1886 New Hampshire Gubernatorial Election

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Who won the 1886 New Hampshire Gubernatorial Election?

Charles H. Sawyer won the 1886 New Hampshire Gubernatorial Election. Charles H. Sawyer received 37,819 popular votes (48.86%). The main challenger was Thomas H. Cogswell (48.23%).

See the full head-to-head between Sawyer and Cogswell

Sawyer +0.6 pts · won by 485 votes
37,819 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 2.9% 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.