The era of good feelings in New Hampshire: the gubernatorial campaigns of Levi Woodbury, 1823-1824: Historical New Hampshire/ by Vincent J. Capowski.
- Title:
- The era of good feelings in New Hampshire: the gubernatorial campaigns of Levi Woodbury, 1823-1824: Historical New Hampshire/ by Vincent J. Capowski.
- Author:
- Capowski, Vincent J.
- Call Number:
- 977.8 N5321h
- Publication Information:
- Concord, NH: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1966.
- Physical Description:
- p. 2-30/
- Source:
- Concord, New Hampshire: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1966 Vol. 21, Issue 4 (Winter 1966) Historical New Hampshire
- Description:
- When Governor Samuel Bell aspired to the Senate in 1822, Isaac Hill's faction in the legislative caucus nominated Samuel Dinsmoor of Keene as the Republican candidate. The Federalists had been too weak to run a candidate for governor since 1816 and supported Levi Woodbury, associate justice of the Superior Court. Woodbury gathered wide support and won in March because of dissatisfaction not only with Dinsmoor but also with Isaac Hill for backing William Harris Crawford for president against New England's favorite son John Quincy Adams. Woodbury's attempt to unify the Republicans prevented the early establishment of the National Republican Party in New Hampshire. His appointments, especially of Hill's brother-in-law Richard Ayer as sheriff of the new Merrimack County, alienated future Whigs and failed to recover Hill's support. Dissidents behind Hill elected David L. Morril over Woodbury in 1824. This experience taught Woodbury, who went on to a national political career, always to demand a quid pro quo for his cooperation.
- People:
- Woodbury, Levi, 1789-1851. , Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848. , Crawford, William Harris, 1772-1834. , Bell, Samuel, 1770-1850.
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- New Hampshire Historical Society Periodicals History.
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