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Maine gubernatorial election
1896 Maine gubernatorial election
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 [ edit ]
^ 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 [ edit ]
^ "ME Governor, 1896" . Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 23, 2021 .
^ Guide to US Elections, Fifth Edition, Volume II . CQ Press. 2005. p. 1499 . ISBN 978-1-56802-981-8 . Retrieved September 5, 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. 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.