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1831 Maine gubernatorial election Maine presidential no 1830 Maine gubernatorial election 1830 1832 Maine gubernatorial election 1832 September 12, 1831 100px Samuel E. Smith Democratic Party (United States) 28,292 56.34% 100px Daniel Goodenow National Republican Party (United States) 21,821 43.45% 1831 Maine gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 200px County results Smith: #7996E2 50–60% #6674DE 60–70% #584CDE 70–80%Goodenow: #E27F7F 50–60% Governor Samuel E. Smith Democratic Party (United States) Samuel E. Smith Democratic Party (United States)
The 1831 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 12, 1831. Incumbent Democratic Governor Samuel E. Smith was re-elected, defeating National Republican candidate Daniel Goodenow.
Results
Candidates
Daniel Goodenow, Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives (National Republican)Cleaves Law Library [SJCBios] http://www.cleaves.org/sjcbios1.htm#DG 2026-07-09 www.cleaves.org
Samuel E. Smith, incumbent governor (Democratic)2011-01-05 Samuel Emerson Smith https://www.nga.org/governor/samuel-emerson-smith/ 2026-07-08 National Governors Association
1831 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 1832 https://digitalmaine.com/arc_leg_journals/26/ Legislative Journals digitalmaine.com 15 1832 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=116 Portland A. Shirley, Printer 106 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 1834-1841 General Election: Governor https://digitalmaine.com/tabulations_for_elections_early/1/ Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions digitalmaine.com Some sources give the result as Smith 28,368, Goodenow 21,976, Scattering 106. These figures include the votes from Wiscasset, which were rejected.https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=222327 ME Governor, 1831 Our Campaigns 23 August 2021Dubin 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) Samuel E. Smith (incumbent) 28,292 56.34% 5.21
National Republican Party (United States) Daniel Goodenow 21,821 43.45% 5.02
Scattering 106 0.21% 0.19
6,471 12.89% 10.23
50,219 100.00% 15.02
Democratic Party (United States)
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