1834 Maine gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1834 Maine gubernatorial election Maine presidential no 1833 Maine gubernatorial election 1833 1835 Maine gubernatorial election 1835 September 8, 1834 100px Robert P. Dunlap Democratic Party (United States) 37,481 52.35% 100px Peleg Sprague Whig Party (United States) 32,967 46.04% 1834 Maine gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 200px County results Dunlap: #7996E2 50–60% #6674DE 60–70%Sprague: #FED463 50–60% #FE9929 60–70% Governor Robert P. Dunlap Democratic Party (United States) Robert P. Dunlap Democratic Party (United States) The 1834 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 8, 1834. Incumbent Democratic Governor Robert P. Dunlap defeated Whig candidate Peleg Sprague. Results Candidates Robert P. Dunlap, incumbent governor (Democratic)2011-01-05 Robert Pinckney Dunlap https://www.nga.org/governor/robert-pinckney-dunlap/ 2026-07-10 National Governors Association Thomas A. Hill, lawyer, banker, and speculator, candidate for governor in 1833 (Anti-Masonic)About Thomas A. Hill Bangor Historical Society https://bangorhistoricalsociety.org/about-thomas-a-hill/ 2026-07-10 en Peleg Sprague, U.S. Senator, former U.S. Representative (Whig)Bioguide Search https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/S000744 2026-07-10 bioguide.congress.gov 1834 Maine gubernatorial election Maine House Journal 1835 https://digitalmaine.com/arc_leg_journals/32/ Legislative Journals digitalmaine.com 16 1835 Maine Senate Journal 1835 https://digitalmaine.com/arc_leg_journals/31/ Legislative Journals digitalmaine.com 9 1835 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 107 1841 1834-1841 General Election: Governor https://digitalmaine.com/tabulations_for_elections_early/1/ Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions digitalmaine.com Almost all 21st century sources give the result as Dunlap 38,133, Sprague 33,732, Hill 1,076, Scattering 90. These figures include 1,429 votes which were rejected.https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=222330 ME Governor, 1834 Our Campaigns 23 August 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 23 August 2021 registration 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 89–90 McFarland 2003 978-0-7864-1439-0 Jefferson, North Carolina Democratic Party (United States) Robert P. Dunlap (incumbent) 37,481 52.35% 0.21 Whig Party (United States) Peleg Sprague 32,967 46.04% 9.34 Anti-Masonic Party Thomas A. Hill 1,076 1.50% 3.33 Scattering 78 0.11% 0.09 4,514 6.31% 9.13 71,602 100.00% 45.1 Democratic Party (United States) Notes References Gubernatorial 1834 Maine Category:September 1834