1830 Maine gubernatorial election

1830 Maine gubernatorial election
September 13, 1830
 
Nominee Samuel E. Smith Jonathan G. Hunton
Party Democratic National Republican
Popular vote 30,215 28,639
Percentage 51.13% 48.47%
County results
Smith:      50–60%      60–70%
Hunton:      50–60%      60–70%
Governor before election

Jonathan G. Hunton
National Republican

 Elected Governor

Samuel E. Smith
Democratic

The 1830 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 13, 1830. Incumbent National Republican Governor Jonathan G. Hunton was defeated for re-election by Democratic candidate Samuel E. Smith in a re-match of the previous year's election.

Results

Candidates

  • Jonathan G. Hunton, incumbent governor (National Republican)[1]
  • Samuel E. Smith, lawyer, associate justice for the Maine Court of Common Pleas, Democratic candidate for governor in 1829, former state representative (Democratic)[2]
1830 Maine gubernatorial election[3][4][5][6][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Samuel E. Smith 30,215 51.13% Increase1.74
National Republican Jonathan G. Hunton (incumbent) 28,639 48.47% Decrease1.61
Write-in 238 0.40% Decrease0.13
Majority 1,576 2.66% Increase1.97
Total votes 59,092 100.00% Increase26.94
Democratic gain from National Republican

References

  1. ↑ "Jonathan Glidden Hunton". National Governors Association. January 5, 2011. Retrieved July 8, 2026.
  2. ↑ "Samuel Emerson Smith". National Governors Association. January 5, 2011. Retrieved July 8, 2026.
  3. ↑ "ME Governor, 1830". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 23, 2021.
  4. ↑ Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 124–125. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
  5. ↑ Guide to US Elections, Fifth Edition, Volume II. CQ Press. 2005. p. 1497. ISBN 978-1-56802-981-8. Retrieved April 23, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Maine Senate Journal 1831". digitalmaine.com. Legislative Journals. 1831. p. 8.
  7. ↑ Compiled by Samuel L. Harris (1841). The Maine Register, and National Calendar, for the Year 1841. Portland: A. Shirley, Printer. p. 105.
  8. ↑ 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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