 | |
| Number of elections | 59 |
|---|---|
| Voted Democratic | 20 |
| Voted Republican | 28 |
| Voted Democratic-Republican | 5 |
| Voted Federalist | 4 |
| Voted other | 2[a] |
| Voted for winning candidate | 43 |
| Voted for losing candidate | 16 |
Following is a table ofUnited States presidential elections in New Hampshire, ordered by year.
Winners of the state are inbold.
The election of 1860 was a complex realigning election in which the breakdown of the previous two-party alignment culminated in four parties each competing for influence in different parts of the country. The result of the election, with the victory of an ardent opponent ofslavery, spurred the secession of eleven states and brought about theAmerican Civil War.
| Year | Winner (nationally) | Votes | Percent | Runner-up (nationally) | Votes | Percent | Runner-up (nationally) | Votes | Percent | Runner-up (nationally) | Votes | Percent | Electoral votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1860 | Abraham Lincoln | 37,519 | 56.9 | Stephen A. Douglas | 25,887 | 39.3 | John C. Breckinridge | 2,125 | 3.2 | John Bell | 412 | 0.6 | 5 |
| Year | Winner (nationally) | Votes | Percent | Runner-up (nationally) | Votes | Percent | Other national candidates[b] | Votes | Percent | Electoral votes | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1856 | James Buchanan | 31,891 | 45.71 | John C. Frémont | 37,473 | 53.71 | Millard Fillmore | 410 | 0.59 | 5 | |
| 1852 | Franklin Pierce | 28,503 | 56.4 | Winfield Scott | 15,486 | 30.64 | John P. Hale | 6,546 | 12.95 | 5 | |
| 1848 | Zachary Taylor | 14,781 | 29.5 | Lewis Cass | 27,763 | 55.41 | Martin Van Buren | 7,560 | 15.09 | 6 | |
| 1844 | James K. Polk | 27,160 | 55.22 | Henry Clay | 17,866 | 36.32 | — | 6 | |||
| 1840 | William Henry Harrison | 26,310 | 43.88 | Martin Van Buren | 32,774 | 54.66 | — | 7 | |||
| 1836 | Martin Van Buren | 18,697 | 75.01 | William Henry Harrison | 6,228 | 24.99 | various[f] | 7 | |||
| 1832 | Andrew Jackson | 24,855 | 56.67 | Henry Clay | 18,938 | 43.24 | William Wirt | no ballots | 7 | ||
| 1828 | Andrew Jackson | 20,212 | 45.9 | John Quincy Adams | 23,823 | 54.1 | — | 8 |
The election of 1824 was a complex realigning election following the collapse of the prevailingDemocratic-Republican Party, resulting in four different candidates each claiming to carry the banner of the party, and competing for influence in different parts of the country. The election was the only one in history to be decided by the House of Representatives under the provisions of the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution after no candidate secured a majority of the electoral vote. It was also the only presidential election in which the candidate who received a plurality of electoral votes (Andrew Jackson) did not become president, a source of great bitterness for Jackson and his supporters, who proclaimed the election of Adams acorrupt bargain.
| Year | Winner (nationally) | Votes | Percent | Runner-up (nationally) | Votes | Percent | Runner-up (nationally) | Votes | Percent | Runner-up (nationally) | Votes | Percent | Electoral votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1824 | Andrew Jackson | no ballots | John Quincy Adams | 9,389 | 93.59 | Henry Clay | no ballots | William H. Crawford | 643 | 6.41 | 8 |
In the election of 1820, incumbent PresidentJames Monroe ran effectively unopposed. The popular vote was primarily directed to filling the office of vice president. The sole electoral vote against Monroe came fromWilliam Plumer, anelector from New Hampshire and formerUnited States senator andNew Hampshire governor. Plumer cast his electoral ballot forSecretary of StateJohn Quincy Adams. While some accounts claim incorrectly that this was to ensure that George Washington would remain the only American president unanimously chosen by the Electoral College, that was not Plumer's goal. In fact, Plumer simply thought that Monroe was a mediocre president and that Adams would be a better one.[8] Plumer also refused to vote for Tompkins for Vice President as "grossly intemperate", not having "that weight of character which his office requires," and "because he grossly neglected his duty" in his "only" official role as President of the Senate by being "absent nearly three-fourths of the time";[9] Plumer instead voted forRichard Rush.
| Year | Winner (nationally) | Runner-up (nationally) | Electoral votes | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1820 | James Monroe | — | 9 | Monroe effectively ran unopposed. One elector voted forJohn Quincy Adams (see above). |
| 1816 | James Monroe | Rufus King | 8 | |
| 1812 | James Madison | DeWitt Clinton | 8 | |
| 1808 | James Madison | Charles C. Pinckney | 7 | |
| 1804 | Thomas Jefferson | Charles C. Pinckney | 7 | |
| 1800 | Thomas Jefferson | John Adams | 6 | |
| 1796 | John Adams | Thomas Jefferson | 6 | |
| 1792 | George Washington | — | 6 | Washington effectively ran unopposed. |
| 1788-89 | George Washington | — | 5 | Washington effectively ran unopposed. |
