Maine 1822 Governor
- Office:
- Governor (State)
- Title:
- Governor
- Jurisdiction:
- State
- Label:
- Maine 1822 Governor
- Date:
- 1822
- State:
- Maine
- Type:
- General
- Iteration:
- First Ballot
- Office/Role:
- Governor/Governor
- Candidates:
- Albion K. Parris, Ezekiel Whitman, Joshua Wingate, Jr., Samuel Fessenden, Cornelius Thompson, scattering
Candidates: | Albion K. Parris[1] | Ezekiel Whitman | Joshua Wingate, Jr. | Samuel Fessenden | Cornelius Thompson | scattering |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Affiliation: | Republican | Federalist | Republican | |||
Final Result: | 15476 | 5795 | 755 | - | - | 148 |
Cumberland County | 2286 | 1607 | 93 | - | - | 19 |
Town of Baldwin | 42 | 45 | 1 | - | - | - |
Town of Bridgton | 68 | 61 | - | - | - | 3 |
Town of Brunswick | 121 | 86 | 3 | - | - | 7 |
Town of Cape Elizabeth | 84 | 19 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Cumberland | 77 | 54 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Danville | 53 | 31 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Durham | 90 | 44 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Falmouth | 99 | 56 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Freeport | 88 | 103 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Gorham | 71 | 87 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Town of Gray | 102 | 28 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Harrison | 47 | 16 | - | - | - | 4 |
Town of Harpswell | 23 | 15 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Minot | 140 | 151 | - | - | - | - |
Town of New Gloucester | 142 | 113 | - | - | - | 1 |
Town of North Yarmouth | 17 | 107 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Town of Otisfield | 14 | 44 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Poland | 137 | 41 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Portland | 350 | 289 | 86 | - | - | 1 |
Town of Pownal | 62 | 50 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Raymond | 102 | 33 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Scarborough | 90 | 15 | 1 | - | - | - |
Town of Standish | 78 | 54 | - | - | - | - |
Thompson Pond Plantation[2] | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Westbrook | 144 | 32 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Windham | 45 | 33 | - | - | - | 1 |
Hancock County | 1366 | 378 | 47 | - | - | 7 |
Town of Belfast | 91 | 6 | 9 | - | - | 4 |
Town of Belmont | 53 | 4 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Bluehill | 40 | 32 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Brooks | 34 | 4 | - | - | - | 1 |
Town of Brooksville | 9 | 12 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Bucksport | 88 | 66 | - | - | - | 1 |
Town of Castine | 19 | 36 | 2 | - | - | - |
Town of Deer Isle | 83 | 53 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Eden | 23 | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Ellsworth | 17 | 20 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Frankfort | 85 | 2 | 31 | - | - | - |
Town of Gouldsborough | 4 | 35 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Islesborough | 31 | 12 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Jackson | 32 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Town of Knox | 46 | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Lincolnville | 42 | 1 | 5 | - | - | - |
Town of Monroe | 33 | 4 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Mount Desert | 46 | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Northport | 25 | 4 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Orland | 8 | 31 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Penobscot | 35 | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Prospect | 98 | 25 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Searsmont | 48 | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Sedgwick | 47 | 10 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Sullivan | 42 | 15 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Surry | 45 | 4 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Swanville | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Thorndike | 63 | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Trenton | 29 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Vinalhaven | 99 | - | - | - | - | - |
Waldo Plantation | 21 | - | - | - | - | - |
Plantation No. 14[3] | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Kennebec County | 2643 | 559 | 85 | - | - | 24 |
Town of Augusta | 150 | 30 | 3 | - | - | - |
Town of Belgrade | 83 | 7 | - | - | - | 1 |
Town of Chesterville | 60 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Town of China | 79 | 43 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Clinton | 69 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
Town of Dearborn | 52 | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Farmington | 134 | 48 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Fayette | 89 | 16 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Freedom | 78 | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Gardiner | 126 | 36 | 32 | - | - | - |
Town of Greene | 79 | 11 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Hallowell | 99 | 111 | 12 | - | - | 3 |
Town of Joy | 35 | 16 | - | - | - | 1 |
Town of Ligonia | 86 | 14 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Leeds | 106 | 15 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Monmouth | 170 | - | - | - | - | 7 |
Town of Mount Vernon | 102 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Town of New Sharon | 86 | 18 | - | - | - | 1 |
Town of Pittston | 83 | 26 | - | - | - | 3 |
Town of Readfield | 116 | 4 | 13 | - | - | - |
Town of Rome | 37 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Sidney | 92 | 14 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Temple | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Unity | 93 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
