1902 Maine gubernatorial election
September 8, 1902
 
Nominee John Fremont Hill Samuel Wadsworth Gould
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 63,354 38,107
Percentage 58.73% 35.32%
Governor before election

John Fremont Hill
Republican

 Elected Governor

John Fremont Hill
Republican

The 1902 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 8, 1902.

Incumbent Republican Governor John Fremont Hill was re-elected to a second term in office, defeating Democratic candidate Samuel Wadsworth Gould.

Results

1902 Maine gubernatorial election[1][2][3][lower-alpha 1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican John Fremont Hill (incumbent) 63,354 58.73%
Democratic Samuel Wadsworth Gould 38,107 35.32%
Prohibition James Perrigo 4,429 4.11%
Socialist Charles L. Fox 1,979 1.83%
Scattering 8 0.01%
Majority 25,247 23.41%
Turnout 107,877 100.00%
Republican hold Swing

Notes

  1. ↑ Some sources give Hill's total as 65,354.[4][5] The Maine House Journal records the result as Hill 65,404, Gould 38,021, Perrigo 4,423, Fox 1,964, scattering 8.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 126–127. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
  2. ↑ Dubin, Michael J. (2010). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861-1911. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. p. 25. ISBN 978-0-7864-4722-0.
  3. ↑ Maine Register, State Year-Book and Legislative Manual. Vol. No. 35. Portland, Maine: Grenville M. Donham. 1904. p. 140.
  4. ↑ "ME Governor, 1902". Our Campaigns. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
  5. ↑ Guide to US Elections, Fifth Edition, Volume II. CQ Press. 2005. p. 1499. ISBN 978-1-56802-981-8. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
  6. ↑ Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Maine, 1903. Seventy-First Legislature. Augusta: Kennebec Journal Print. 1903. p. 16.


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