1906 Maine gubernatorial election

1906 Maine gubernatorial election

←  1904 September 10, 1906 1908  →

Nominee William T. Cobb Cyrus W. Davis Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 69,427 61,363 Percentage 52.01% 45.96%

County results Cobb:     50–60%     60–70% Davis:     40–50%     50–60%

Governor before election William T. Cobb Republican Elected Governor William T. Cobb Republican

The 1906 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 10, 1906.

In a rematch of the 1904 gubernatorial election, incumbent Republican Governor William T. Cobb was re-elected to a second term in office, defeating Democratic candidate Cyrus W. Davis.

Results

1906 Maine gubernatorial election ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [a]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	William T. Cobb (incumbent)	69,427	52.01%
	Democratic	Cyrus W. Davis	61,363	45.96%
	Socialist	Charles L. Fox	1,551	1.16%
	Prohibition	Henry Woodward	1,113	0.85%
	Scattering		26	0.02%
Majority			8,064	6.05%
Turnout			133,500	100.00%
	Republican hold		Swing

Notes

1. The Maine Senate Journal records the result as Cobb 69,427, Davis 61,463, Fox 1,553, Woodward 1,132, scattering 27. ^[6]

References

1. "ME Governor, 1906". Our Campaigns. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
2. Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 126–127. ISBN   0-930466-17-9.
3. Guide to US Elections, Fifth Edition, Volume II . CQ Press. 2005. p.  1499. ISBN   978-1-56802-981-8 . Retrieved September 3, 2021.
4. Dubin, Michael J. (2010). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861-1911. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. p. 28. ISBN   978-0-7864-4722-0.
5. Maine Register, State Year-Book and Legislative Manual. Vol. 55. Portland, Maine: Portland Directory Company. 1924. p. 273.
6. "Legislative Record – Senate". Legislative Record of the Seventy-Third Legislature of the State of Maine. 1907 (PDF). p. 15.