1898 Maine gubernatorial election
September 12, 1898
 
Nominee Llewellyn Powers Samuel L. Lord
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 53,900 29,485
Percentage 62.15% 34.00%
Governor before election

Llewellyn Powers
Republican

 Elected Governor

Llewellyn Powers
Republican

The 1898 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 12, 1898.

Incumbent Republican Governor Llewellyn Powers was re-elected to a second term in office, defeating Democratic candidate Samuel L. Lord.

Results

1898 Maine gubernatorial election[1][2][3][4][lower-alpha 1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Llewellyn Powers (incumbent) 53,900 62.15%
Democratic Samuel L. Lord 29,485 34.00%
Prohibition Ammi S. Ladd 2,326 2.68%
Populist Robert Gerry 649 0.75%
National Democratic Erastus Lermond 312 0.36%
Scattering 48 0.06%
Majority 24,415 28.15%
Turnout 86,720
Republican hold Swing

Notes

  1. ↑ Some sources give Lord's total as 28,485.[5][6] The Maine House Journal records the result as Powers 54,098, Lord 28,485, Ladd 2,326, Gerry 641, Lermond 315, scattering 47.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Guide to US Elections, Fifth Edition, Volume II. CQ Press. 2005. p. 1499. ISBN 978-1-56802-981-8. Retrieved September 5, 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. ↑ Dubin, Michael J. (2010). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861-1911. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. p. 21. ISBN 978-0-7864-4722-0.
  4. ↑ Maine Register, State Year-Book and Legislative Manual. Vol. No. 55. Portland, Maine: Portland Directory Company. 1924. p. 273.
  5. ↑ "ME Governor, 1898". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
  6. ↑ Kallenbach, Joseph E.; Kallenbach, Jessamine S., eds. (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Vol. I. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, Inc. p. 244. ISBN 0-379-00665-0.
  7. ↑ "Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Maine, 1899. Sixty-Ninth Legislature". House Journal. Augusta: Kennebec Journal Print: 16. 1899.


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