1896 Maine gubernatorial election

1896 Maine gubernatorial election
	County results; Powers: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
Governor before election; Henry B. Cleaves; Republican	Elected Governor ; Llewellyn Powers; Republican

The 1896 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 14, 1896.

Incumbent Governor Henry B. Cleaves did not seek re-election. Republican candidate Llewellyn Powers defeated Democratic candidate Melvin B. Frank.

Results

1896 Maine gubernatorial election^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[a]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Llewellyn Powers	82,596	66.84%
	Democratic	Melvin P. Frank	34,350	27.80%
	Populist	Luther C. Bateman	3,292	2.66%
	Prohibition	Ammi S. Ladd	2,669	2.16%
	National Democratic	William H. Clifford	609	0.49%
	Scattering		48	0.04%
Majority			48,246	39.05%
Turnout			123,564
	Republican hold		Swing

^ The Maine Senate Journal records the result as Powers 82,876, Frank 34,453, Bateman 3,306, Ladd 2,714, Clifford 610, scattering 31.^[7]

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