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1837 Maine gubernatorial election

1837 Maine gubernatorial election
← 1836 September 11, 1837 1838 →
 
Nominee Edward Kent Gorham Parks
Party Whig Democratic
Popular vote 34,358 33,879
Percentage 50.14% 49.44%
Governor before election

Robert P. Dunlap
Democratic

Elected Governor

Edward Kent
Whig

The 1837 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 11, 1837. Incumbent Democratic Governor Robert P. Dunlap did not run for re-election.[1]

Whig candidate Edward Kent defeated Democratic candidate Gorham Parks.

  1. ^ Greene, H. W. (1839). Letters addressed to Francis O.J. Smith, Representative in Congress from Cumberland District, (Me.). p. 17.

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