Jeremiah Smith

★ Governor

Born: November 29, 1759
Died: September 21, 1842
Age at death: 82
Home state: New Hampshire
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1790–1824

Career timeline

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5-4

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Smith65,178

Opponents138,953

Elections run

Between 1790 and 1824, Jeremiah Smith ran in 9 elections across 2 offices (U.S. House and Governor), winning 5 and losing 4. Smith's biggest single-election total was 15,610 votes, in the 1809 governor election in New Hampshire. Smith's closest win came in the 1796 U.S. House election in New Hampshire's at-large district, decided by 155 votes.

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How many votes has Jeremiah Smith received?

Jeremiah Smith has received 65,178 popular votes across 9 U.S. elections, with a career record of 5–4.

Election history

Jeremiah Smith’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1824	GovernorNew Hampshire	Lost	3,30010.83%	David L. Morril Levi Woodbury
1811	GovernorNew Hampshire	Lost	14,47745.11%	John Langdon (head-to-head)
1810	GovernorNew Hampshire	Lost	15,16648.03%	John Langdon (head-to-head)
1809	GovernorNew Hampshire	Won	15,61050.38%	John Langdon (head-to-head)
1808	GovernorNew Hampshire	Lost	8395.28%	John Langdon (head-to-head) John Taylor Gilman
1796	U.S. HouseNew Hampshire	Won	5,82224.97%	Abiel Foster (head-to-head) William Gordon Jonathan Freeman Peleg Sprague Woodbury Langdon John Prentice Thomas Cogswell Nathaniel Peabody (head-to-head) Benjamin Bellows Joseph Cilley Nathaniel Fogers Timothy Walker (head-to-head) James Shease (head-to-head) Arthur Livermore Israel Evans Nicholas Gilman (head-to-head) James Hill Paine Wingate Roger E Thompson Aaron Hutchinson William Plummer
1794	U.S. HouseNew Hampshire	Won	3,782	John Sherburne (head-to-head) Nicholas Gilman (head-to-head) Abiel Foster (head-to-head) Paine Wingate (head-to-head)
1792	U.S. HouseNew Hampshire	Won	4,306	Nicholas Gilman (head-to-head) John Sherburne (head-to-head) Paine Wingate (head-to-head) Abiel Foster (head-to-head) James Shease (head-to-head) Nathaniel Peabody (head-to-head) Timothy Walker (head-to-head) William Page Joshua Atherton
1790	U.S. HouseNew Hampshire	Won	1,876	Samuel Livermore Nicholas Gilman (head-to-head) John Samuel Sherburne Abiel Foster (head-to-head) James Sheafe

Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (S000563) and Wikidata (Q2734279). Election results come from official certified totals and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab; see methodology.

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Compiled by PolitiFinder. Election results from official certified sources and the MIT Election Lab. See Data & sources and methodology. Data last verified July 28, 2026.