1902 Maine gubernatorial election

1902 Maine gubernatorial election

←  1900 September 8, 1902 1904  →

Nominee John Fremont Hill Samuel Wadsworth Gould Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 63,354 38,107 Percentage 58.73% 35.32%

Governor before election John Fremont Hill Republican Elected Governor John Fremont Hill Republican

The 1902 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 8, 1902.

Incumbent Republican Governor John Fremont Hill was re-elected to a second term in office, defeating Democratic candidate Samuel Wadsworth Gould.

Results

1902 Maine gubernatorial election ^{[1] [2] [3] [lower-alpha 1]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	John Fremont Hill (incumbent)	63,354	58.73%
	Democratic	Samuel Wadsworth Gould	38,107	35.32%
	Prohibition	James Perrigo	4,429	4.11%
	Socialist	Charles L. Fox	1,979	1.83%
	Scattering		8	0.01%
Majority			25,247	23.41%
Turnout			107,877	100.00%
	Republican hold		Swing

Notes

1. Some sources give Hill's total as 65,354. ^{[4] [5]} The Maine House Journal records the result as Hill 65,404, Gould 38,021, Perrigo 4,423, Fox 1,964, scattering 8. ^[6]

References

1. Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 126–127. ISBN   0-930466-17-9.
2. Dubin, Michael J. (2010). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861-1911. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. p. 25. ISBN   978-0-7864-4722-0.
3. Maine Register, State Year-Book and Legislative Manual. Vol. 35. Portland, Maine: Grenville M. Donham. 1904. p. 140.
4. "ME Governor, 1902". Our Campaigns. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
5. Guide to US Elections, Fifth Edition, Volume II . CQ Press. 2005. p.  1499. ISBN   978-1-56802-981-8 . Retrieved September 5, 2021.
6. Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Maine, 1903. Seventy-First Legislature. Augusta: Kennebec Journal Print. 1903. p. 16.