1821 Maine gubernatorial election

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1821 Maine gubernatorial election
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Nominee Albion Parris Ezekiel Whitman Joshua Wingate, Jr.
Party Democratic-Republican Federalist Democratic-Republican
Popular vote12,8876,8113,879
Percentage52.84%27.93%15.91%
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County results
Governor before election

William D. Williamson (acting)
Democratic

Elected Governor

Albion Parris
Democratic

The 1821 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 10, 1821.

Contents

Incumbent acting Democratic-Republican Governor William D. Williamson became Governor in May 1821 when Governor William King resigned. Williamson did not stand for re-election but successfully stood for election to the U.S. House of Representatives.

Democratic-Republican candidate Albion Parris defeated Federalist candidate Ezekiel Whitman and Democratic-Republican Joshua Wingate, Jr.

Williamson would resign as Governor in December 1821 and be followed in office as acting Governor by Benjamin Ames and Daniel Rose before Parris took office in January 1822.

Results

1821 Maine gubernatorial election [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [lower-alpha 1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic-Republican Albion Parris 12,887 52.84%
Federalist Ezekiel Whitman 6,81127.93%
Democratic-Republican Joshua Wingate, Jr.3,87915.91%
Scattering8113.33%
Majority6,07624.91%
Turnout 24,388100.00%
Democratic-Republican hold Swing

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. [7] [8]

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References

  1. ↑ Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 124–125. ISBN   0-930466-17-9.
  2. ↑ Guide to US Elections, Fifth Edition, Volume II . CQ Press. 2005. p.  1497. ISBN   978-1-56802-981-8 . Retrieved August 23, 2021.
  3. ↑ Maine Senate Journal 1822. Legislative Journals. 1822. p. 10.
  4. ↑ Compiled by Samuel L. Harris (1841). The Maine Register, and National Calendar, for the Year 1841. Portland: A. Shirley, Printer. p. 104.
  5. ↑ Documents Printed by Order of the Legislature of the State of Maine. 1864 (PDF). Augusta: Stevens & Sayward, Printers to the State. 1864. p. 163.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ "ME Governor, 1821". Our Campaigns. Retrieved August 23, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Maine 1821 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University . Retrieved August 23, 2021.


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