1908 Maine gubernatorial election

The 1908 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 14, 1908.

Results edit

1908 Maine gubernatorial election^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[a]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bert M. Fernald	73,551	51.55%
	Democratic	Obadiah Gardner	66,278	46.46%
	Prohibition	James H. Ames	1,421	1.00%
	Socialist	Curtis A. Perry	1,416	0.99%
Majority			7,273	5.09%
Turnout			142,666	100.00%
	Republican hold		Swing

^ The Maine Senate Journal records the result as Fernald 73,239, Gardner 66,237, Perry 1,678, Ames 1,117.^[6]

^ "ME Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved August 24, 2021.
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^ Guide to US Elections, Fifth Edition, Volume II. CQ Press. 2005. p. 1499. ISBN 978-1-56802-981-8. Retrieved August 24, 2021.
^ Dubin, Michael J. (2010). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861-1911. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-7864-4722-0.
^ 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-Fourth Legislature of the State of Maine. 1909 (PDF). p. 12.

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