1789 New Hampshire Gubernatorial Election

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Who won the 1789 New Hampshire Gubernatorial Election?

John Sullivan won the 1789 New Hampshire Gubernatorial Election. John Sullivan received 3,657 popular votes (42.85%). The main challenger was John Pickering (40.87%).

See the full head-to-head between Sullivan and Pickering

Sullivan +2.0 pts · won by 169 votes
John SullivanFederalist PartyWINNER42.85%
3,657 votes
3,488 votes
Josiah BartlettAnti-Federalist11.34%
968 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 4.9% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote totals for governor elections are compiled from official state results (via Wikipedia); Louisiana shows the decisive round of its jungle primary.

Data last verified July 28, 2026.