1847 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

1847 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

← 1846 9 March 1847 1848 →
 
Nominee Jared W. Williams Anthony Colby Nathaniel S. Berry
Party Democratic Whig Free Soil
Popular vote 30,806 21,109 8,531
Percentage 50.92% 34.89% 14.10%

Governor before election

Anthony Colby
Whig

Elected Governor

Jared W. Williams
Democratic

The 1847 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on 9 March 1847 in order to elect the Governor of New Hampshire. Democratic nominee and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Hampshire's At-large district (Seat 3) Jared W. Williams defeated incumbent Whig Governor Anthony Colby and Free Soil Party nominee and former member of the New Hampshire Senate Nathaniel S. Berry in a rematch of the previous election.[1]

  1. ^ "Jared Warner Williams". National Governors Association. Retrieved 3 April 2024.

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