1829 Maine gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1829 Maine gubernatorial election Maine presidential no 1828 Maine gubernatorial election 1828 1830 Maine gubernatorial election 1830 September 14, 1829 100px Jonathan G. Hunton National Republican Party (United States) 23,315 50.08% 100px Samuel E. Smith Democratic Party (United States) 22,991 49.39% 1829 Maine gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 200px County resultsHunton: #FFB2B2 40–50% #E27F7F 50–60% #D75D5D 60–70% Smith: #7996E2 50–60% #584CDE 70–80% Governor Enoch Lincoln Democratic-Republican Party Jonathan G. Hunton National Republican Party (United States) The 1829 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 14, 1829. Incumbent Democratic-Republican Governor Enoch Lincoln did not run for re-election. National Republican candidate Jonathan G. Hunton defeated Democratic candidate Samuel E. Smith in an extremely close election. Hunton defeated Smith by just 324 votes, one of the narrowest margins in Maine gubernatorial history. Results Candidates Jonathan G. Hunton, lawyer, member of Maine's Executive Council (National Republican)2011-01-05 Jonathan Glidden Hunton https://www.nga.org/governor/jonathan-glidden-hunton/ 2026-07-08 National Governors Association Samuel E. Smith, lawyer, associate justice for the Maine Court of Common Pleas, former state representative (Democratic)2011-01-05 Samuel Emerson Smith https://www.nga.org/governor/samuel-emerson-smith/ 2026-07-08 National Governors Association 1829 Maine gubernatorial electionhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=222324 ME Governor, 1829 Our Campaigns 21 April 2021Glashan Roy R. American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978 Meckler Books Westport, CT 1979 124–125 0-930466-17-9Guide to US Elections, Fifth Edition, Volume II CQ Press 2005 1497 https://archive.org/details/guidetouselectio00cqpr/page/1497 978-1-56802-981-8 21 April 2021 registration A History of the Proceedings and Extraordinary Measures of the Legislature of Maine, for the Year 1830 https://books.google.com/books?id=PdQNAQAAMAAJ Portland 108 1830 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=115 Portland A. Shirley, Printer 105 1841 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 163 1864 National Republican Party (United States) Jonathan G. Hunton 23,315 50.08% Democratic Party (United States) Samuel E. Smith 22,991 49.39% Scattering 245 0.53% 324 0.69% 46,551 100.00% National Republican Party (United States) Democratic-Republican Party Aftermath Governor Lincoln died in Augusta, Maine, on October 8, 1829, prior to the expiration of his term. Maine does not have a lieutenant governor so under the rules of succession the Presidents of the Maine Senate Nathan Cutler was sworn into office.2011-01-05 Nathan Cutler https://www.nga.org/governor/nathan-cutler/ 2026-07-08 National Governors Association However Cutler's term as President of the Senate expired on January 6, 1830 and the Maine Supreme Court ruled that Cutler's term as governor also expired.2011-01-05 Joshua Hall https://www.nga.org/governor/joshua-hall/ 2026-07-08 National Governors Association The election for a new President of the Senate was protracted due to several vacancies and an equal split of Democrats and National Republicans. Joshua Hall was elected to serve the remainder of the term until Hunton was sworn in on February 9, 1830.1830 Joshua Hall http://www.maine.gov/legis/senate/history/past/prespast/1830jh.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20041105224237/http://www.maine.gov/legis/senate/history/past/prespast/1830jh.htm 2004-11-05 2026-07-08 www.maine.gov References Gubernatorial 1829 Maine Category:September 1829