1834 Maine gubernatorial election

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1834 Maine gubernatorial election
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Nominee Robert P. Dunlap Peleg Sprague
Party Democratic Whig
Popular vote37,48132,967
Percentage52.35%46.04%
Governor before election

Robert P. Dunlap
Democratic

Elected Governor

Robert P. Dunlap
Democratic

The 1834 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 8, 1834. Incumbent Democratic Governor Robert P. Dunlap defeated Whig candidate Peleg Sprague.

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Results

1834 Maine gubernatorial election [1] [2] [3] [4] [lower-alpha 1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Robert P. Dunlap (incumbent) 37,481 52.35%
Whig Peleg Sprague 32,96746.04%
Anti-Masonic Thomas A. Hill1,0761.50%
Scattering780.11%
Majority4,5146.31%
Turnout 71,602100.00%
Democratic hold Swing

Notes

  1. ↑ Almost all 21st century sources give the result as Dunlap 38,133, Sprague 33,732, Hill 1,076, Scattering 90. These figures include 1,429 votes which were rejected. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Maine House Journal 1835". digitalmaine.com. Legislative Journals. 1835. p. 16.
  2. ↑ "Maine Senate Journal 1835". digitalmaine.com. Legislative Journals. 1835. p. 9.
  3. ↑ Compiled by Samuel L. Harris (1841). The Maine Register, and National Calendar, for the Year 1841. Portland: A. Shirley, Printer. p. 107.
  4. ↑ "1834-1841 General Election: Governor". digitalmaine.com. Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions.
  5. ↑ "ME Governor, 1834". Our Campaigns. Retrieved August 23, 2021.
  6. ↑ Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 124–125. ISBN   0-930466-17-9.
  7. ↑ Guide to US Elections, Fifth Edition, Volume II . CQ Press. 2005. p.  1497. ISBN   978-1-56802-981-8 . Retrieved August 23, 2021.
  8. ↑ Documents Printed by Order of the Legislature of the State of Maine. 1864 (PDF). Augusta: Stevens & Sayward, Printers to the State. 1864. p. 163.
  9. ↑ Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. pp. 89–90. ISBN   978-0-7864-1439-0.


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