1871 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

1871 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

← 1870 14 March 1871 1872 →
 
Nominee James A. Weston James Pike
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 34,700 33,892
Percentage 49.76% 48.61%

County results
Weston:      50–60%
Pike:      40–50%      50–60%

Governor before election

Onslow Stearns
Republican

Elected Governor

James A. Weston
Democratic

The 1871 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on 14 March 1871 in order to elect the Governor of New Hampshire. Democratic nominee and incumbent Mayor of Manchester James A. Weston defeated Republican nominee and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Hampshire's 1st district James Pike, Temperance nominee Albert Comings and Labor Reform Party nominee Lemuel P. Cooper.[1]

  1. ^ "James Adams Weston". National Governors Association. Retrieved 4 April 2024.