1805 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

The 1805 New Hampshire gubernatorial election took place on March 12, 1805. Incumbent Federalist Governor John Taylor Gilman was defeated for re-election by Democratic-Republican candidate, former Governor and U.S. Senator John Langdon in a re-match of the previous year's election.

For related races, see 1805 United States gubernatorial elections.

1805 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

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Nominee John Langdon John Taylor Gilman Party Democratic-Republican Federalist Popular vote 16,097 12,287 Percentage 56.59% 43.20%

Governor before election John Taylor Gilman Federalist Elected Governor John Langdon Democratic-Republican

Results

1805 New Hampshire gubernatorial election^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic-Republican	John Langdon	16,097	56.59%
	Federalist	John Taylor Gilman (incumbent)	12,287	43.20%
	Scattering		59	0.21%
Majority			3,810	13.39%
Turnout			28,443	100.00%
	Democratic-Republican gain from Federalist		Swing

References

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