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The 1904 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 12, 1904.

Incumbent Governor John Fremont Hill did not seek re-election. Republican candidate William T. Cobb defeated Democratic candidate Cyrus W. Davis.

Results

1904 Maine gubernatorial election[1][2][3][4][5][a]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican William T. Cobb 76,962 58.52%
Democratic Cyrus W. Davis 50,146 38.13%
Prohibition Nathan F. Woodbury 2,788 2.12%
Socialist Wilbur G. Hapgood 1,590 1.21%
Scattering 26 0.02%
Majority 26,816 20.39%
Turnout 131,512 100.00%
Republican hold Swing

Notes

  1. ^ The Maine House Journal records the result as Cobb 75,816, Davis 49,949, Woodbury 2,782, Hapgood 1,576, scattering 23.[6]

References

  1. ^ "ME Governor, 1904". Our Campaigns. Retrieved September 3, 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 September 3, 2021.
  4. ^ Dubin, Michael J. (2010). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861-1911. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. p. 26. ISBN 978-0-7864-4722-0.
  5. ^ Maine Register, State Year-Book and Legislative Manual. Vol. 55. Portland, Maine: Portland Directory Company. 1924. p. 273.
  6. ^ Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Maine, 1905. Seventy-Second Legislature. Augusta: Kennebec Journal Print. 1905. p. 17.