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1808 New Hampshire Gubernatorial Election

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Who won the 1808 New Hampshire Gubernatorial Election?

John Langdon won the 1808 New Hampshire Gubernatorial Election. John Langdon received 12,641 popular votes (79.51%). The main challenger was John Taylor Gilman (7.93%).

See the full head-to-head between Langdon and Gilman

Langdon +71.6 pts · won by 11,380 votes
John LangdonDemocraticWINNER79.51%
12,641 votes
John Taylor GilmanFederalist Party7.93%
1,261 votes
Jeremiah SmithFederalist Party5.28%
839 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 7.3% 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.