1863 Maine gubernatorial election

none January 2025 January 2025 1863 Maine gubernatorial election September 14, 1863 presidential no 1862 1862 Maine gubernatorial election 1864 1864 Maine gubernatorial election 150x150px SamuelCony.jpg Samuel Cony National Union Party (United States) 68,339 57.42% 3x4.svg Bion Bradbury Democratic Party (United States) 50,687 42.58% 1863 Maine gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 250px County results Cony: #E27F7F 50–60% #D75D5D 60–70%Bradbury: #7996E2 50–60% Governor Republican Party (United States) Abner Coburn National Union Party (United States) Samuel Cony The 1863 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 14, 1863, in order to elect the governor of Maine.https://books.google.com/books?id=WYJAIOabIPgC United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861–1911 The Official Results by State and County Michael J. Dubin 2014 McFarland 9780786456468 The National Union candidate Samuel Cony won his first one-year term as governorSamuel Cony https://www.nga.org/governor/samuel-cony/ National Governors Association 2 April 2024 en 5 January 2011 against Democratic candidate Bion Bradbury.An Oily Man. Newspapers.com https://newspapers.com/image/993309930 2 April 2024 The Daily Sentinel and Times 27 August 1863 Brunswick, Maine 1 en Candidates Union Party Samuel Cony, the Union nominee, was a member of the Maine House of Representatives, having been elected in 1862. He had previously been a member of the Democratic party, serving as the Maine State Treasurer from 1850 to 1854, on the Executive Council of Maine in 1839, and in the Maine House of Representatives from 1835 to 1836. Democratic Party Bion Bradbury, the Democratic nominee, was a member of the Maine House of Representatives, having been elected in 1861.Bion Bradbury in '62 and '63 https://www.newspapers.com/image/828125855 2 April 2024 Newspapers.com Lewiston Daily Evening Journal 29 August 1863 He had been the Democrats' nominee in the 1862 gubernatorial election. During his campaign, Bradbury claimed that president Abraham Lincoln had violated the Constitution by suspending habeas corpus, and was a vocal opponent of emancipation.Bion Bradbury, Then and Now. https://newspapers.com/image/875197047/ Newspapers.com 2 April 2024 The Daily Press 28 August 1863 Portland, Maine 2 A controversy occurred where General Samuel J. Anderson21 August 1863 The Union and Journal https://newspapers.com/image/895095872 2 April 2024 Biddeford, Maine 2 Newspapers.com claimed in an interview that Bradbury would withdraw Maine's troops from the American Civil War, Bradbury denied this and accused Anderson of libel.Slightly Mixed Up – Who is Cheated? Newspapers.com https://newspapers.com/image/875196946 2 April 2024 The Daily Press 26 August 1863 Portland, Maine 2 Election Statewide 1863 Maine gubernatorial election National Union Party (United States) Samuel Cony 68,339 57.42 Democratic Party (United States) Bion Bradbury 50,687 42.58 119,026 100.00 National Union Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) References expanded 1863 Maine Gubernatorial Category:September 1863 in the United States