1837 Maine gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1837 Maine gubernatorial election Maine presidential no 1836 Maine gubernatorial election 1836 1838 Maine gubernatorial election 1838 September 11, 1837 100px Edward Kent Whig Party (United States) 34,358 50.14% 100px Gorham Parks Democratic Party (United States) 33,879 49.44% 1837 Maine gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 200px County resultsKent: #FED463 50–60% #FE9929 60–70% Parks: #7996E2 50–60% #6674DE 60–70% Governor Robert P. Dunlap Democratic Party (United States) Edward Kent Whig Party (United States) The 1837 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 11, 1837. Incumbent Democratic Governor Robert P. Dunlap did not run for re-election.Greene H. W. 1839 Letters addressed to Francis O.J. Smith, Representative in Congress from Cumberland District, (Me.) https://books.google.com/books?id=W55cAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA17 17 Whig candidate Edward Kent defeated Democratic candidate Gorham Parks. Democratic convention Nominee Gorham Parks, lawyer, U.S. representativeBioguide Search https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/P000074 2026-07-14 bioguide.congress.gov Eliminated at convention Rufus McIntire, land surveyor, former U.S. representative, veteran of the War of 1812 Democratic gubernatorial nominationThe Age (Augusta), 5 July 1837, p. 1. Democratic Party (United States) Gorham Parks 167 54.93 Democratic Party (United States) Rufus McIntire 137 45.07 304 100.00 Results Candidates Edward Kent, mayor of Bangor, former state representative, candidate for governor in 1836 (Whig)Inmagic® Presto - Legislator Profile https://history.mainelegislature.org/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=ODgyNDUwY2YtMzg1Ny00OWNhLWJhOTItYzE5YTYxNzIwZjdh&rID=Njg4Mg==&qrs=RmFsc2U=&q=KExlZ2lzbGF0b3JzLkFsbFRleHQ6KGVkd2FyZCBrZW50KSk=&ph=VHJ1ZQ==&bckToL=VHJ1ZQ==&rrtc=VHJ1ZQ== 2026-07-14 history.mainelegislature.org2011-01-05 Edward Kent https://www.nga.org/governor/edward-kent/ 2026-07-14 National Governors Association 1837 Maine gubernatorial electionhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=222333 ME Governor, 1837 Our Campaigns 1 May 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 1498 https://archive.org/details/guidetouselectio00cqpr/page/1497 978-1-56802-981-8 1 May 2021 registration Maine House Journal 1838 https://digitalmaine.com/arc_leg_journals/38/ Legislative Journals digitalmaine.com 12 1838 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=117 Portland A. Shirley, Printer 107 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 164 1864 1834-1841 General Election: Governor https://digitalmaine.com/tabulations_for_elections_early/1/ Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions digitalmaine.com Whig Party (United States) Edward Kent 34,358 50.14% 8.63 Democratic Party (United States) Gorham Parks 33,879 49.44% 8.78 Democratic Party (United States) Rufus McIntire (Write-in) 125 0.18% N/A Scattering 161 0.24% 0.03 479 0.70% 16.00 68,523 100.00% 25.30 Whig Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) References Gubernatorial 1837 Maine Category:September 1837