1834 Maine gubernatorial election

1834 Maine gubernatorial election
	County results; Dunlap: 50–60% 60–70%; Sprague: 50–60% 60–70%
Governor before election; Robert P. Dunlap; Democratic	Elected Governor ; Robert P. Dunlap; Democratic

The 1834 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 8, 1834. Incumbent Democratic Governor Robert P. Dunlap defeated Whig candidate Peleg Sprague.

Results

1834 Maine gubernatorial election^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[a]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert P. Dunlap (incumbent)	37,481	52.35%
	Whig	Peleg Sprague	32,967	46.04%
	Anti-Masonic	Thomas A. Hill	1,076	1.50%
	Scattering		78	0.11%
Majority			4,514	6.31%
Turnout			71,602	100.00%
	Democratic hold		Swing

^ Almost all 21st century sources give the result as Dunlap 38,133, Sprague 33,732, Hill 1,076, Scattering 90. These figures include 1,429 votes which were rejected.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]

^ "Maine House Journal 1835". digitalmaine.com. Legislative Journals. 1835. p. 16.
^ "Maine Senate Journal 1835". digitalmaine.com. Legislative Journals. 1835. p. 9.
^ Compiled by Samuel L. Harris (1841). The Maine Register, and National Calendar, for the Year 1841. Portland: A. Shirley, Printer. p. 107.
^ "1834-1841 General Election: Governor". digitalmaine.com. Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions.
^ "ME Governor, 1834". Our Campaigns. Retrieved August 23, 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. 1497. ISBN 978-1-56802-981-8. Retrieved August 23, 2021.
^ Documents Printed by Order of the Legislature of the State of Maine. 1864 (PDF). Augusta: Stevens & Sayward, Printers to the State. 1864. p. 163.
^ Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. pp. 89–90. ISBN 978-0-7864-1439-0.

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