1878 Maine gubernatorial election

none January 2025 December 2025 ly 1878 Maine gubernatorial election Maine Presidential no 1877 Maine gubernatorial election 1877 1879 Maine gubernatorial election 1879 September 9, 1878 AlonzoGarcelon.jpg Alonzo Garcelon Democratic Party (United States) (Elected) 28,218 22.36% SeldonConnor.jpg Seldon Connor Republican Party (United States) 56,554 44.82% 3x4.svg Joseph L. Smith Greenback Party 41,371 32.79% 1878 Maine gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 300px County resultsConnor: #FFC8CD 30–40% #FFB2B2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% Smith: #7EE5C1 40–50% #47CC9D 50–60% #2CB283 60–70% Governor Seldon Connor Republican Party (United States) Alonzo Garcelon Democratic Party (United States) The 1878 Maine gubernatorial election was held on September 9, 1878, in order to elect the governor of Maine. Democratic nominee and former mayor of Lewiston Alonzo Garcelon defeated incumbent Republican governor Seldon Connor and Greenback nominee Joseph L. Smith. As no candidate received a majority of the total votes cast as was required by Maine law, the election was forwarded to the Maine legislature, who chose Garcelon as governor, despite the fact he came in last of the three candidates in the popular vote, and had failed to carry a single county.https://www.nga.org/governor/alonzo-garcelon/ Gov. Alonzo Garcelon nga.org 2024-04-19 He received fewer than half of the votes incumbent Connor received. Garcelon would be the only Democrat to serve as Governor of Maine between 1857 (when Samuel Wells left office) and 1911 (when Frederick W. Plaisted assumed office), and one of only two Maine governors in that same time period to not be a member of the Republican Party (the other being Harris M. Plaisted, a Greenback elected with the support of the Democratic Party). This is the only gubernatorial election in the history of the United States where the winning candidate did not win any county in the state. General election On election day, September 9, 1878, Democratic nominee Alonzo Garcelon won the election despite losing the popular vote by a margin of 28,336 votes against his foremost opponent incumbent Republican governor Seldon Connor, thereby gaining Democratic control over the office of governor. Garcelon was sworn in as the 36th governor of Maine on January 8, 1879.https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266619 ME Governor ourcampaigns.com February 5, 2024 2024-04-19 Results Maine gubernatorial election, 1878 Democratic Party (United States) Alonzo Garcelon 28,218 22.36 Republican Party (United States) Seldon Connor (incumbent) 56,554 44.82 Greenback Party Joseph L. Smith 41,371 32.79 Scattering 36 0.03 126,179 100.00 Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) References Category:1878 Maine elections Category:Maine gubernatorial elections Category:1878 United States gubernatorial elections Category:September 1878 in the United States