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Maine gubernatorial election
1896 Maine gubernatorial election
Nominee
Llewellyn Powers
Melvin P. Frank
Party
Republican
Democratic
Popular vote
82,596
34,350
Percentage
66.84%
27.80%
Governor before election
Henry B. Cleaves
Republican
Elected Governor
Llewellyn Powers
Republican
The 1896 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 14, 1896.
Incumbent Governor Henry B. Cleaves did not seek re-election. Republican candidate Llewellyn Powers defeated Democratic candidate Melvin B. Frank.
Results [ ]
Notes [ ]
^ The Maine Senate Journal records the result as Powers 82,876, Frank 34,453, Bateman 3,306, Ladd 2,714, Clifford 610, scattering 31.[7]
References [ ]
^ "ME Governor, 1896" . Our Campaigns. Retrieved 23 December 2021 .
^ Guide to US Elections, Fifth Edition, Volume II . CQ Press. 2005. p. 1499 . ISBN 978-1-56802-981-8 . Retrieved 5 September 2021 .
^ Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978 . Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 126–127. ISBN 0-930466-17-9 .
^ Dubin, Michael J. (2010). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861-1911 . Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-7864-4722-0 .
^ Kallenbach, Joseph E.; Kallenbach, Jessamine S., eds. (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976 . Vol. I. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, Inc. p. 244. ISBN 0-379-00665-0 .
^ Maine Register, State Year-Book and Legislative Manual . Vol. No. 55. Portland, Maine: Portland Directory Company. 1924. p. 273.
^ "Senate". Legislative Record of the Sixty-Eighth Legislature of the State of Maine. 1897 (PDF) . p. 8.
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