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1834 Maine gubernatorial election
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September 8, 1834
1835 →
 
Nominee Robert P. Dunlap Peleg Sprague
Party Democratic Whig
Popular vote 37,481 32,967
Percentage 52.35% 46.04%
County results
Dunlap:      50–60%      60–70%
Sprague:      50–60%      60–70%
Governor before election

Robert P. Dunlap
Democratic

 Elected Governor

Robert P. Dunlap
Democratic

The 1834 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 8, 1834. Incumbent Democratic Governor Robert P. Dunlap defeated Whig candidate Peleg Sprague.

Results

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Candidates

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  • Robert P. Dunlap, incumbent governor (Democratic)[1]
  • Thomas A. Hill, lawyer, banker, and speculator, candidate for governor in 1833 (Anti-Masonic)[2]
  • Peleg Sprague, U.S. Senator, former U.S. Representative (Whig)[3]
1834 Maine gubernatorial election[4][5][6][7][a]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Robert P. Dunlap (incumbent) 37,481 52.35% Increase0.21
Whig Peleg Sprague 32,967 46.04% Increase9.34
Anti-Masonic Thomas A. Hill 1,076 1.50% Decrease3.33
Write-in 78 0.11% Decrease0.09
Majority 4,514 6.31% Decrease9.13
Total votes 71,602 100.00% Increase45.1
Democratic hold

Notes

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  1. ↑ Almost all 21st century sources give the result as Dunlap 38,133, Sprague 33,732, Hill 1,076, Scattering 90. These figures include 1,429 votes which were rejected.[8][9][10][11][12]

References

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  1. ↑ "Robert Pinckney Dunlap". National Governors Association. January 5, 2011. Retrieved July 10, 2026.
  2. ↑ "About Thomas A. Hill | Bangor Historical Society". Retrieved July 10, 2026.
  3. ↑ "Bioguide Search". bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved July 10, 2026.
  4. ↑ "Maine House Journal 1835". digitalmaine.com. Legislative Journals. 1835. p. 16.
  5. ↑ "Maine Senate Journal 1835". digitalmaine.com. Legislative Journals. 1835. p. 9.
  6. ↑ Compiled by Samuel L. Harris (1841). The Maine Register, and National Calendar, for the Year 1841. Portland: A. Shirley, Printer. p. 107.
  7. ↑ "1834-1841 General Election: Governor". digitalmaine.com. Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions.
  8. ↑ "ME Governor, 1834". Our Campaigns. Retrieved August 23, 2021.
  9. ↑ Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 124–125. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
  10. ↑ Guide to US Elections, Fifth Edition, Volume II. CQ Press. 2005. p. 1497. ISBN 978-1-56802-981-8. Retrieved August 23, 2021.
  11. ↑ Documents Printed by Order of the Legislature of the State of Maine. 1864 (PDF). Augusta: Stevens & Sayward, Printers to the State. 1864. p. 163.
  12. ↑ Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. pp. 89–90. ISBN 978-0-7864-1439-0.


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