1823 New Hampshire gubernatorial election County resultsWoodbury: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%Dinsmoor: 50–60% 60–70%
The1823 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 11, 1823.
IncumbentDemocratic-Republican Governor Samuel Bell did not run for re-election to a fifth term in office.
Levi Woodbury defeatedSamuel Dinsmoor with 56.72% of the vote.
Democratic-Republican nomination [ edit ] The Democratic-Republican caucus met at Concord on June 21, 1822.[ 1]
The results of the balloting were as follows:[ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
Gubernatorial Ballot 1st 2nd Samuel Dinsmoor 72 92 Arthur Livermore 29 27 Jonathan Harvey 27 27 David L. Morril 18 7 William Pickering 8 0 Ezra Bartlett 5 1 William Badger 1 0 Josiah Butler 1 0
Some 20th Century sources record Woodbury as an Independent Republican. Woodbury stood at the invitation of a convention ofPortsmouth Republicans.[ 5] [ 6] William H. Crawford for theU.S. Presidency , and Woodbury a supporter ofJohn Quincy Adams .[ 7] [ 8] [ 9] U.S. Senate in1825 as aJacksonian )
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