1896 Maine gubernatorial election

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1896 Maine gubernatorial election
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Nominee Llewellyn Powers Melvin P. Frank
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote82,59634,350
Percentage66.84%27.80%
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County results
Powers:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Governor before election

Henry B. Cleaves
Republican

Elected Governor

Llewellyn Powers
Republican

The 1896 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 14, 1896.

Contents

Incumbent Governor Henry B. Cleaves did not seek re-election. Republican candidate Llewellyn Powers defeated Democratic candidate Melvin B. Frank.

Results

1896 Maine gubernatorial election [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [a]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Llewellyn Powers 82,596 66.84%
Democratic Melvin P. Frank34,35027.80%
Populist Luther C. Bateman3,2922.66%
Prohibition Ammi S. Ladd2,6692.16%
National Democratic William H. Clifford6090.49%
Scattering480.04%
Majority48,24639.05%
Turnout 123,564
Republican hold Swing

Notes

  1. ↑ The Maine Senate Journal records the result as Powers 82,876, Frank 34,453, Bateman 3,306, Ladd 2,714, Clifford 610, scattering 31. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "ME Governor, 1896". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
  2. ↑ Guide to US Elections, Fifth Edition, Volume II . CQ Press. 2005. p.  1499. ISBN   978-1-56802-981-8 . Retrieved September 5, 2021.
  3. ↑ Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 126–127. ISBN   0-930466-17-9.
  4. ↑ Dubin, Michael J. (2010). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861-1911. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. p. 20. ISBN   978-0-7864-4722-0.
  5. ↑ Kallenbach, Joseph E.; Kallenbach, Jessamine S., eds. (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Vol. I. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, Inc. p. 244. ISBN   0-379-00665-0.
  6. ↑ Maine Register, State Year-Book and Legislative Manual. Vol. 55. Portland, Maine: Portland Directory Company. 1924. p. 273.
  7. ↑ "Senate". Legislative Record of the Sixty-Eighth Legislature of the State of Maine. 1897 (PDF). p. 8.


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