1910 Maine gubernatorial election

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1910 Maine gubernatorial election
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Nominee Frederick W. Plaisted Bert M. Fernald
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote73,30464,644
Percentage52.01%45.86%
Governor before election

Bert M. Fernald
Republican

Elected Governor

Frederick W. Plaisted
Democratic

The 1910 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 12, 1910.

Contents

Incumbent Republican Governor Bert M. Fernald was defeated for re-election by Democratic candidate Frederick W. Plaisted.

Plaisted was the first Democrat elected Governor of Maine since his father, Harris M. Plaisted, who won election as a Greenback-Democrat fusion candidate in 1880. This election was also the first time since 1850 that the Democratic candidate won over 50% of the vote; a feat that wouldn't be repeated until the election of 1932. In other words, of the 54 gubernatorial elections from 1850 until 1932, this was the only time the Democratic candidate received at least 50% of the vote. [1]

Results

1910 Maine gubernatorial election [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [lower-alpha 1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Frederick W. Plaisted 73,304 52.01%
Republican Bert M. Fernald (incumbent)64,64445.86%
Socialist Robert V. Hunter1,6411.16%
Prohibition James H. Ames1,2960.92%
Scattering630.05%
Majority8,6606.15%
Turnout 140,948100.00%
Democratic gain from Republican Swing

Notes

  1. ↑ The Maine Senate Journal gives Plaisted's vote as 73,354, and scattering votes as 67. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Governor - History". Our Campaigns. October 17, 2010. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
  2. ↑ "ME Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved August 23, 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. ↑ Guide to US Elections, Fifth Edition, Volume II . CQ Press. 2005. p.  1499. ISBN   978-1-56802-981-8 . Retrieved August 23, 2021.
  5. ↑ Dubin, Michael J. (2010). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861-1911. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. p. 31. ISBN   978-0-7864-4722-0.
  6. ↑ Maine Register, State Year-Book and Legislative Manual. Vol. 55. Portland, Maine: Portland Directory Company. 1924. p. 273.
  7. ↑ "Legislative Record – Senate". Legislative Record of the Seventy-Fifth Legislature of the State of Maine. 1911 (PDF). p. 12.


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