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1916 Maine gubernatorial election
← 1914 September 11, 1916 1918 →
 
Nominee Carl Milliken Oakley C. Curtis
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 81,760 67,930
Percentage 54.00% 44.86%
Governor before election

Oakley C. Curtis
Democratic

Elected Governor

Carl Milliken
Republican

The 1916 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 11, 1916.

Incumbent Democratic Governor Oakley C. Curtis was defeated for re-election by Republican candidate Carl Milliken.

Results[edit]

1916 Maine gubernatorial election[1][2][3][4][5][a]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Carl Milliken 81,760 54.00%
Democratic Oakley C. Curtis (incumbent) 67,930 44.86%
Socialist Frank H. Maxfield 1,465 0.97%
Prohibition Linus Seeley 253 0.17%
Scattering 2 0.00%
Majority 13,830 9.13%
Turnout 151,410 100.00%
Republican gain from Democratic Swing

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ The Maine House Journal and Maine Senate Journal record the result as Milliken 81,317, Curtis 67,719, Maxfield 1,558, Seeley 249.[6][7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "ME Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved August 22, 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. ^ Guide to US Elections, Fifth Edition, Volume II. CQ Press. 2005. p. 1499. ISBN 978-1-56802-981-8. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
  4. ^ Dubin, Michael J. (2013). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1912-1931: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 5. ISBN 978-0-7864-7033-4.
  5. ^ Maine Register, State Year-Book and Legislative Manual. Vol. 55. Portland, Maine: Portland Directory Company. 1924. p. 273.
  6. ^ "Legislative Record – House". Legislative Record of the Seventy-Eighth Legislature of the State of Maine. 1917 (PDF). Augusta, Maine: Kennebec Journal Print. 1916. p. 21.
  7. ^ "Legislative Record – Senate". Legislative Record of the Seventy-Eighth Legislature of the State of Maine. 1917 (PDF). Augusta, Maine: Kennebec Journal Print. 1916. p. 19.


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