Maine gubernatorial election, 1848

1848

Governor before election

John W. Dana
Democratic

Elected Governor

John W. Dana
Democratic

The Maine gubernatorial election, 1848, was an election held in 1848 in the state of Maine to decide Maine's next governor.

John W. Dana was the incumbent Democrat, and won the election. The challenger was Elijah Hamlin, of the Whig party who was the brother of future Vice President of the United States under Abraham Lincoln, Hannibal Hamlin.

Results

1848 Gubernatorial Election, Maine^[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±
Democratic	John W. Dana	38,720	48.10%	-
Whig	Elijah Hamlin	29,738	36.94%	-
Liberty	Samuel Fessenden	11,484	14.27%	-

John W. Dana, Democrat, incumbent, winner
Elijah Hamlin, Whig, brother of future Vice President of the United States Hannibal Hamlin^[2]
Samuel Fessenden, abolitionist and former Massachusetts legislator

Elections and referendums in Maine

Gubernatorial elections	1820 1821 1822 1823 1824 1825 1826 1827 1828 1829 1830 1831 1832 1833 1834 1835 1836 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1882 1884 1886 1888 1890 1892 1894 1896 1898 1900 1902 1904 1906 1908 1910 1912 1914 1916 1918 1920 1922 1924 1926 1928 1930 1932 1934 1936 1938 1940 1942 1944 1946 1948 1950 1952 1954 1956 1958 1960 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018

Referendums	2009 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

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