1821 Maine gubernatorial election

1821 Maine gubernatorial election
September 10, 1821
 
Nominee Albion Parris Ezekiel Whitman Joshua Wingate, Jr.
Party Democratic-Republican Federalist Democratic-Republican
Popular vote 12,887 6,811 3,879
Percentage 52.84% 27.93% 15.91%
County results
Governor before election

William D. Williamson
Democratic

 Elected Governor

Albion Parris
Democratic

The 1821 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 10, 1821 to elect the Governor of Maine. Democratic-Republican candidate Albion Parris defeated Federalist candidate Ezekiel Whitman and Democratic-Republican Joshua Wingate, Jr.

Background

The incumbent Democratic-Republican Governor William D. Williamson entered the office in May 1821 when Governor William King resigned.[1] Williamson did not stand for re-election but instead ran for the U.S. House of Representatives.

Candidates

Results

1821 Maine gubernatorial election[2][3][4][5][6][7][a]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic-Republican Albion Parris 12,887 52.84%
Federalist Ezekiel Whitman 6,811 27.93%
Democratic-Republican Joshua Wingate, Jr. 3,879 15.91%
Write-in 811 3.33%
Majority 6,076 24.91%
Total votes 24,388 100.00%
Democratic-Republican hold

Aftermath

Williamson's congressional campaign was successful and he resigned as Governor on December 5, 1821 to take his new office.[10] Following the rules of succession, he was followed in office by Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives Benjamin Ames.[11] In January a new legislature was sworn in and Ames believed that the new president of the Maine Senate should be Governor. So he resigned and Daniel Rose served as governor for three days before Parris was inaugurated on January 5, 1822.[12][13]

Notes

  1. ↑ Some sources give the result as Parris 13,283, Whitman 7,054, Wingate 4,255, Scattering 582. These figures include the votes from seven towns which were rejected.[8][9]

References

  1. ↑ "William King". National Governors Association. January 5, 2011. Retrieved July 7, 2026.
  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 August 23, 2021.
  4. ↑ Maine Senate Journal 1822. Legislative Journals. 1822. p. 10.
  5. ↑ Compiled by Samuel L. Harris (1841). The Maine Register, and National Calendar, for the Year 1841. Portland: A. Shirley, Printer. p. 104.
  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.
  7. ↑ Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 87. ISBN 978-0-7864-1439-0.
  8. ↑ "ME Governor, 1821". Our Campaigns. Retrieved August 23, 2021.
  9. ↑ "Maine 1821 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved August 23, 2021.
  10. ↑ "William Durkee Williamson". National Governors Association. January 5, 2011. Retrieved July 7, 2026.
  11. ↑ "Benjamin Ames". National Governors Association. January 5, 2011. Retrieved July 7, 2026.
  12. ↑ "Daniel Rose". National Governors Association. January 5, 2011. Retrieved July 7, 2026.
  13. ↑ "Albion Keith Parris". National Governors Association. January 5, 2011. Retrieved July 7, 2026.
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