1902 Maine gubernatorial election

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 edit

1902 Maine gubernatorial election^[1]^[2]^[3]^[a]
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

^ 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]

^ Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 126–127. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
^ Dubin, Michael J. (2010). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861-1911. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. p. 25. ISBN 978-0-7864-4722-0.
^ Maine Register, State Year-Book and Legislative Manual. Vol. 35. Portland, Maine: Grenville M. Donham. 1904. p. 140.
^ "ME Governor, 1902". Our Campaigns. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
^ Guide to US Elections, Fifth Edition, Volume II. CQ Press. 2005. p. 1499. ISBN 978-1-56802-981-8. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
^ 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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