1910 Maine gubernatorial election

The 1910 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 12, 1910.

Incumbent Republican Governor Bert M. Fernald was defeated for re-election by Democratic candidate Frederick W. Plaisted.

Plaisted was the first Democrat elected Governor of Maine since his father, Harris M. Plaisted, who won election as a Greenback-Democrat fusion candidate in 1880.

Results[]

1910 Maine gubernatorial election^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[a]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Frederick W. Plaisted	73,304	52.01%
	Republican	Bert M. Fernald (incumbent)	64,644	45.86%
	Socialist	Robert V. Hunter	1,641	1.16%
	Prohibition	James H. Ames	1,296	0.92%
	Scattering		63	0.05%
Majority			8,660	6.15%
Turnout			140,948	100.00%
	Democratic gain from Republican		Swing

Notes[]

^ The Maine Senate Journal gives Plaisted's vote as 73,354, and scattering votes as 67.^[6]

References[]

^ "ME Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
^ Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 126–127. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
^ Guide to US Elections, Fifth Edition, Volume II. CQ Press. 2005. p. 1499. ISBN 978-1-56802-981-8. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
^ Dubin, Michael J. (2010). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861-1911. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. p. 31. ISBN 978-0-7864-4722-0.
^ Maine Register, State Year-Book and Legislative Manual. Vol. No. 55. Portland, Maine: Portland Directory Company. 1924. p. 273.
^ "Legislative Record – Senate". Legislative Record of the Seventy-Fifth Legislature of the State of Maine. 1911 (PDF). p. 12.

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[7] The Maine Senate Journal gives Plaisted's vote as 73,354, and scattering votes as 67.^[6]

[1] "ME Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 23 August 2021.

[2] Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 126–127. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.

[3] Guide to US Elections, Fifth Edition, Volume II. CQ Press. 2005. p. 1499. ISBN 978-1-56802-981-8. Retrieved 23 August 2021.

[4] Dubin, Michael J. (2010). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861-1911. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. p. 31. ISBN 978-0-7864-4722-0.

[5] Maine Register, State Year-Book and Legislative Manual. Vol. No. 55. Portland, Maine: Portland Directory Company. 1924. p. 273.

[6] "Legislative Record – Senate". Legislative Record of the Seventy-Fifth Legislature of the State of Maine. 1911 (PDF). p. 12.

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