1906 Maine gubernatorial election

1906 Maine gubernatorial election

←  1904 September 10, 1906 1908  →

Nominee William T. Cobb Cyrus W. Davis Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 69,427 61,363 Percentage 52.01% 45.96%

Governor before election William T. Cobb Republican Elected Governor William T. Cobb Republican

The 1906 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 10, 1906.

Incumbent Republican Governor William T. Cobb was re-elected to a second term in office, defeating Democratic candidate Cyrus W. Davis.

Results

1906 Maine gubernatorial election ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [lower-alpha 1]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	William T. Cobb (incumbent)	69,427	52.01%
	Democratic	Cyrus W. Davis	61,363	45.96%
	Socialist	Charles L. Fox	1,551	1.16%
	Prohibition	Henry Woodward	1,113	0.85%
	Scattering		26	0.02%
Majority			8,064	6.05%
Turnout			133,500	100.00%
	Republican hold		Swing

Notes

1. The Maine Senate Journal records the result as Cobb 69,427, Davis 61,463, Fox 1,553, Woodward 1,132, scattering 27. ^[6]

References

1. "ME Governor, 1906". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
2. Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 126–127. ISBN   0-930466-17-9.
3. Guide to US Elections, Fifth Edition, Volume II . CQ Press. 2005. p.  1499. ISBN   978-1-56802-981-8 . Retrieved 3 September 2021.
4. Dubin, Michael J. (2010). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861-1911. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. p. 28. ISBN   978-0-7864-4722-0.
5. Maine Register, State Year-Book and Legislative Manual. Vol. No. 55. Portland, Maine: Portland Directory Company. 1924. p. 273.
6. "Legislative Record – Senate". Legislative Record of the Seventy-Third Legislature of the State of Maine. 1907 (PDF). p. 15.