United States presidential elections in New Hampshire


Following is a table of United States presidential elections in New Hampshire, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1788, New Hampshire has participated in every U.S. presidential election.
Winners of the state are in bold.

Elections from 1864 to present

Election of 1860

The election of 1860 was a complex realigning election in which the breakdown of the previous two-party alignment culminated in four parties each competing for influence in different parts of the country. The result of the election, with the victory of an ardent opponent of slavery, spurred the secession of eleven states and brought about the American Civil War.
YearWinner VotesPercentLoser VotesPercentLoser VotesPercentLoser VotesPercentElectoral
Votes
1860Abraham Lincoln37,51956.9Stephen A. Douglas25,88739.3John C. Breckinridge2,1253.2John Bell4120.65

Elections from 1828 to 1856

YearWinner VotesPercentLoser VotesPercentOther national
candidates		VotesPercentElectoral
Votes		Notes
1856James Buchanan31,89145.71John C. Frémont37,47353.71Millard Fillmore4100.595
1852Franklin Pierce28,50356.4Winfield Scott15,48630.64John P. Hale6,54612.955
1848Zachary Taylor14,78129.5Lewis Cass27,76355.41Martin Van Buren7,56015.096
1844James K. Polk27,16055.22Henry Clay17,86636.32—6
1840William Henry Harrison26,31043.88Martin Van Buren32,77454.66—7
1836Martin Van Buren18,69775.01William Henry Harrison6,22824.99various7
1832Andrew Jackson24,85556.67Henry Clay18,93843.24William Wirtno ballots7
1828Andrew Jackson20,21245.9John Quincy Adams23,82354.1—8

Election of 1824

The election of 1824 was a complex realigning election following the collapse of the prevailing Democratic-Republican Party, resulting in four different candidates each claiming to carry the banner of the party, and competing for influence in different parts of the country. The election was the only one in history to be decided by the House of Representatives under the provisions of the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution after no candidate secured a majority of the electoral vote. It was also the only presidential election in which the candidate who received a plurality of electoral votes did not become President, a source of great bitterness for Jackson and his supporters, who proclaimed the election of Adams a corrupt bargain.
YearWinner VotesPercentLoser VotesPercentLoser VotesPercentLoser VotesPercentElectoral
Votes
1824Andrew Jacksonno ballotsJohn Quincy Adams9,38993.59Henry Clayno ballotsWilliam H. Crawford6436.418

Elections from 1788-89 to 1820

In the election of 1820, incumbent President James Monroe ran effectively unopposed. The popular vote was primarily directed to filling the office of Vice President. The sole electoral vote against Monroe came from William Plumer, an elector from New Hampshire and former United States senator and New Hampshire governor. Plumer cast his electoral ballot for Secretary of State John Quincy Adams. While some accounts claim incorrectly that this was to ensure that George Washington would remain the only American president unanimously chosen by the Electoral College, that was not Plumer's goal. In fact, Plumer simply thought that Monroe was a mediocre president and that Adams would be a better one. Plumer also refused to vote for Tompkins for Vice President as "grossly intemperate", not having "that weight of character which his office requires," and "because he grossly neglected his duty" in his "only" official role as President of the Senate by being "absent nearly three-fourths of the time"; Plumer instead voted for Richard Rush.
YearWinner Loser Electoral
Votes		Notes
1820James Monroe—9Monroe effectively ran unopposed. One elector voted for John Quincy Adams.
1816James MonroeRufus King8
1812James MadisonDeWitt Clinton8
1808James MadisonCharles C. Pinckney7
1804Thomas JeffersonCharles C. Pinckney7
1800Thomas JeffersonJohn Adams6
1796John AdamsThomas Jefferson6
1792George Washington—6Washington effectively ran unopposed.
1788-89George Washington—5Washington effectively ran unopposed.