1839 Maine gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1839 Maine gubernatorial election Maine presidential no 1838 Maine gubernatorial election 1838 1840 Maine gubernatorial election 1840 September 9, 1839 100px John Fairfield Democratic Party (United States) 41,038 54.00% 100px Edward Kent Whig Party (United States) 34,749 45.73% 1839 Maine gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 200px County results Fairfield: #7996E2 50–60% #6674DE 60–70%Kent: #FED463 50–60% #FE9929 60–70%No Data/Vote: #808080 Governor John Fairfield Democratic Party (United States) John Fairfield Democratic Party (United States) The 1839 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 9, 1839. Incumbent Democratic Governor John Fairfield defeated Whig candidate and former Governor Edward Kent in a re-match of the previous year's election. Results Candidates John Fairfield, incumbent governor, former U.S. Representative (Democratic)2011-01-05 John Fairfield https://www.nga.org/governor/john-fairfield/ 2026-07-14 National Governors Association Edward Kent, former governor, former mayor of Bangor, former state representative (Whig)Inmagic® Presto - Legislator Profile https://history.mainelegislature.org/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=ODgyNDUwY2YtMzg1Ny00OWNhLWJhOTItYzE5YTYxNzIwZjdh&rID=Njg4Mg==&qrs=RmFsc2U=&q=KExlZ2lzbGF0b3JzLkFsbFRleHQ6KGVkd2FyZCBrZW50KSk=&ph=VHJ1ZQ==&bckToL=VHJ1ZQ==&rrtc=VHJ1ZQ== 2026-07-14 history.mainelegislature.org2011-01-05 Edward Kent https://www.nga.org/governor/edward-kent/ 2026-07-14 National Governors Association 1839 Maine gubernatorial electionGlashan Roy R. American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978 Meckler Books Westport, CT 1979 124–125 0-930466-17-9 Maine Senate Journal 1840 https://digitalmaine.com/arc_leg_journals/41/ Legislative Journals digitalmaine.com 20 1840 Barry Peter Neil 1965 Nineteenth Century Constitutional Amendment in Maine Master of Arts University of Maine Orono https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/217053457.pdf 16 September 2021 Compiled by Samuel L. Harris The Maine Register, and National Calendar, for the Year 1841 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hn78lq&view=1up&seq=118 Portland A. Shirley, Printer 108 1841 1924 Maine Register, State Year-Book and Legislative Manual No. 55 https://archive.org/details/maineregistersta1924unse/page/269/mode/1up Portland, Maine Portland Directory Company 269 Documents Printed by Order of the Legislature of the State of Maine. 1864 http://lldc.mainelegislature.org/Open/Rpts/PubDocs/PubDocs1864/PD1864_00A.pdf Augusta Stevens & Sayward, Printers to the State 164 1864 1834-1841 General Election: Governor https://digitalmaine.com/tabulations_for_elections_early/1/ Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions digitalmaine.com Kallenbach Joseph E. Kallenbach Jessamine S. 1977 American State Governors, 1776-1976 I 237 Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. Oceana Publications, Inc. 0-379-00665-0Some sources give the result as Fairfield 39,221, Kent 33,339, Scattering 208. These figures exclude the votes for Fairfield and Kent from Franklin County.https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=222335 ME Governor, 1838 Our Campaigns 16 September 2021Guide to US Elections, Fifth Edition, Volume II CQ Press 2005 1498 https://archive.org/details/guidetouselectio00cqpr/page/1498 978-1-56802-981-8 16 September 2021 registrationDubin Michael J. United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County 89 McFarland 2003 978-0-7864-1439-0 Jefferson, North Carolina Democratic Party (United States) John Fairfield (incumbent) 41,038 54.00% 2.42 Whig Party (United States) Edward Kent 34,749 45.73% 2.15 Scattering 208 0.27% 0.18 6,289 8.27% 4.57 75,995 100.00% 15.18 Democratic Party (United States) Notes References Gubernatorial 1839 Maine Category:September 1839