1835 Maine gubernatorial election

The 1835 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 14, 1835.[1]

1835 Maine gubernatorial election
September 14, 1835
 
Nominee Robert P. Dunlap William King
Party Democratic Whig
Popular vote 27,733 16,860
Percentage 61.35% 37.29%
Governor before election

Robert P. Dunlap
Democratic

 Elected Governor

Robert P. Dunlap
Democratic

Incumbent Democratic Governor Robert P. Dunlap defeated Whig candidate William King.

Results
1835 Maine gubernatorial election[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][lower-alpha 1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Robert P. Dunlap (incumbent) 27,733 61.35%
National Republican William King 16,860 37.29%
Scattering 615 1.36%
Majority 10,873 24.06%
Turnout 45,208 100.00%
Democratic hold Swing

Notes
  1. Some sources give Dunlap's vote as 45,208.[10][11][12]

References
  1. "Summary of News". The Northern star, and constitutionalist. Warren, R.I. September 12, 1835. p. 3. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  2. "ME Governor, 1835". Our Campaigns. Retrieved August 23, 2021.
  3. Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 124–125. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
  4. Guide to US Elections, Fifth Edition, Volume II. CQ Press. 2005. p. 1497. ISBN 978-1-56802-981-8. Retrieved August 23, 2021.
  5. Maine House Journal 1836. 1836. pp. 14–15. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  6. Maine Senate Journal 1836. 1836. p. 13. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  7. Compiled by Samuel L. Harris (1841). The Maine Register, and National Calendar, for the Year 1841. Portland: A. Shirley, Printer. p. 107.
  8. 1834-1841 General Election: Governor. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  9. Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 89. ISBN 978-0-7864-1439-0.
  10. Documents Printed by Order of the Legislature of the State of Maine. 1864 (PDF). Augusta: Stevens & Sayward, Printers to the State. 1864. p. 164.
  11. Maine Register, State Year-Book and Legislative Manual. Vol. No. 55. Portland, Maine: Portland Directory Company. 1924. p. 269.
  12. Barry, Peter Neil (1965). Nineteenth Century Constitutional Amendment in Maine (PDF) (Master of Arts). Orono: University of Maine. Retrieved August 23, 2021.


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