1837 Maine gubernatorial election

1837 Maine gubernatorial election
September 11, 1837
 
Nominee Edward Kent Gorham Parks
Party Whig Democratic
Popular vote 34,358 33,879
Percentage 50.14% 49.44%
County results
Kent:      50–60%      60–70%
Parks:      50–60%      60–70%
Governor before election

Robert P. Dunlap
Democratic

 Elected Governor

Edward Kent
Whig

The 1837 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 11, 1837. Incumbent Democratic Governor Robert P. Dunlap did not run for re-election.[1] Whig candidate Edward Kent defeated Democratic candidate Gorham Parks.

Democratic convention

Nominee

  • Gorham Parks, lawyer, U.S. representative[2]

Eliminated at convention

Democratic gubernatorial nomination[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Gorham Parks 167 54.93
Democratic Rufus McIntire 137 45.07
Total votes 304 100.00

Results

Candidates

1837 Maine gubernatorial election[6][7][8][9][10][11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Edward Kent 34,358 50.14% Increase8.63
Democratic Gorham Parks 33,879 49.44% Decrease8.78
Democratic Rufus McIntire (Write-in) 125 0.18% N/A
Write-in 161 0.24% Decrease0.03
Majority 479 0.70% Decrease16.00
Total votes 68,523 100.00% Increase25.30
Whig gain from Democratic

References

  1. ↑ Greene, H. W. (1839). Letters addressed to Francis O.J. Smith, Representative in Congress from Cumberland District, (Me.). p. 17.
  2. ↑ "Bioguide Search". bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved July 14, 2026.
  3. ↑ The Age (Augusta), 5 July 1837, p. 1.
  4. ↑ "Inmagic® Presto - Legislator Profile". history.mainelegislature.org. Retrieved July 14, 2026.
  5. ↑ "Edward Kent". National Governors Association. January 5, 2011. Retrieved July 14, 2026.
  6. ↑ "ME Governor, 1837". Our Campaigns. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
  7. ↑ Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 124–125. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
  8. ↑ Guide to US Elections, Fifth Edition, Volume II. CQ Press. 2005. p. 1498. ISBN 978-1-56802-981-8. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
  9. ↑ "Maine House Journal 1838". digitalmaine.com. Legislative Journals. 1838. p. 12.
  10. ↑ Compiled by Samuel L. Harris (1841). The Maine Register, and National Calendar, for the Year 1841. Portland: A. Shirley, Printer. p. 107.
  11. ↑ "Documents Printed by Order of the Legislature of the State of Maine. 1864" (PDF). Augusta: Stevens & Sayward, Printers to the State. 1864. p. 164.
  12. ↑ "1834-1841 General Election: Governor". digitalmaine.com. Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions.


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