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1896 Maine gubernatorial election

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Nominee Llewellyn Powers Melvin P. Frank Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 82,596 34,350 Percentage 66.84% 27.80%

County results Powers:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

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

1. The Maine Senate Journal records the result as Powers 82,876, Frank 34,453, Bateman 3,306, Ladd 2,714, Clifford 610, scattering 31.

References

1. "ME Governor, 1896". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
2. Guide to US Elections, Fifth Edition, Volume II. CQ Press. 2005. p. 1499. ISBN 978-1-56802-981-8. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
3. Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 126–127. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
4. Dubin, Michael J. (2010). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861-1911. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-7864-4722-0.
5. 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.
6. Maine Register, State Year-Book and Legislative Manual. Vol. 55. Portland, Maine: Portland Directory Company. 1924. p. 273.
7. "Senate". Legislative Record of the Sixty-Eighth Legislature of the State of Maine. 1897 (PDF). p. 8.

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