1898 Maine gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1898 Maine gubernatorial election Maine Transparent.png presidential no 1896 Maine gubernatorial election 1896 1900 Maine gubernatorial election 1900 September 12, 1898 x150px Llewellyn Powers Republican Party (United States) 53,900 62.15% x100px Samuel L. Lord Democratic Party (United States) 29,485 34.00% 1898 Maine gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 300px County resultsPowers: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #D72F30 70–80% Governor Llewellyn Powers Republican Party (United States) Llewellyn Powers Republican Party (United States) The 1898 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 12, 1898. Incumbent Republican Governor Llewellyn Powers was re-elected to a second term in office, defeating Democratic candidate Samuel L. Lord. Results 1898 Maine gubernatorial electionGuide to US Elections, Fifth Edition, Volume II CQ Press 2005 1499 https://archive.org/details/guidetouselectio00cqpr/page/1499 978-1-56802-981-8 5 September 2021 registrationGlashan Roy R. American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978 Meckler Books Westport, CT 1979 126–127 0-930466-17-9Dubin Michael J. 2010 United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861-1911 https://books.google.com/books?id=WYJAIOabIPgC&pg=PA10 Jefferson, NC McFarland & Co. 21 978-0-7864-4722-0 1924 Maine Register, State Year-Book and Legislative Manual 55 https://archive.org/details/maineregistersta1924unse/page/273/mode/1up Portland, Maine Portland Directory Company 273 Some sources give Lord's total as 28,485.https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266631 ME Governor, 1898 Our Campaigns 23 December 2021Kallenbach Joseph E. Kallenbach Jessamine S. 1977 American State Governors, 1776-1976 I Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. Oceana Publications, Inc. 244 0-379-00665-0 The Maine House Journal records the result as Powers 54,098, Lord 28,485, Ladd 2,326, Gerry 641, Lermond 315, scattering 47. Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Maine, 1899. Sixty-Ninth Legislature House Journal https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015068039745&view=1up&seq=22 Augusta Kennebec Journal Print 16 1899 Republican Party (United States) Llewellyn Powers (incumbent) 53,900 62.15% Democratic Party (United States) Samuel L. Lord 29,485 34.00% Prohibition Party Ammi S. Ladd 2,326 2.68% People's Party (United States) Robert Gerry 649 0.75% National Democratic Party (United States) Erastus Lermond 312 0.36% Scattering 48 0.06% 24,415 28.15% 86,720 Republican Party (United States) Notes References Gubernatorial 1898 Maine Category:September 1898 in the United States