1912 Maine gubernatorial election

1912 Maine gubernatorial election
	County results; Haines: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% ; Plaisted: 40–50% 50–60%
Governor before election; Frederick W. Plaisted; Democratic	Elected Governor ; William T. Haines; Republican

The 1912 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 9, 1912.

Incumbent Democratic Governor Frederick W. Plaisted was defeated for re-election by Republican candidate William T. Haines.

Results

1912 Maine gubernatorial election^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[a]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William T. Haines	70,931	49.97%
	Democratic	Frederick W. Plaisted (incumbent)	67,702	47.70%
	Socialist	George Allan England	2,081	1.47%
	Prohibition	William I. Sterling	1,217	0.86%
	Scattering		9	0.01%
Majority			3,229	2.27%
Turnout			141,940	100.00%
	Republican gain from Democratic		Swing

Notes

^ The Maine Senate Journal records Plaisted's vote as 67,602.^[6]

References

^ "ME Governor, 1912". Our Campaigns. Retrieved August 23, 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 August 23, 2021.
^ Dubin, Michael J. (2013). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1912-1931: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 1. ISBN 978-0-7864-7033-4.
^ Maine Register, State Year-Book and Legislative Manual. Vol. 55. Portland, Maine: Portland Directory Company. 1924. p. 273.
^ "Legislative Record – Senate". Legislative Record of the Seventy-Sixth Legislature of the State of Maine. 1913 (PDF). p. 16.

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[7] The Maine Senate Journal records Plaisted's vote as 67,602.^[6]

[1] "ME Governor, 1912". Our Campaigns. Retrieved August 23, 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 August 23, 2021.

[4] Dubin, Michael J. (2013). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1912-1931: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 1. ISBN 978-0-7864-7033-4.

[5] Maine Register, State Year-Book and Legislative Manual. Vol. 55. Portland, Maine: Portland Directory Company. 1924. p. 273.

[6] "Legislative Record – Senate". Legislative Record of the Seventy-Sixth Legislature of the State of Maine. 1913 (PDF). p. 16.

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