Maine 1820 Governor

Office:
Governor (State)
Title:
Governor
Jurisdiction:
State
Label:
Maine 1820 Governor
Date:
1820
State:
Maine
Type:
General
Iteration:
First Ballot
Office/Role:
Governor/Governor
Candidates:
William King, Ezekial Whitman, Joshua Wingate, Daniel Cony, Stephen Longfellow, Oliver Read, Mark L. Hill, Alden Bass, John Swain, Nathaniel Bodwell, James Bugnon, Samuel S. Wild, Cornelius Thompson, Freeman Skinner, Jeremiah Bailey, Joshua Head, Oakes Perry, Luther Robbins, Robert C. Vose, Daniel Williams, Reuel Williams, Robert Anderson, Daniel Cate, William Garcelon, Daniel Hartford, John Herrick, John Holmes, Theophilus Ladd, James Lowell, Samuel Merrill, John Nash, Robert Ogier, Dan Read, Josiah Shaw, scattering
Candidates: William King[1]Ezekial WhitmanJoshua WingateDaniel ConyStephen LongfellowOliver ReadMark L. HillAlden BassJohn SwainNathaniel BodwellJames BugnonSamuel S. WildCornelius ThompsonFreeman SkinnerJeremiah BaileyJoshua HeadOakes PerryLuther RobbinsRobert C. VoseDaniel WilliamsReuel WilliamsRobert AndersonDaniel CateWilliam GarcelonDaniel HartfordJohn HerrickJohn HolmesTheophilus LaddJames LowellSamuel MerrillJohn NashRobert OgierDan ReadJosiah Shawscattering
Affiliation:RepublicanFederalist
Final Result: 21083---------------------------------968
Cumberland County-----------------------------------
Town of Baldwin-----------------------------------
Town of Bridgeton-----------------------------------
Town of Brunswick-----------------------------------
Town of Cape Elizabeth99----------------------------------
Town of Cumberland-----------------------------------
Town of Danville-----------------------------------
Town of Durham-----------------------------------
Town of Falmouth-----------------------------------
Town of Freeport-----------------------------------
Town of Gorham223----------------------------------
Town of Gray-----------------------------------
Town of Harrison63----------------------------------
Town of Harpswell-----------------------------------
Town of Minot-----------------------------------
Town of New Gloucester-----------------------------------
Town of North Yarmouth-----------------------------------
Town of Otisfield-----------------------------------
Town of Poland-----------------------------------
Town of Portland608---------------------------------33
Town of Pownal-----------------------------------
Town of Raymond-----------------------------------
Town of Scarborough-----------------------------------
Town of Standish-----------------------------------
Thompson Pond Plantation-----------------------------------
Town of Westbrook-----------------------------------
Town of Windham-----------------------------------
Hancock County-----------------------------------
Town of Belfast163---1-----------------------------4
Town of Belmont-----------------------------------
Town of Bluehill-----------------------------------
Town of Brooks-----------------------------------
Town of Brooksville-----------------------------------
Town of Bucksport-----------------------------------
Town of Castine-----------------------------------
Town of Deer Isle-----------------------------------
Town of Eden-----------------------------------
Town of Ellsworth-----------------------------------
Town of Frankfort-----------------------------------
Town of Gouldsborough-----------------------------------
Town of Islesborough29----------------------------------
Town of Jackson-----------------------------------
Town of Knox-----------------------------------
Town of Lincolnville-----------------------------------
Mariaville Plantation-----------------------------------
Town of Monroe-----------------------------------
Town of Mount Desert-----------------------------------
Town of Northport-----------------------------------
Town of Orland-----------------------------------
Town of Penobscot-----------------------------------
Town of Prospect-----------------------------------
Town of Searsmont-----------------------------------
Town of Sedgwick-----------------------------------
Town of Sullivan-----------------------------------
Town of Surry-----------------------------------
Town of Swanville-----------------------------------
Town of Thorndike-----------------------------------
Town of Trenton-----------------------------------
Town of Vinalhaven-----------------------------------
Waldo Plantation-----------------------------------
Plantation Nos. 8+9-----------------------------------
Plantation No. 27-----------------------------------
Kennebec County-----------------------------------
Town of Augusta159--33-----5-2------222---1--1-------
