1829 Maine gubernatorial election

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1829 Maine gubernatorial election
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Nominee Jonathan G. Hunton Samuel E. Smith
Party National Republican Democratic
Popular vote23,31522,991
Percentage50.08%49.39%
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County results
Hunton:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%
Smith:     50–60%     70–80%
Governor before election

Enoch Lincoln
Democratic-Republican

Elected Governor

Jonathan G. Hunton
National Republican

The 1829 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 14, 1829. Incumbent Democratic-Republican Governor Enoch Lincoln did not run for re-election. National Republican candidate Jonathan G. Hunton defeated Democratic candidate Samuel E. Smith.

Lincoln died in Augusta, Maine, on October 8, 1829, after the election of his successor Jonathan G. Hunton before Lincoln's term expired. Two Presidents of the Maine Senate, Nathan Cutler and Joshua Hall, had to serve as lame-duck successors between the two men.

Results

1829 Maine gubernatorial election [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Republican Jonathan G. Hunton 23,315 50.08%
Democratic Samuel E. Smith 22,99149.39%
Scattering2450.53%
Majority3240.69%
Turnout 46,551100.00%
National Republican gain from Democratic-Republican Swing

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References

  1. ↑ "ME Governor, 1829". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
  2. ↑ Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 124–125. ISBN   0-930466-17-9.
  3. ↑ Guide to US Elections, Fifth Edition, Volume II . CQ Press. 2005. p.  1497. ISBN   978-1-56802-981-8 . Retrieved April 21, 2021.
  4. ↑ A History of the Proceedings and Extraordinary Measures of the Legislature of Maine, for the Year 1830. Portland. 1830. p. 108.
  5. ↑ Compiled by Samuel L. Harris (1841). The Maine Register, and National Calendar, for the Year 1841. Portland: A. Shirley, Printer. p. 105.
  6. ↑ Documents Printed by Order of the Legislature of the State of Maine. 1864 (PDF). Augusta: Stevens & Sayward, Printers to the State. 1864. p. 163.


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