1849 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

The 1849 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 13, 1849.

Incumbent Democratic Governor Jared W. Williams did not stand for re-election.

Democratic nominee Samuel Dinsmoor Jr. defeated Whig nominee Levi Chamberlain and Free Soil nominee Nathaniel S. Berry with 53.73% of the vote.

Candidates

 * Nathaniel S. Berry, Free Soil, judge of the Grafton County Court of Common Pleas, Free Soil nominee for Governor in 1846, 1847 and 1848
 * Levi Chamberlain, Whig, lawyer, former State Senator
 * Samuel Dinsmoor Jr., Democratic, former clerk of the New Hampshire Senate, president of the Ashuelot Bank