1838 Maine gubernatorial election

1838 Maine gubernatorial election
September 10, 1838
 
Nominee John Fairfield Edward Kent
Party Democratic Whig
Popular vote 46,216 42,897
Percentage 51.58% 47.88%
County results
Fairfield:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Kent:      50–60%
Governor before election

Edward Kent
Whig

 Elected Governor

John Fairfield
Democratic

The 1838 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 10, 1838. Incumbent Whig Governor Edward Kent was defeated for re-election by Democratic candidate John Fairfield.

Results

Candidates

  • John Fairfield, U.S. Representative (Democratic)[1]
  • Edward Kent, incumbent governor (Whig)[2]
  • Francis Ormand Jonathan "F. O. J." Smith, U.S. representative, former President of the Maine Senate (Conservative Democrat)[3][4]
1838 Maine gubernatorial election[5][6][7][8][9][10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic John Fairfield 46,216 51.58% Increase2.14
Whig Edward Kent (incumbent) 42,897 47.88% Decrease2.26
Independent Democrat F. O. J. Smith 405 0.45% N/A
Write-in 81 0.09% Decrease0.15
Majority 3,319 3.70% Increase3.00
Total votes 89,599 100.00% Increase30.76
Democratic gain from Whig

References

  1. ↑ "John Fairfield". National Governors Association. January 5, 2011. Retrieved July 14, 2026.
  2. ↑ "Edward Kent". National Governors Association. January 5, 2011. Retrieved July 14, 2026.
  3. ↑ "Maine". Niles' National Register. Vol. IV, no. 22. Washington, D.C. July 28, 1838. p. 337. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Not Bad". Vermont phœnix. Brattleboro, Vt. October 12, 1838. p. 2. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
  5. ↑ "ME Governor, 1838". Our Campaigns. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
  6. ↑ Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 124–125. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
  7. ↑ Guide to US Elections, Fifth Edition, Volume II. CQ Press. 2005. p. 1498. ISBN 978-1-56802-981-8. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Maine Senate Journal 1839". digitalmaine.com. Legislative Journals. 1839. p. 11.
  9. ↑ Compiled by Samuel L. Harris (1841). The Maine Register, and National Calendar, for the Year 1841. Portland: A. Shirley, Printer. p. 108.
  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. ↑ Kallenbach, Joseph E.; Kallenbach, Jessamine S., eds. (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Vol. I. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, Inc. p. 237. ISBN 0-379-00665-0.


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