1829 Maine gubernatorial election
Nominee
Jonathan G. Hunton
Samuel E. Smith
Party
National Republican
Democratic
Popular vote
23,315
22,991
Percentage
50.08%
49.39%
Governor before election
Enoch Lincoln
Democratic-Republican
Elected Governor
Jonathan G. Hunton
National Republican
The 1829 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 14, 1829. Incumbent Democratic-Republican Governor Enoch Lincoln did not run for re-election. National Republican candidate Jonathan G. Hunton defeated Democratic candidate Samuel E. Smith .
Lincoln died in Augusta, Maine , on October 8, 1829, after the election of his successor Jonathan G. Hunton before Lincoln's term expired. Two Presidents of the Maine Senate , Nathan Cutler and Joshua Hall , had to serve as lame-duck successors between the two men.
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References [ ]
^ "ME Governor, 1829" . Our Campaigns. Retrieved 21 April 2021 .
^ Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978 . Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 124–125. ISBN 0-930466-17-9 .
^ Guide to US Elections, Fifth Edition, Volume II . CQ Press. 2005. p. 1497 . ISBN 978-1-56802-981-8 . Retrieved 21 April 2021 .
^ A History of the Proceedings and Extraordinary Measures of the Legislature of Maine, for the Year 1830 . Portland. 1830. p. 108.
^ Compiled by Samuel L. Harris (1841). The Maine Register, and National Calendar, for the Year 1841 . Portland: A. Shirley, Printer. p. 105.
^ Documents Printed by Order of the Legislature of the State of Maine. 1864 (PDF) . Augusta: Stevens & Sayward, Printers to the State. 1864. p. 163.
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