Town of Belgrade100----------------------------------
Town of Chesterville38---------------------------------10
Town of China-----------------------------------
Town of Clinton117----------------------------------
Town of Dearborn-----------------------------------
Town of Farmington136---------------------------------66
Town of Fayette-----------------------------------
Town of Freedom-----------------------------------
Town of Gardiner80---------------------------------13
Town of Gerry-----------------------------------
Town of Greene791818--------------2-----------------
Town of Hallowell269---------------------------------24
Town of Harlem-----------------------------------
Town of Joy-----------------------------------
Town of Leeds141---------------------------------5
Town of Ligonia-----------------------------------
Town of Litchfield154---------------------------------10
Town of Malta91---------------------------------4
Town of Monmouth189----------------------------------
Town of Mount Vernon119---------------------------------3
Town of New Sharon-----------------------------------
Town of Pittston59---------------------------------4
Town of Readfield106----------------------------------
Town of Rome-----------------------------------
Town of Sidney-----------------------------------
Town of Temple-----------------------------------
Town of Unity72----------------------------------
Town of Vassalborough-----------------------------------
Town of Vienna36---------------------------------37
Town of Waterville158---------------------------------5
Town of Wayne-----------------------------------
Town of Wilton-----------------------------------
Town of Winslow-----------------------------------
Town of Winthrop79---------------------------------15
25 Mile Pond Plantation-----------------------------------
Lincoln County-----------------------------------
Town of Alna-----------------------------------
Appleton Plantation-----------------------------------
Town of Bath-----------------------------------
Town of Boothbay77-------------1--------------------
Town of Bowdoin-----------------------------------
Town of Bowdoinham-----------------------------------
Town of Bristol-----------------------------------
Town of Camden150------6-------12--------------1---
Town of Cushing45----------------------------------
Town of Dresden55---------5-----------1------------
Town of Edgecomb-----------------------------------
Town of Friendship-----------------------------------
Town of Georgetown-----------------------------------
Town of Hope-----------------------------------
Town of Jefferson-----------------------------------
Town of Lewiston56----24------43-1-----1-1-1--1-1-1--
Town of Lisbon-----------------------------------
Town of Litchfield-----------------------------------
Town of Montville-----------------------------------
Montville Plantation29----------------------------------
Town of New Castle-----------------------------------
Town of Nobleborough-----------------------------------
Town of Palermo-----------------------------------
Patricktown Plantation-----------------------------------
Town of Phipsburg-----------------------------------
Town of Putnam-----------------------------------
Town of Saint George-----------------------------------
Town of Thomaston2012---------------------------------
Town of Topsham-----------------------------------
Town of Union57---29---------1--------------------
Town of Waldoborough198----------------------------------
Town of Wales-----------------------------------
Town of Warren109----------------------------------
Town of Whitefield-----------------------------------
Town of Wiscasset-----------------------------------
Town of Woolwich-----------------------------------
Oxford County-----------------------------------
Town of Albany-----------------------------------
Town of Andover-----------------------------------
Town of Bethel122---------------------------------15
Town of Brownfield-----------------------------------
Town of Buckfield-----------------------------------
Town of Canton-----------------------------------
Town of Denmark-----------------------------------
Town of Dixfield-----------------------------------
Town of Fryeburgh-----------------------------------
Town of Gilead-----------------------------------
Town of Greenwood-----------------------------------
Town of Hartford-----------------------------------
Town of Hebron-----------------------------------
Town of Hiram-----------------------------------
Howard's Gore Plantation-----------------------------------
Town of Jay-----------------------------------
Town of Livermore-----------------------------------
