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1833 Maine gubernatorial election
← 1832 September 9, 1833 1834 →
 
Nominee Robert P. Dunlap Daniel Goodenow Samuel E. Smith
Party Democratic National Republican Independent Democrat
Popular vote 25,731 18,112 3,024
Percentage 52.14% 36.70% 6.13%
Governor before election

Samuel E. Smith
Democratic

Elected Governor

Robert P. Dunlap
Democratic

The 1833 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 9, 1833. Incumbent Democratic Governor Samuel E. Smith was defeated for re-nomination by Robert P. Dunlap. Smith ran for re-election as an Independent Democrat.

Dunlap defeated National Republican candidate Daniel Goodenow and Smith with 52.14% of the vote.

Democratic nomination[edit]

The Democratic state convention was held on June 26, 1833, at Augusta, Maine.[1]

Democratic gubernatorial nomination, 1st ballot[2][3][4][5][6][7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Robert P. Dunlap 185 68.3
Democratic Samuel E. Smith 79 29.1
Scattering 7 2.6
Total votes 271 100.00

Results[edit]

1833 Maine gubernatorial election[8][9][10][11][12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Robert P. Dunlap 25,731 52.14%
National Republican Daniel Goodenow 18,112 36.70%
Independent Democrat Samuel E. Smith (incumbent) 3,024 6.13%
Anti-Masonic Thomas A. Hill 2,384 4.83%
Scattering 101 0.20%
Majority 7,619 15.44%
Turnout 49,352 100.00%
Democratic hold Swing

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ginn, Roger (2016). New England Must Not Be Trampled On: The Tragic Death of Jonathan Cilley. Lanham, Maryland: Down East Books. p. 80. ISBN 9781608933877.
  2. ^ Hatch, Louis Clinton, ed. (1919). Maine: A History. Vol. I. New York: The American Historical Society. p. 214.
  3. ^ "Maine". The Georgia constitutionalist. Augusta, Ga. July 9, 1833. p. 2. Retrieved April 30, 2021.
  4. ^ DeWitt, Darin Dion (2013). "Party Formation in New England: Maine" (PDF). Party Formation in the United States (PhD). University of California, Los Angeles. p. 109. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
  5. ^ Webb, Lee D. (2017). "Andrew Jackson and the Birth of Political Parties". Party Development and Political Conflict in Maine 1820-1860 From Statehood to the Civil War (PhD). University of Maine. p. 115. Retrieved April 30, 2021.
  6. ^ "Maine". Phenix gazette. Alexandria, D.C. July 3, 1833. p. 2. Retrieved April 30, 2021.
  7. ^ "Maine". Delaware State journal, advertiser and star. Wilmington, Del. July 12, 1833. p. 3. Retrieved April 30, 2021.
  8. ^ "ME Governor, 1833". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 30, 2021.
  9. ^ Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 124–125. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
  10. ^ Guide to US Elections, Fifth Edition, Volume II. CQ Press. 2005. p. 1497. ISBN 978-1-56802-981-8. Retrieved April 30, 2021.
  11. ^ "Maine Senate Journal 1834". digitalmaine.com. Legislative Journals. 1834. p. 7.
  12. ^ Compiled by Samuel L. Harris (1841). The Maine Register, and National Calendar, for the Year 1841. Portland: A. Shirley, Printer. p. 106.
  13. ^ Documents Printed by Order of the Legislature of the State of Maine. 1864 (PDF). Augusta: Stevens & Sayward, Printers to the State. 1864. p. 163.


source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1833_Maine_gubernatorial_election