1834 Maine gubernatorial election
September 8, 1834
 
Nominee Robert P. Dunlap Peleg Sprague
Party Democratic Whig
Popular vote 37,481 32,967
Percentage 52.35% 46.04%
Governor before election

Robert P. Dunlap
Democratic

 Elected Governor

Robert P. Dunlap
Democratic

The 1834 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 8, 1834. Incumbent Democratic Governor Robert P. Dunlap defeated Whig candidate Peleg Sprague.

Results

1834 Maine gubernatorial election[1][2][3][4][lower-alpha 1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Robert P. Dunlap (incumbent) 37,481 52.35%
Whig Peleg Sprague 32,967 46.04%
Anti-Masonic Thomas A. Hill 1,076 1.50%
Scattering 78 0.11%
Majority 4,514 6.31%
Turnout 71,602 100.00%
Democratic hold Swing

Notes

  1. ↑ Almost all 21st century sources give the result as Dunlap 38,133, Sprague 33,732, Hill 1,076, Scattering 90. These figures include 1,429 votes which were rejected.[5][6][7][8][9]

References

  1. ↑ "Maine House Journal 1835". digitalmaine.com. Legislative Journals. 1835. p. 16.
  2. ↑ "Maine Senate Journal 1835". digitalmaine.com. Legislative Journals. 1835. p. 9.
  3. ↑ Compiled by Samuel L. Harris (1841). The Maine Register, and National Calendar, for the Year 1841. Portland: A. Shirley, Printer. p. 107.
  4. ↑ "1834-1841 General Election: Governor". digitalmaine.com. Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions.
  5. ↑ "ME Governor, 1834". Our Campaigns. Retrieved August 23, 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. 1497. ISBN 978-1-56802-981-8. Retrieved August 23, 2021.
  8. ↑ Documents Printed by Order of the Legislature of the State of Maine. 1864 (PDF). Augusta: Stevens & Sayward, Printers to the State. 1864. p. 163.
  9. ↑ Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. pp. 89–90. ISBN 978-0-7864-1439-0.


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