Town of Lovell54-------6------------------------11
Town of Mexico-----------------------------------
Town of Newry-----------------------------------
Town of Norway-----------------------------------
Town of Paris180----------------------------------
Town of Peru40----------------------------------
Town of Porter-----------------------------------
Town of Rumford88----------------------------------
Town of Sumner-----------------------------------
Town of Sweden-----------------------------------
Town of Turner140----------------------------------
Town of Waterford8661--------------------------------4
Town of Weld-----------------------------------
Town of Woodstock-----------------------------------
Plantation No. 8-----------------------------------
Penobscot County-----------------------------------
Town of Atkinson-----------------------------------
Town of Bangor136---------------------------------15
Blakesburgh Plantation12----------------------------------
Town of Brewer85----------------------------------
Town of Carmel-----------------------------------
Town of Corinth-----------------------------------
Town of Dexter45---------------------------------4
Town of Dixmont-----------------------------------
Town of Eddington-----------------------------------
Town of Etna-----------------------------------
Town of Exeter62---------------------------------3
Town of Foxcroft-----------------------------------
Town of Garland-----------------------------------
Town of Guilford-----------------------------------
Town of Hampden140----------------------------------
Town of Herman-----------------------------------
Jackson Plantation31----------------------------------
Town of Levant-----------------------------------
Town of New Charleston51---------------------------------2
Town of Newburgh-----------------------------------
Town of Newport-----------------------------------
Town of Orono-----------------------------------
Town of Orrington108----------------------------------
Town of Sangerville-----------------------------------
Town of Sebec-----------------------------------
Sunkhole Plantation-----------------------------------
Town of Williamsburgh-----------------------------------
Plantation No. 1, Third Range-----------------------------------
Plantation No. 1, Fourth Range-----------------------------------
Plantation No. 1, Seventh Range-----------------------------------
Plantation No. 3, Third Range-----------------------------------
Plantation No. 9, Sixth Range-----------------------------------
Somerset County-----------------------------------
Town of Anson-----------------------------------
Town of Athens-----------------------------------
Town of Avon-----------------------------------
Town of Bingham-----------------------------------
Town of Bloomfield-----------------------------------
Town of Canaan-----------------------------------
Town of Concord-----------------------------------
Town of Corinna48----------------------------------
Town of Cornville-----------------------------------
East Pond Plantation-----------------------------------
Town of Embden-----------------------------------
Town of Fairfield-----------------------------------
Town of Freeman-----------------------------------
Town of Harmony-----------------------------------
Town of Hartland-----------------------------------
Town of Industry40-----7----3----------------------2
Town of Kingfield-----------------------------------
Town of Madison-----------------------------------
Town of Mercer-----------------------------------
Town of Moscow-----------------------------------
Town of New Portland-----------------------------------
Town of New Vineyard-----------------------------------
Town of Norridgewock129-55--------------------------------
Town of North Hill-----------------------------------
Town of Palmyra-----------------------------------
Parkman Plantation-----------------------------------
Town of Phillips-----------------------------------
Town of Ripley-----------------------------------
Town of Saint Albans-----------------------------------
Sebasticook Plantation-----------------------------------
Town of Solon-----------------------------------
Town of Starks-----------------------------------
Town of Strong-----------------------------------
Town of Warsaw-----------------------------------
Washington County[2]-----------------------------------
Town of Addison-----------------------------------
Town of Calais-----------------------------------
Town of Cherryfield-----------------------------------
Town of Columbia-----------------------------------
Town of Dennysville-----------------------------------
