The 1836 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 12, 1836. Incumbent Democratic Governor Robert P. Dunlap won re-election to a fourth term.
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 County results Dunlap: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Kent: 50–60% | |||||||||||||||||
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Results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Democratic | Robert P. Dunlap (incumbent) | 31,837 | 58.22% | ||
| Whig | Edward Kent | 22,703 | 41.51% | ||
| Scattering | 148 | 0.27% | |||
| Majority | 9,134 | 16.70% | |||
| Turnout | 54,688 | 100.00% | |||
| Democratic hold | Swing | ||||
References
edit- ^ "ME Governor, 1836". Our Campaigns. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
- ^ Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 124–125. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
- ^ Guide to US Elections, Fifth Edition, Volume II. CQ Press. 2005. p. 1498. ISBN 978-1-56802-981-8. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
- ^ "Maine Senate Journal 1837". digitalmaine.com. Legislative Journals. 1837. p. 19.
- ^ Compiled by Samuel L. Harris (1841). The Maine Register, and National Calendar, for the Year 1841. Portland: A. Shirley, Printer. p. 107.
- ^ Documents Printed by Order of the Legislature of the State of Maine. 1864 (PDF). Augusta: Stevens & Sayward, Printers to the State. 1864. p. 164.
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