1838 Maine gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1838 Maine gubernatorial election Maine presidential no 1837 Maine gubernatorial election 1837 1839 Maine gubernatorial election 1839 September 10, 1838 100px John Fairfield Democratic Party (United States) 46,216 51.58% 100px Edward Kent Whig Party (United States) 42,897 47.88% 1838 Maine gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 200px County results Fairfield: #7996E2 50–60% #6674DE 60–70% #584CDE 70–80%Kent: #FED463 50–60% Governor Edward Kent Whig Party (United States) John Fairfield Democratic Party (United States) The 1838 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 10, 1838. Incumbent Whig Governor Edward Kent was defeated for re-election by Democratic candidate John Fairfield. Results Candidates John Fairfield, U.S. Representative (Democratic)2011-01-05 John Fairfield https://www.nga.org/governor/john-fairfield/ 2026-07-14 National Governors Association Edward Kent, incumbent governor (Whig)2011-01-05 Edward Kent https://www.nga.org/governor/edward-kent/ 2026-07-14 National Governors Association Francis Ormand Jonathan "F. O. J." Smith, U.S. representative, former President of the Maine Senate (Conservative Democrat) July 28, 1838 Maine https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=pst.000055571548&view=1up&seq=351 1 May 2021 Niles' National Register Washington, D.C. 337 IV 22 October 12, 1838 Not Bad https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn98060050/1838-10-12/ed-1/seq-2/ 1 May 2021 Vermont phœnix Brattleboro, Vt. 2 1838 Maine gubernatorial electionhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=222334 ME Governor, 1838 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 Senate Journal 1839 https://digitalmaine.com/arc_leg_journals/40/ Legislative Journals digitalmaine.com 11 1839 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=118 Portland A. Shirley, Printer 108 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 Kallenbach Joseph E. Kallenbach Jessamine S. 1977 American State Governors, 1776-1976 I 237 Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. Oceana Publications, Inc. 0-379-00665-0 Democratic Party (United States) John Fairfield 46,216 51.58% 2.14 Whig Party (United States) Edward Kent (incumbent) 42,897 47.88% 2.26 Independent Democrat F. O. J. Smith 405 0.45% N/A Scattering 81 0.09% 0.15 3,319 3.70% 3.00 89,599 100.00% 30.76 Democratic Party (United States) Whig Party (United States) References Gubernatorial 1838 Maine Category:September 1838