1821 Maine gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1821 Maine gubernatorial election Maine presidential no 1820 Maine gubernatorial election 1820 1822 Maine gubernatorial election 1822 September 10, 1821 100px Albion Parris Democratic-Republican Party 12,887 52.84% 100px Ezekiel Whitman Federalist Party 6,811 27.93% 100px Joshua Wingate, Jr. Democratic-Republican Party 3,879 15.91% File:1821 Maine gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 200px County results Parris #87DE87 40–50% #5FD35F 50–60% #37C837 60–70% #2CA02C 70–80% Whitman #F9F1D8 30–40% Governor William D. Williamson Democratic Party (United States) Albion Parris Democratic Party (United States) The 1821 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 10, 1821 to elect the Governor of Maine. Democratic-Republican candidate Albion Parris defeated Federalist candidate Ezekiel Whitman and Democratic-Republican Joshua Wingate, Jr. Background The incumbent Democratic-Republican Governor William D. Williamson entered the office in May 1821 when Governor William King resigned.2011-01-05 William King https://www.nga.org/governor/william-king/ 2026-07-07 National Governors Association Williamson did not stand for re-election but instead ran for the U.S. House of Representatives. Candidates Albion Parris, Judge on the United States District Court for the District of Maine, former U.S. representative (Democratic-Republican) Joshua Wingate, Jr. (Democratic-Republican) Ezekiel Whitman, U.S. representative (Federalist) Results 1821 Maine gubernatorial electionGlashan 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 23 August 2021 registration Maine Senate Journal 1822 https://digitalmaine.com/arc_leg_journals/10/ Legislative Journals 10 1822 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=114 Portland A. Shirley, Printer 104 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 Dubin Michael J. United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County 87 McFarland 2003 978-0-7864-1439-0 Jefferson, North Carolina Some sources give the result as Parris 13,283, Whitman 7,054, Wingate 4,255, Scattering 582. These figures include the votes from seven towns which were rejected.https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=222314 ME Governor, 1821 Our Campaigns 23 August 2021 Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives Maine 1821 Governor A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 23 August 2021 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/tm70mv291 Democratic-Republican Party Albion Parris 12,887 52.84% Federalist Party Ezekiel Whitman 6,811 27.93% Democratic-Republican Party Joshua Wingate, Jr. 3,879 15.91% Scattering 811 3.33% 6,076 24.91% 24,388 100.00% Democratic-Republican Party Aftermath Williamson's congressional campaign was successful and he resigned as Governor on December 5, 1821 to take his new office.2011-01-05 William Durkee Williamson https://www.nga.org/governor/william-durkee-williamson/ 2026-07-07 National Governors Association Following the rules of succession, he was followed in office by Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives Benjamin Ames.2011-01-05 Benjamin Ames https://www.nga.org/governor/benjamin-ames/ 2026-07-07 National Governors Association In January a new legislature was sworn in and Ames believed that the new president of the Maine Senate should be Governor. So he resigned and Daniel Rose served as governor for three days before Parris was inaugurated on January 5, 1822.2011-01-05 Daniel Rose https://www.nga.org/governor/daniel-rose/ 2026-07-07 National Governors Association2011-01-05 Albion Keith Parris https://www.nga.org/governor/albion-keith-parris/ 2026-07-07 National Governors Association Notes References Gubernatorial Maine 1821 Maine gubernatorial elections