Town of Vassalborough | 62 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Vienna | 44 | 9 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Waterville | 70 | 15 | 3 | - | - | 2 |
Town of Wayne | 54 | 14 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Wilton | 111 | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Windsor | 44 | 15 | 19 | - | - | 1 |
Town of Winthrop | 98 | 94 | 2 | - | - | - |
Town of Winslow[4] | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Twenty five mile pond plantation | 26 | - | - | - | - | - |
Lincoln County | 1758 | 1008 | 261 | - | - | 24 |
Town of Alna | 69 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Appleton Plantation | 21 | 4 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Bath | 50 | 114 | 143 | - | - | 4 |
Town of Boothbay | 33 | 33 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Bowdoin | 104 | 7 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Bowdoinham | 44 | 21 | 23 | - | - | - |
Town of Bristol | 55 | 60 | 4 | - | - | - |
Town of Camden | 90 | 20 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Cushing | 28 | 5 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Dresden | 3 | 19 | 18 | - | - | - |
Town of Edgecomb | 35 | 12 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Friendship | 25 | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Georgetown | 30 | 2 | 4 | - | - | - |
Town of Hope | 49 | 20 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Jefferson | 40 | 15 | 1 | - | - | - |
Town of Lewiston | 36 | 41 | - | - | 1 | - |
Town of Lisbon | 88 | 68 | - | - | - | 3 |
Town of Litchfield | 73 | 33 | 1 | - | - | 7 |
Town of Montville | 84 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
Montville Plantation | 27 | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of New Castle | 66 | 23 | 2 | - | - | - |
Town of Nobleborough | 77 | 12 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Palermo | 84 | 6 | - | - | - | 1 |
Patricktown Plantation | 12 | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Phippsburg | 11 | 85 | 16 | - | - | 1 |
Town of Putnam | 3 | 37 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Saint George | 29 | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Thomaston | 134 | 31 | 4 | - | - | - |
Town of Topsham | 32 | 36 | 11 | - | - | 2 |
Town of Union | 41 | 47 | - | 6 | - | - |
Town of Waldoborough | 27 | 70 | 16 | - | - | - |
Town of Wales | 34 | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Warren | 68 | 76 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Town of Whitfield | 66 | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Wiscasset | 66 | 51 | 17 | - | - | 3 |
Town of Woolwich | 23 | 58 | - | - | - | - |
Oxford County | 2185 | 622 | 14 | - | - | 9 |
Town of Albany | 10 | 16 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Andover | 34 | 6 | 1 | - | - | - |
Town of Bethel | 109 | 30 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Brownfield | 69 | 22 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Buckfield | 134 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Canton | 69 | 7 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Denmark | 115 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
Town of Dixfield | 68 | 53 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Fryeburg | 87 | 61 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
Fryeburg Academy's grounds | - | 10 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Gilead | 22 | 3 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Greenwood | 75 | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Hartford | 92 | 10 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Hebron | 63 | 66 | 4 | - | - | 1 |
Town of Hiram | 69 | 9 | - | - | - | - |
Howard Gore Plantation | 7 | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Jay | 96 | 4 | - | - | - | 1 |
Town of Livermore | 135 | 18 | - | - | - | 1 |
Town of Lovell | 36 | 21 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Mexico | 13 | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Newry | 36 | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Norway | 83 | 88 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Paris | 138 | 48 | 8 | - | - | - |
Town of Peru | 41 | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Porter | 68 | 8 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Rumford | 54 | 47 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Sumner | 79 | 16 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Sweden | 27 | 10 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Turner | 125 | 6 | - | - | - | 3 |
Town of Waterford | 72 | 51 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Weld | 71 | 5 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Woodstock | 52 | - | - | - | - | - |
Plantation of Fryeburg Addition | 12 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Plantation No. 1, first range | 10 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Plantation No. 8 | 14 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
Penobscot County | 1064 | 137 | 36 | - | - | 17 |
Town of Atkinson | 18 | 4 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Bangor | 77 | 31 | 9 | - | - | 1 |
Blakesburg Plantation | - | - | - | - | - | 10 |
Town of Brewer | 46 | 10 | - | - | - | - |
Brownfield Plantation | 28 | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Carmel | 18 | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Corinth | 23 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Town of Dexter | 52 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 |
Town of Dixmont | 43 | 8 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Dover | 41 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Dutton | 25 | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Eddington | 26 | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Etna | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Exeter | 48 | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Foxcroft | 45 | 15 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Garland | 33 | 7 | - | - | - | 1 |
Town of Guilford | 43 | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Hampden | 89 | 9 | 21 | - | - | - |
Town of Hermon | 29 | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Levant | 33 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Town of New Charleston | 62 | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Newburg | 18 | 5 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Newport | 41 | 11 | - | - | - | 1 |
Town of Orono | 18 | 24 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Orrington | 41 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Town of Sangerville | 35 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Town of Sebec | 44 | 9 | - | - | - | - |
Sunkhaze Plantation | 17 | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Williamsburg | 12 | 4 | - | - | - | - |
Plantation No. 1, fourth range | 4 | 3 | - | - | - | - |
Plantation No. 1, seventh range | 41 | - | - | - | - | - |
Plantation No. 3, third range | 14 | - | - | - | - | - |
Somerset County | 1583 | 608 | 27 | - | - | 27 |
Town of Anson | 85 | 27 | - | - | - | 2 |
Town of Athens | 38 | 43 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Avon | 46 | 4 | - | - | - | 1 |
Town of Bingham | 18 | 13 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Bloomfield | 12 | 78 | - | - | - | 1 |
Town of Canaan | 46 | 35 | - | - | - | 4 |
Town of Concord | 18 | 4 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Corinna | 55 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Town of Cornville | 29 | 44 | - | - | - | - |
East Pond Plantation | 22 | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Embden | 51 | 16 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Fairfield | 91 | 17 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Freeman | 57 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Harmony | 50 | 12 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Hartland | 26 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
Town of Industry | 49 | 27 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Kingfield | 53 | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Madison | 61 | 43 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Mercer | 64 | 29 | - | - | - | 1 |
Town of Monson | 15 | 10 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Moscow | 13 | 10 | - | - | - | - |
Town of New Portland | 102 | 2 | - | - | - | 4 |
Town of New Vineyard | 22 | 4 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Norridgewock | 84 | 60 | 19 | - | - | 1 |
Town of North Hill | 39 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Palmyra | 27 | - | 8 | - | - | 1 |
Town of Parkman | 38 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
Town of Phillips | 39 | 14 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Ripley | 30 | - | - | - | - | 6 |
Town of Saint Albans | 41 | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Solon | 35 | 23 | - | - | - | 1 |
Town of Starks | 52 | 74 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Strong | 36 | 16 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Warsaw | 39 | - | - | - | - | - |
Plantation No. 5 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Washington County | 636 | 230 | 2 | - | - | 5 |
Town of Addison | 13 | 21 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Calais | 13 | 8 | 1 | - | - | - |
Town of Cherryfield | 10 | 9 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Columbia | 10 | 37 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Cooper | 11 | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Dennysville | 28 | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Eastport | 77 | 73 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Town of Harrington | 15 | 11 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Jonesborough | 62 | 5 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Lubec | 71 | 22 | - | - | - | 4 |
Town of Machias | 101 | 9 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Perry | 42 | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Robbinston | 37 | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Steuben | 21 | 35 | - | - | - | - |
Plantation No. three | 29 | - | - | - | - | - |
Plantation No. six | 19 | - | - | - | - | - |
Plantation No. nine | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Plantation No. ten | 16 | - | - | - | - | - |
Plantation No. twelve | 24 | - | - | - | - | - |
Plantation No. Sixteen | 7 | - | - | - | - | - |
Plantation No. twenty three | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
York County | 1955 | 646 | 190 | - | - | 15 |
Town of Alfred | 83 | 26 | - | - | - | 2 |
Town of Berwick | 91 | - | 15 | - | - | 1 |
Town of Biddeford[5] | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Buxton | 137 | 38 | 14 | - | - | - |
Town of Cornish | 70 | 19 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Elliot | 44 | 27 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Hollis | 147 | 12 | 36 | - | - | - |
Town of Kennebunk | 50 | 70 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Town of Kennebunk Port | 51 | 15 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Kittery | 42 | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Lebanon | 74 | 38 | 14 | - | - | 2 |
Town of Limerick | 63 | 48 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Limington | 126 | 24 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Lyman | 118 | 4 | 6 | - | - | - |
Town of Newfield | 22 | 64 | - | - | - | 1 |
Town of Parsonsfield | 137 | 38 | 1 | - | - | - |
Town of Saco | 103 | 47 | 97 | - | - | - |
Town of Sanford | 59 | 83 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Shapleigh | 113 | 23 | - | - | - | 6 |
Town of South Berwick | 133 | 59 | 6 | - | - | 1 |
Town of Waterborough | 115 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
Town of Wells | 51 | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of York | 126 | 10 | - | - | - | - |
Notes:
[1]Elected.
[2]There were no votes recorded in Thompson Pond Plantation.
[3]There were no votes recorded in Plantation No. 14.
[4]There were no votes recorded in Winslow.
[5]There were no votes recorded in Biddeford.
References:
Original Election Returns. Maine State Library, Augusta.
The Eastern Argus (Portland, ME). January 4, 1822.
American Advocate and General Advertiser (Hallowell, ME). January 5, 1822.
The Eastern Argus (Portland, ME). January 8, 1822.
The Eastern Argus (Portland, ME). January 11, 1822.
Eastport Sentinel and Passamquoddy Advertiser (Eastport, ME). January 12, 1822.
The Portsmouth Journal of Literature and Politics (Portsmouth, NH). January 12, 1822.
Eastport Sentinel and Passamquoddy Advertiser (Eastport, ME). January 19, 1822.
Portland Gazette (Portland, ME). September 3, 1822.
The Eastern Argus (Portland, ME). September 10, 1822.
Hancock Gazette and Penobscot Patriot (Belfast, ME). September 11, 1822.
Bangor Register (Bangor, ME). September 12, 1822.
Independent Statesman and Maine Republican (Portland, ME). September 12, 1822.
Lincoln Intellingencer (Wiscasset). September 12, 1822.
Maine Gazette (Bath, ME). September 13, 1822.
American Advocate and General Advertiser (Hallowell, ME). September 14, 1822.
Eastport Sentinel (Eastport, ME). September 14, 1822.
The Eastern Argus (Portland, ME). September 17, 1822.
Portland Gazette (Portland, ME). September 17, 1822.
Hancock Gazette and Penobscot Patriot (Belfast, ME). September 18, 1822.
Bangor Register (Bangor, ME). September 19, 1822.
Lincoln Intellingencer (Wiscasset). September 19, 1822.
Maine Gazette (Bath, ME). September 20, 1822.
American Advocate and General Advertiser (Hallowell, ME). September 21, 1822.
Eastport Sentinel (Eastport, ME). September 21, 1822.
Bangor Register (Bangor, ME). September 26, 1822.
Aiken, Ruth J., ed. Records of the Lower St. Georges and Cushing, Maine: 1605-1897. Cushing, ME: Driftwood Farm, 1987. 51.
Allen, Charles Edwin. History of Dresden, ME: formerly a part of the old town of Pownalborough from its earliest settlement to the year 1900. Augusta, ME: Kennebec Journal Print Shop, 1931. 585.
Eaton, Cyrus. Annals of the Town of Warren. Hallowell, ME: Masters, Smith and, 1851. 363.
Eaton, Cyrus. History of Thomaston, Rockland and South Thomaston, Maine. Vol. 2. Hallowell, ME: Masters, Smith and, 1865. 92.
Emery, Edwin. The History of Sanford, Maine, 1661-1900. Edwin Emery. Fall River, MA: Published by the compiler, 1901. 373-374.
Giveen, Clement M., ed. A Chronology of Municipal and Election Statistics, Waterville, Maine. Augusta, ME: Maine Farmer Press, 1908. 229.
Hodgkin, Douglas I., ed. Records of Lewiston, Maine. Vol. I. Rockport, ME: Picton Press, 2001. 190.
Lapham, William B., and Silas P. Maxim. History of Paris, Maine. Paris, ME: Printed for the Authors, 1884. 785.
Lapham, William B. History of Rumford, Oxford County, Maine. Augusta, ME: Press of the Maine Farmer, 1890. 73.
Moulton, Alphonos, Howard L. Simpson and Granville Fernald, ed. Centennial History of Harrison, Maine. Portland, ME: Southworth Printing Company, 1909. 306.
Sibley, John Langdon. History of the Town of Union, in the County of Lincoln, Maine. Boston: Benjamin B. Mussey and Co, 1851. 246.
"The Annals of Bangor." In History of Penboscot County, Maine. Cleveland, Ohio: Williams, Chase and, 1882. 604.
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