1912 Maine gubernatorial election
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County results Haines: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% Plaisted: 40–50% 50–60% | |||||||||||||||||
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The 1912 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 9, 1912.
Incumbent Democratic Governor Frederick W. Plaisted was defeated for re-election by Republican candidate William T. Haines.
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | William T. Haines | 70,931 | 49.97% | ||
Democratic | Frederick W. Plaisted (incumbent) | 67,702 | 47.70% | ||
Socialist | George Allan England | 2,081 | 1.47% | ||
Prohibition | William I. Sterling | 1,217 | 0.86% | ||
Scattering | 9 | 0.01% | |||
Majority | 3,229 | 2.27% | |||
Turnout | 141,940 | 100.00% | |||
Republican gain from Democratic | Swing |
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "ME Governor, 1912". Our Campaigns. Retrieved August 23, 2021.
- ^ Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 126–127. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
- ^ Guide to US Elections, Fifth Edition, Volume II. CQ Press. 2005. p. 1499. ISBN 978-1-56802-981-8. Retrieved August 23, 2021.
- ^ Dubin, Michael J. (2013). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1912-1931: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 1. ISBN 978-0-7864-7033-4.
- ^ Maine Register, State Year-Book and Legislative Manual. Vol. 55. Portland, Maine: Portland Directory Company. 1924. p. 273.
- ^ "Legislative Record – Senate". Legislative Record of the Seventy-Sixth Legislature of the State of Maine. 1913 (PDF). p. 16.