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1826 Maine gubernatorial election

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1826 Maine gubernatorial election

 1825
September 11, 1826
1827 
 
Nominee Enoch Lincoln
Party Democratic-Republican
Popular vote 20,689
Percentage 98.22%

County results
Lincoln:      90–100%

Governor before election

Albion Parris
Democratic-Republican

Elected Governor

Enoch Lincoln
Democratic-Republican

The 1826 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 11, 1826. Incumbent Democratic-Republican Governor Albion Parris did not run for re-election. Democratic-Republican candidate Enoch Lincoln won election virtually unopposed.

Results

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1826 Maine gubernatorial election[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic-Republican Enoch Lincoln 20,689 98.22%
Write-in 374 1.78%
Majority 20,315 96.45%
Total votes 21,063 100.00%
Democratic-Republican hold

References

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  1. "ME Governor, 1826". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
  2. Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 124–125. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
  3. Guide to US Elections, Fifth Edition, Volume II. CQ Press. 2005. p. 1497. ISBN 978-1-56802-981-8. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
  4. "Maine Senate Journal 1827". digitalmaine.com. Legislative Journals. 1827. p. 7.
  5. Compiled by Samuel L. Harris (1841). The Maine Register, and National Calendar, for the Year 1841. Portland: A. Shirley, Printer. p. 105.
  6. Documents Printed by Order of the Legislature of the State of Maine. 1864 (PDF). Augusta: Stevens & Sayward, Printers to the State. 1864. p. 163.