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The 1924 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 8, 1924.

Incumbent Governor Percival P. Baxter did not seek re-election. Republican candidate Ralph Owen Brewster defeated Democratic candidate William Robinson Pattangall. Frank G. Farrington unsuccessfully ran for the Republican nomination.

Results

1924 Maine gubernatorial election[1][2][3][4][a]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Ralph Owen Brewster 145,281 57.22%
Democratic William Robinson Pattangall 108,626 42.78%
Majority 36,655 14.44%
Turnout 253,907 100.00%
Republican hold Swing

Notes

  1. ^ Some sources give Brewster's vote as 145,251.[5][6][7]

References

  1. ^ Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 126–127. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
  2. ^ Guide to US Elections, Fifth Edition, Volume II. CQ Press. 2005. p. 1499. ISBN 978-1-56802-981-8. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
  3. ^ Dubin, Michael J. (2013). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1912-1931: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-7864-7033-4.
  4. ^ Maine Register, State Year-Book and Legislative Manual. Vol. 55. Portland, Maine: Portland Directory Company. 1924. p. 273.
  5. ^ "ME Governor, 1924". Our Campaigns. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
  6. ^ "Legislative Record – House". Legislative Record of the Eighty-Second Legislature of the State of Maine. 1925 (PDF). Augusta, Maine: Kennebec Journal Company. 1925. p. 37.
  7. ^ "Legislative Record – Senate". Legislative Record of the Eighty-Second Legislature of the State of Maine. 1925 (PDF). Augusta, Maine: Kennebec Journal Company. 1925. p. 35.


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