1837 Maine gubernatorial election

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1837 Maine gubernatorial election
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  1836 September 11, 1837 1838  
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Nominee Edward Kent Gorham Parks
Party Whig Democratic
Popular vote34,35833,879
Percentage50.14%49.44%

Governor before election

Robert P. Dunlap
Democratic

Elected Governor

Edward Kent
Whig

The 1837 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 11, 1837. Incumbent Democratic Governor Robert P. Dunlap did not run for re-election. [1]

Whig candidate Edward Kent defeated Democratic candidate Gorham Parks.

Results

1837 Maine gubernatorial election [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Edward Kent 34,358 50.14%
Democratic Gorham Parks 33,87949.44%
Write-in Rufus McIntire 1250.18%
Write-inScattering1610.24%
Majority4790.70%
Turnout 68,523100.00%
Whig gain from Democratic Swing

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References

  1. Greene, H. W. (1839). Letters addressed to Francis O.J. Smith, Representative in Congress from Cumberland District, (Me.). p. 17.
  2. "ME Governor, 1837". Our Campaigns. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
  3. Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 124–125. ISBN   0-930466-17-9.
  4. Guide to US Elections, Fifth Edition, Volume II . CQ Press. 2005. p.  1498. ISBN   978-1-56802-981-8 . Retrieved May 1, 2021.
  5. "Maine House Journal 1838". digitalmaine.com. Legislative Journals. 1838. p. 12.
  6. Compiled by Samuel L. Harris (1841). The Maine Register, and National Calendar, for the Year 1841. Portland: A. Shirley, Printer. p. 107.
  7. "Documents Printed by Order of the Legislature of the State of Maine. 1864" (PDF). Augusta: Stevens & Sayward, Printers to the State. 1864. p. 164.
  8. "1834-1841 General Election: Governor". digitalmaine.com. Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions.