Maine 1824 Governor
- Office:
- Governor (State)
- Title:
- Governor
- Jurisdiction:
- State
- Label:
- Maine 1824 Governor
- Date:
- 1824
- State:
- Maine
- Type:
- General
- Iteration:
- First Ballot
- Office/Role:
- Governor/Governor
- Candidates:
- Albion K. Parris, Stephen Barrell, Stephen Longfellow, Avery Rawson, scattering
| Candidates: | Albion K. Parris[1] | Stephen Barrell | Stephen Longfellow | Avery Rawson | scattering |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affiliation: | Republican | Federalist | |||
| Final Result: | 19759 | - | - | - | 596 |
| Cumberland County | 3248 | - | - | - | 116 |
| Town of Baldwin | 58 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bridgton | 85 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Town of Brunswick | 155 | - | - | - | 16 |
| Town of Cape Elizabeth | 80 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Cumberland | 68 | - | - | - | 16 |
| Town of Danville | 49 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Durham | 100 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Town of Falmouth | 106 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Town of Freeport | 73 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Town of Gorham | 129 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Gray | 150 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Harpswell | 70 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Harrison | 62 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Minot | 103 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of New Gloucester | 144 | - | - | - | 20 |
| Town of North Yarmouth | 90 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Town of Otisfield | 81 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Town of Poland | 169 | - | - | - | 4 |
| Town of Portland | 774 | - | - | - | 43 |
| Town of Pownal | 84 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Raymond | 81 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Scarborough | 105 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Standish | 137 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Town of Westbrook | 227 | - | - | - | 7 |
| Town of Windham | 68 | - | - | - | - |
| Hancock County | 1631 | - | - | - | 27 |
| Town of Belfast | 178 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Town of Belmont | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bluehill | 45 | - | - | - | 4 |
| Town of Brooks | 43 | - | - | - | 3 |
| Town of Brooksville | 46 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bucksport | 62 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Town of Castine | 61 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Town of Deer Isle | 100 | - | - | - | 5 |
| Town of Eden | 35 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Ellsworth | 45 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Frankfort | 122 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Town of Goldsborough | 13 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Islesborough | 24 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Jackson | 19 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Knox | 36 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lincolnville | 66 | - | - | - | 3 |
| Mariaville Plantation | 9 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Monroe | 36 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Mount Desert | 27 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Northport | 53 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Orland | 42 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Penobscot | 107 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Prospect | 76 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Searsmont | 49 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Town of Sedgwick | 41 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sullivan | 46 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Surry | 25 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Swanville | 26 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Thorndike | 40 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Trenton | 18 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Vinalhaven | 71 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Waldo Plantation | 34 | - | - | - | - |
| Plantation No. 8+9, Franklin | 18 | - | - | - | - |
| Plantation No. 26 | 10 | - | - | - | - |
| Plantation No. 27 | 8 | - | - | - | - |
| Kennebec County | 2470 | - | - | - | 35 |
| Town of Albion | 84 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Town of Augusta | 101 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Belgrade | 64 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Burnham | 25 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of China | 148 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Chesterville | 59 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Clinton | 79 | - | - | - | 5 |
| Town of Dearborn | 47 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Farmington | 136 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Fayette | 74 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Freedom | 46 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Town of Gardiner | 117 | - | - | - | 3 |
| Town of Greene | 56 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Town of Hallowell | 93 | - | - | - | 15 |
| Town of Joy | 38 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Leeds | 126 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Town of Monmouth | 127 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Mount Vernon | 64 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of New Sharon | 66 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Pittston | 93 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Town of Readfield | 86 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Town of Rome | 25 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sidney | 62 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Temple | 58 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Unity | 68 | - | - | - | 3 |
| Town of Vassalborough | 95 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Vienna | 61 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Waterville | 88 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Town of Wayne | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Wilton | 53 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Windsor | 49 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Winslow | 59 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Town of Winthrop | 123 | - | - | - | - |
| Lincoln County | 2442 | - | - | - | 68 |
| Town of Alna | 34 | - | - | - | - |
| Appleton Plantation | 35 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bath | 302 | - | - | - | 6 |
| Town of Boothbay | 40 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bowdoin | 113 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bowdoinham | 104 | - | - | - | 3 |
| Town of Bristol | 54 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Camden | 49 | - | - | - | 18 |
| Town of Cushing | 28 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Dresden | 31 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Edgecomb | 57 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Friendship | 32 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Georgetown | 69 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Town of Hope | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Jefferson | 89 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Litchfield | 91 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Town of Lewiston | 53 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lisbon | 82 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Montville | 50 | - | - | - | - |
| Montville Plantation | 30 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of New Castle | 93 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Town of Nobleborough | 108 | - | - | - | 6 |
| Town of Palermo | 104 | - | - | - | - |
| Patricktown Plantation | 18 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Phipsburg | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Richmond | 34 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Saint George | 27 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Thomaston | 160 | - | - | - | 11 |
| Town of Topsham | 62 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Town of Union | 57 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Waldoborough | 86 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Town of Wales | 34 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Warren | 73 | - | - | 14 | - |
| Town of Washington | 28 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Whitefield | 83 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Wiscasset | 89 | - | - | - | 3 |
| Town of Woolwich | 43 | - | - | - | - |
| Oxford County | 1940 | - | - | - | 63 |
| Town of Andover | 41 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Albany | 16 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Town of Berlin | 25 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bethel | 91 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Brownfield | 64 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Town of Buckfield | 59 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Canton | 63 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Town of Denmark | 101 | - | - | - | 5 |
| Town of Dixfield | 44 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Fryeburg | 123 | - | - | - | 33 |
| Fryeburg Addition | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Giliad | 23 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Greenwood | 46 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hartford | 73 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hebron | 83 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hiram | 75 | - | - | - | 6 |
| Town of Jay | 111 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Livermore | 79 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Town of Lovel | 58 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Town of Mexico | 21 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Newry | 40 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Norway | 101 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Parris | 134 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Peru | 21 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Porter | 65 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Rumford | 86 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Town of Sumner | 64 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sweden | 44 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Turner | 59 | - | - | - | 9 |
| Town of Waterford | 82 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Town of Weld | 10 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Woodstock | 19 | - | - | - | - |
| Plantation No. 1, First Range | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plantation No. 4 | 12 | - | - | - | - |
| Plantation No. 8 | 7 | - | - | - | - |
| Plantation of Howards Gore | - | - | - | - | - |
| Penobscot County | 1321 | - | - | - | 101 |
| Town of Atkinson | 23 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bangor | 112 | - | - | - | 9 |
| Blakesburg Plantation | 28 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Brewer | 51 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Brownville | 43 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Carmel | 19 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Corinth | 45 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Dexter | 62 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Dixmont | 23 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Town of Dover | 27 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Dutton | 14 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Eddington | 32 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Etna | 21 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Exeter | 45 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Foxcroft | 31 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Garland | 34 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Guilford | 43 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hampden | 97 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hermon | 26 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Kilmarnock | 20 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Levant | 32 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Maxfield | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Milo | 38 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of New Charleston | 72 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Newburg | 41 | - | - | - | 12 |
| Town of Newport | 56 | - | - | - | 5 |
| Town of Orono | 20 | - | - | - | 74 |
| Town of Orrington | 36 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sangerville | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sebec | 65 | - | - | - | - |
| Sunkhaze Plantation | 18 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Williamsburg | 25 | - | - | - | - |
| Plantation No. 1, Fourth Range | 9 | - | - | - | - |
| Plantation No. 1, Seventh Range | 87 | - | - | - | - |
| Plantation No. 3, Third Range | 19 | - | - | - | - |
| Plantation No. 4, East Penobscot | 7 | - | - | - | - |
| Somerset County | 1574 | - | - | - | 148 |
| Town of Anson | 61 | - | - | - | 3 |
| Town of Athens | 20 | - | - | - | 40 |
| Town of Avon | 30 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bingham | 24 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bloomfield | 62 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Town of Canaan | 67 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Town of Concord | 17 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Corinna | 37 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Cornville | 51 | - | - | - | - |
| East Pond Plantation | 21 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Embden | 30 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Town of Fairfield | 88 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Freeman | 29 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Harmony | 28 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hartland | 33 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Industry | 92 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Town of Kingfield | 28 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Madison | 70 | - | - | - | 3 |
| Town of Mercer | 63 | - | - | - | 9 |
| Town of Milburn | 62 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Town of Monson | 24 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Moscow | 30 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of New Portland | 56 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of New Vineyard | 52 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Norridgewock | 100 | - | 49 | - | 4 |
| Town of North Hill | 15 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of North Salem | 29 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Palmyra | 24 | - | - | - | 18 |
| Town of Parkman | 38 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Town of Phillips | 44 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Town of Pittsfield | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Ripley | 44 | - | - | - | 9 |
| Town of Saint Albans | 42 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Solon | 36 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Starks | 58 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Town of Strong | 46 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Plantation No. 5, Second Range | 23 | - | - | - | - |
| Washington County | 827 | - | - | - | 34 |
| Town of Addison | 23 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Calais | 113 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Cherryfield | 23 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Columbia | 20 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Cooper | 29 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Dennysville | 48 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Eastport | 50 | - | - | - | 19 |
| Town of Harrington | 20 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Jonesborough | 21 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lubec | 55 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Town of Machias | 68 | - | - | - | 6 |
| Town of Perry | 20 | - | - | - | 7 |
| Town of Robbinston | 69 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Steuben | 48 | - | - | - | - |
| Plantation No. 3 | 37 | - | - | - | - |
| Plantation No. 6 | 38 | - | - | - | - |
| Plantation No. 7 | 13 | - | - | - | - |
| Plantation No. 9 | 9 | - | - | - | - |
| Plantation No. 10 | 17 | - | - | - | - |
| Plantation No. 11 | 35 | - | - | - | - |
| Plantation No. 12 | 32 | - | - | - | - |
| Plantation No. 16 | 18 | - | - | - | - |
| Plantation No. 20 | 13 | - | - | - | - |
| Plantation No. 23 | 8 | - | - | - | - |
| York County | 4306 | - | - | - | 67 |
| Town of Alfred | 228 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Berwick | 204 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Biddeford | 137 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Buxton | 143 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Cornish | 184 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Elliot | 71 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hollis | 141 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Kennebunk | 323 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Kennebunk Port | 267 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Kittery | 119 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lebanon | 193 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Limerick | 71 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Limington | 198 | - | - | - | 5 |
| Town of Lyman | 189 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Town of Newfield | 100 | - | - | - | 48 |
| Town of Parsonsfield | 254 | - | - | - | 8 |
| Town of Saco | 269 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sanford | 122 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Shapleigh | 189 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Town of South Berwick | 191 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Town of Waterborough | 291 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Town of Wells | 152 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of York | 270 | - | - | - | - |
Notes:
[1]Elected.
References:
Original Election Returns. Maine State Library, Augusta.
Somerset Journal (Norridgewock, ME). September 14, 1824.
Hancock Gazette and Penobscot Patriot (Belfast, ME). September 15, 1824.
Waterville Intelligencer (Waterville, ME). September 15, 1824.
Eastern Star (Machias, ME). September 16, 1824.
Oxford Observer (Paris, ME). September 16, 1824.
Independent Chronicle and Boston Patriot (Boston, MA). September 18, 1824.
Waterville Intelligencer (Waterville, ME). September 22, 1824.
The Eastern Argus (Portland, ME). January 10, 1825.
Aiken, Ruth J., ed. Records of the Lower St. Georges and Cushing, Maine: 1605-1897. Cushing, ME: Driftwood Farm, 1987. 55.
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. 590.
Allen, William. The History of Norridgewock. Norridgewock, ME: Edward J. Peet, 1849. 108.
Emery, Edwin. The History of Sanford, Maine, 1661-1900. Edwin Emery. Fall River, MA: Published by the compiler, 1901. 373-374.
Eaton, Cyrus. History of Thomaston, Rockland and South Thomaston, Maine. Vol. 2. Hallowell, ME: Masters, Smith and, 1865. 92.
Eaton, Cyrus. Annals of the Town of Warren. Hallowell, ME: Masters, Smith and, 1851. 363.
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. 207.
Lapham, William B., and Silas P. Maxim. History of Paris, Maine. Paris, ME: Printed for the Authors, 1884. 786.
Moulton, Alphonos, Howard L. Simpson and Granville Fernald, ed. Centennial History of Harrison, Maine. Portland, ME: Southworth Printing Company, 1909. 306.
Mower, Walter Lindley. Sesquicentennial History of Greene. Auburn, ME: Merrill and Webster, 1938. 25.
North, James W. The History of Augusta. Augusta, ME: Clapp and Norton, 1870. 969.
Sibley, John Langdon. History of the Town of Union, in the County of Lincoln, Maine. Boston: Benjamin B. Mussey and Co, 1851. 246.
The History of Waterford, Oxford County, Maine. Portland: Hoyt, Fogg and Dunham, 1879. 139.
"The Annals of Bangor." In History of Penboscot County, Maine. Cleveland, Ohio: Williams, Chase and, 1882. 614.
Page Images
These election records were released on 11 January 2012. Versions numbers are assigned by state. Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia are complete and are in Version 1.0. All other states are in a Beta version. For more information go to the about page.
