1833 Maine gubernatorial election

1833 Maine gubernatorial election
September 9, 1833
 
Nominee Robert P. Dunlap Daniel Goodenow Samuel E. Smith
Party Democratic National Republican Independent Democrat
Popular vote 25,731 18,112 3,024
Percentage 52.14% 36.70% 6.13%
County results
Dunlap:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Goodenow:      50–60%
Governor before election

Samuel E. Smith
Democratic

 Elected Governor

Robert P. Dunlap
Democratic

The 1833 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 9, 1833. Incumbent Democratic Governor Samuel E. Smith was defeated for re-nomination by Robert P. Dunlap. Smith ran for re-election as an Independent Democrat.

Dunlap defeated National Republican candidate Daniel Goodenow and Smith with 52.14% of the vote.

Democratic nomination

The Democratic state convention was held on June 26, 1833, at Augusta, Maine.[1]

Nominee

Lost at convention

  • Samuel E. Smith, incumbent governor (Democratic)[3]
Democratic gubernatorial nomination, 1st ballot[4][5][6][7][8][9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Robert P. Dunlap 185 68.3
Democratic Samuel E. Smith 79 29.1
Scattering 7 2.6
Total votes 271 100.00

Results

Candidates

1833 Maine gubernatorial election[12][13][14][15][16][17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Robert P. Dunlap 25,731 52.14% Decrease0.65
National Republican Daniel Goodenow 18,112 36.70% Decrease8.93
Independent Democrat Samuel E. Smith (incumbent) 3,024 6.13% N/A
Anti-Masonic Thomas A. Hill 2,384 4.83% Increase3.40
Write-in 101 0.20% Increase0.05
Majority 7,619 15.44% Increase8.28
Total votes 49,352 100.00% Decrease18.56
Democratic hold

References

  1. ↑ Ginn, Roger (2016). New England Must Not Be Trampled On: The Tragic Death of Jonathan Cilley. Lanham, Maryland: Down East Books. p. 80. ISBN 9781608933877.
  2. ↑ "Robert Pinckney Dunlap". National Governors Association. January 5, 2011. Retrieved July 10, 2026.
  3. ↑ "Samuel Emerson Smith". National Governors Association. January 5, 2011. Retrieved July 8, 2026.
  4. ↑ Hatch, Louis Clinton, ed. (1919). Maine: A History. Vol. I. New York: The American Historical Society. p. 214.
  5. ↑ "Maine". The Georgia constitutionalist. Augusta, Ga. July 9, 1833. p. 2. Retrieved April 30, 2021.
  6. ↑ DeWitt, Darin Dion (2013). "Party Formation in New England: Maine" (PDF). Party Formation in the United States (PhD). University of California, Los Angeles. p. 109. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
  7. ↑ Webb, Lee D. (2017). "Andrew Jackson and the Birth of Political Parties". Party Development and Political Conflict in Maine 1820-1860 From Statehood to the Civil War (PhD). University of Maine. p. 115. Retrieved April 30, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Maine". Phenix gazette. Alexandria, D.C. July 3, 1833. p. 2. Retrieved April 30, 2021.
  9. ↑ "Maine". Delaware State journal, advertiser and star. Wilmington, Del. July 12, 1833. p. 3. Retrieved April 30, 2021.
  10. ↑ "Cleaves Law Library [SJCBios]". www.cleaves.org. Retrieved July 9, 2026.
  11. ↑ "About Thomas A. Hill | Bangor Historical Society". Retrieved July 10, 2026.
  12. ↑ "ME Governor, 1833". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 30, 2021.
  13. ↑ Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 124–125. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
  14. ↑ Guide to US Elections, Fifth Edition, Volume II. CQ Press. 2005. p. 1497. ISBN 978-1-56802-981-8. Retrieved April 30, 2021.
  15. ↑ "Maine Senate Journal 1834". digitalmaine.com. Legislative Journals. 1834. p. 7.
  16. ↑ Compiled by Samuel L. Harris (1841). The Maine Register, and National Calendar, for the Year 1841. Portland: A. Shirley, Printer. p. 106.
  17. ↑ 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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