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%
Governor before election

Henry B. Cleaves
Republican

Elected Governor

Llewellyn Powers
Republican

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

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

Results

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

  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

  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. No. 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.


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