1902 Maine gubernatorial election

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1902 Maine gubernatorial election
Flag of Maine (1901-1909).svg
  1900 September 8, 1902 1904  
  John Fremont Hill, 1855-1912, head and shoulders, c1900.jpg SamuelWGould.jpg
Nominee John Fremont Hill Samuel Wadsworth Gould
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote63,35438,107
Percentage58.73%35.32%

1902 Maine gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
County results
Hill:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Gould:     50–60%

Governor before election

John Fremont Hill
Republican

Elected Governor

John Fremont Hill
Republican

The 1902 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 8, 1902.

Contents

Incumbent Republican Governor John Fremont Hill was re-elected to a second term in office, defeating Democratic candidate Samuel Wadsworth Gould.

Results

1902 Maine gubernatorial election [1] [2] [3] [lower-alpha 1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican John Fremont Hill (incumbent) 63,354 58.73%
Democratic Samuel Wadsworth Gould 38,10735.32%
Prohibition James Perrigo4,4294.11%
Socialist Charles L. Fox 1,9791.83%
Scattering80.01%
Majority25,24723.41%
Turnout 107,877100.00%
Republican hold Swing

Notes

  1. Some sources give Hill's total as 65,354. [4] [5] The Maine House Journal records the result as Hill 65,404, Gould 38,021, Perrigo 4,423, Fox 1,964, scattering 8. [6]

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References

  1. Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 126–127. ISBN   0-930466-17-9.
  2. Dubin, Michael J. (2010). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861-1911. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. p. 25. ISBN   978-0-7864-4722-0.
  3. Maine Register, State Year-Book and Legislative Manual. Vol. 35. Portland, Maine: Grenville M. Donham. 1904. p. 140.
  4. "ME Governor, 1902". Our Campaigns. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
  5. Guide to US Elections, Fifth Edition, Volume II . CQ Press. 2005. p.  1499. ISBN   978-1-56802-981-8 . Retrieved September 5, 2021.
  6. Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Maine, 1903. Seventy-First Legislature. Augusta: Kennebec Journal Print. 1903. p. 16.