. Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 148. ISBN 978-0-7864-1439-0.
5. Kallenbach, Joseph E.; Kallenbach, Jessamine S., eds. (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Vol. I. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, Inc. p. 379. ISBN 0-379-00665-0.
6. "New Hampshire 1798 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
7. Farmer, James (1772). The New Hampshire Annual Register and United States Calendar, 1833. Concord: Marsh, Capen and Lyon. p. 17.
8. 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. 151.
9. MacPhee, Donald Albert (1959). The Tertium Quid Movement: A Study in Political Insurgency. Berkeley, CA: University of California, Berkeley. p. 68.

Notes

1. Glashan and A New Nation Votes describe Peabody as a Federalist.
2. A New Nation Votes describes Olcott as a Republican. However, he later served as a Federalist Senator and is described in one source as a "staunch Federalist".[9]