1916 Maine gubernatorial election

1916 Maine gubernatorial election

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Nominee Carl Milliken Oakley C. Curtis Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 81,760 67,930 Percentage 54.00% 44.86%

County results Milliken:     50–60%     60–70% Curtis:     50–60%

Governor before election Oakley C. Curtis Democratic Elected Governor Carl Milliken Republican

The 1916 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 11, 1916.

Incumbent Democratic Governor Oakley C. Curtis was defeated for re-election by Republican candidate Carl Milliken.

Results

1916 Maine gubernatorial election ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [lower-alpha 1]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Carl Milliken	81,760	54.00%
	Democratic	Oakley C. Curtis (incumbent)	67,930	44.86%
	Socialist	Frank H. Maxfield	1,465	0.97%
	Prohibition	Linus Seeley	253	0.17%
	Scattering		2	0.00%
Majority			13,830	9.13%
Turnout			151,410	100.00%
	Republican gain from Democratic		Swing

Notes

1. The Maine House Journal and Maine Senate Journal record the result as Milliken 81,317, Curtis 67,719, Maxfield 1,558, Seeley 249. ^{[6] [7]}

References

1. "ME Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved August 22, 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 August 22, 2021.
4. Dubin, Michael J. (2013). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1912-1931: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 5. ISBN   978-0-7864-7033-4.
5. Maine Register, State Year-Book and Legislative Manual. Vol. 55. Portland, Maine: Portland Directory Company. 1924. p. 273.
6. "Legislative Record – House". Legislative Record of the Seventy-Eighth Legislature of the State of Maine. 1917 (PDF). Augusta, Maine: Kennebec Journal Print. 1916. p. 21.
7. "Legislative Record – Senate". Legislative Record of the Seventy-Eighth Legislature of the State of Maine. 1917 (PDF). Augusta, Maine: Kennebec Journal Print. 1916. p. 19.