1896 Maine gubernatorial election

The 1896 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 14, 1896.

1896 Maine gubernatorial election

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Nominee Llewellyn Powers Melvin P. Frank
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 82,596 34,350
Percentage 66.84% 27.80%

County results
Powers:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Governor before election

Henry B. Cleaves
Republican

Elected Governor

Llewellyn Powers
Republican

Incumbent Governor Henry B. Cleaves did not seek re-election. Republican candidate Llewellyn Powers defeated Democratic candidate Melvin B. Frank.

Results

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1896 Maine gubernatorial election[1][2][3][4][5][6][a]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Llewellyn Powers 82,596 66.84%
Democratic Melvin P. Frank 34,350 27.80%
Populist Luther C. Bateman 3,292 2.66%
Prohibition Ammi S. Ladd 2,669 2.16%
National Democratic William H. Clifford 609 0.49%
Scattering 48 0.04%
Majority 48,246 39.05%
Turnout 123,564
Republican hold Swing

Notes

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  1. ^ The Maine Senate Journal records the result as Powers 82,876, Frank 34,453, Bateman 3,306, Ladd 2,714, Clifford 610, scattering 31.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "ME Governor, 1896". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
  2. ^ Guide to US Elections, Fifth Edition, Volume II. CQ Press. 2005. p. 1499. ISBN 978-1-56802-981-8. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
  3. ^ Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 126–127. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
  4. ^ Dubin, Michael J. (2010). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861-1911. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-7864-4722-0.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Maine Register, State Year-Book and Legislative Manual. Vol. 55. Portland, Maine: Portland Directory Company. 1924. p. 273.
  7. ^ "Senate". Legislative Record of the Sixty-Eighth Legislature of the State of Maine. 1897 (PDF). p. 8.