1829 Maine gubernatorial election

1829 Maine gubernatorial election

←  1828 September 14, 1829 1830  →

Nominee Jonathan G. Hunton Samuel E. Smith Party National Republican Democratic Popular vote 23,315 22,991 Percentage 50.08% 49.39%

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 in an extremely close election. Hunton defeated Smith by just 324 votes, one of the narrowest margins in Maine gubernatorial history.

Lincoln died in Augusta, Maine, on October 8, 1829, after the election of his successor Hunton, but 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]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Republican	Jonathan G. Hunton	23,315	50.08%
	Democratic	Samuel E. Smith	22,991	49.39%
	Scattering		245	0.53%
Majority			324	0.69%
Turnout			46,551	100.00%
	National Republican gain from Democratic-Republican		Swing

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.