Town of Eastport-----------------------------------
Town of Harrington-----------------------------------
Town of Jonesborough-----------------------------------
Town of Lubec-----------------------------------
Town of Machias-----------------------------------
Town of Perry-----------------------------------
Town of Robbinston-----------------------------------
Town of Steuben-----------------------------------
Plantation No. 3-----------------------------------
Plantation No. 6, E.D.-----------------------------------
Plantation No. 7-----------------------------------
Plantation No. 9-----------------------------------
Plantation No. 10-----------------------------------
Plantation No. 11-----------------------------------
Plantation No. 12-----------------------------------
Plantation No. 15-----------------------------------
Plantation No. 16-----------------------------------
Plantation No. 23-----------------------------------
York County[3]-----------------------------------
Town of Alfred-----------------------------------
Town of Arundel109----------------------------------
Town of Berwick203----------------------------------
Town of Biddeford131----------------------------------
Town of Buxton-----------------------------------
Town of Cornish-----------------------------------
Town of Eliot-----------------------------------
Town of Hollis176----------------------------------
Town of Kennebunk-----------------------------------
Town of Kittery-----------------------------------
Town of Lebanon213----------------------------------
Town of Limerick-----------------------------------
Town of Limington-----------------------------------
Town of Lyman139----------------------------------
Town of Newfield-----------------------------------
Town of Parsonsfield-----------------------------------
Town of Saco220----------------------------------
Town of Sanford1649------------------------1--1-----
Town of Shapleigh-----------------------------------
Town of South Berwick203----------------------------------
Town of Waterborough-----------------------------------
Town of Wells168---------------------------------2
Town of York229----------------------------------

Notes:

[1]Elected.
[2]"Votes for Governor, in this County, excepting a few scattering, were universally for WM. KING." Eastport Sentinel and Passamquoddy Advertiser (Eastport, ME). April 8, 1820.
[3]"Number of scattering votes for Governor in [Arundel, Berwick, Biddeford, Hollis, Lebanon, Lyman, Saco, Sanford, Shapleigh, South Berwick, Wells and York] 32." Weekly Visiter (Kennebunk, ME). April 8, 1820.

References:

Lovell Town Records.
Portland Gazette (Portland, ME). April 4, 1820.
Hallowell Gazette (Hallowell, ME). April 5, 1820.
Bangor Register (Bangor, ME). April 6, 1820.
American Advocate and Kennebec Advertiser (Hallowell, ME). April 8, 1820.
Eastport Sentinel and Passamquoddy Advertiser (Eastport, ME). April 8, 1820.
Weekly Visiter (Kennebunk, ME). April 8, 1820.
Portland Gazette (Portland, ME). April 11, 1820.
Aiken, Ruth J., ed. Records of the Lower St. Georges and Cushing, Maine: 1605-1897. Cushing, ME: Driftwood Farm, 1987. 46.
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. 579.
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. 1. Hallowell, ME: Masters, Smith and, 1865. 320.
Emery, Edwin. The History of Sanford, Maine, 1661-1900. Edwin Emery. Fall River, MA: Published by the compiler, 1901. 373-374.
French, W. R. A History of Turner, Maine. Portland, ME: Hoyt, Fogg and Sonham, 1887. 255.
Giveen, Clement M., ed. A Chronology of Municipal and Election Statistics, Waterville, Maine. Augusta, ME: Maine Farmer Press, 1908. 229.
Hatch, William Collins. A History of the Town of Industry, Franklin County, Maine. Farmington, ME: Knowlton, McLeary, 1893. 213.
Hodgkin, Douglas I., ed. Records of Lewiston, Maine. Vol. I. Rockport, ME: Picton Press, 2001. 163.
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. 69.
Locke, John L. Sketches of the History of the Town of Camden, Maine. Hallowell, ME: Masters, Smith and, 1859. 152-153.
Moulton, Alphonos, Howard L. Simpson and Granville Fernald, ed. Centennial History of Harrison, Maine. Portland, ME: Southworth Printing Company, 1909. 306, 310.
Mower, Walter Lindley. Sesquicentennial History of Greene. Auburn, ME: Merrill and Webster, 1938. 25.
Remich, Daniel. History of Kennebunk. Portland, ME: Lakeside Press, 1911. 289.
Sibley, John Langdon. History of the Town of Union, in the County of Lincoln, Maine. Boston: Benjamin B. Mussey and Co, 1851. 245.
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. 590.

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