1826 Maine gubernatorial election

The 1826 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 11, 1826. Incumbent Democratic-Republican Governor Albion Parris did not run for re-election. Democratic-Republican candidate Enoch Lincoln won election virtually unopposed.

1826 Maine gubernatorial election
September 11, 1826
 
Nominee Enoch Lincoln
Party Democratic-Republican
Popular vote 20,689
Percentage 98.22%
Governor before election

Albion Parris
Democratic-Republican

 Elected Governor

Enoch Lincoln
Democratic-Republican

Results
1826 Maine gubernatorial election[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic-Republican Enoch Lincoln 20,689 98.22%
Scattering 374 1.78%
Majority 20,315 96.45%
Turnout 21,063 100.00%
Democratic-Republican hold Swing

References
  1. "ME Governor, 1826". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
  2. Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 124–125. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
  3. Guide to US Elections, Fifth Edition, Volume II. CQ Press. 2005. p. 1497. ISBN 978-1-56802-981-8. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
  4. Maine Senate Journal 1827. 1827. p. 7. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  5. Compiled by Samuel L. Harris (1841). The Maine Register, and National Calendar, for the Year 1841. Portland: A. Shirley, Printer. p. 105.
  6. Documents Printed by Order of the Legislature of the State of Maine. 1864 (PDF). Augusta: Stevens & Sayward, Printers to the State. 1864. p. 163.


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