1829 Maine gubernatorial election explained

Election Name:1829 Maine gubernatorial election
Country:Maine
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1828 Maine gubernatorial election
Previous Year:1828
Next Election:1830 Maine gubernatorial election
Next Year:1830
Election Date:September 14, 1829
Nominee1:Jonathan G. Hunton
Party1:National Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:23,315
Percentage1:50.08%
Nominee2:Samuel E. Smith
Party2:Democratic Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:22,991
Percentage2:49.39%
Governor
Before Election:Enoch Lincoln
Before Party:Democratic-Republican Party
After Election:Jonathan G. Hunton
After Party:National Republican Party (United States)

The 1829 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 14, 1829. Incumbent Democratic-Republican Governor Enoch Lincoln did not run for re-election. National Republican candidate Jonathan G. Hunton defeated Democratic candidate Samuel E. Smith.

Lincoln died in Augusta, Maine, on October 8, 1829, after the election of his successor Jonathan G. Hunton before Lincoln's term expired. Two Presidents of the Maine Senate, Nathan Cutler and Joshua Hall, had to serve as lame-duck successors between the two men.