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1812 New Hampshire Gubernatorial Election

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Who won the 1812 New Hampshire Gubernatorial Election?

John Taylor Gilman won the 1812 New Hampshire Gubernatorial Election. John Taylor Gilman received 15,613 popular votes (48.82%). The main challenger was William Plumer (48.44%).

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

Gilman +0.4 pts · won by 121 votes
John Taylor GilmanFederalist PartyWINNER48.82%
15,613 votes
William PlumerDemocratic48.44%
15,492 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 2.7% 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.