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1898 Maine gubernatorial election

← 1896 September 12, 1898 1900 →
 
Nominee Llewellyn Powers Samuel L. Lord
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 53,900 29,485
Percentage 62.15% 34.00%

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

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
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. The Maine House Journal records the result as Powers 54,098, Lord 28,485, Ladd 2,326, Gerry 641, Lermond 315, scattering 47.

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. 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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