Samuel E Smith

★ Governor

Born: March 12, 1788
Died: March 4, 1860
Age at death: 71
Home state: Maine
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1820–1878

Career timeline

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3-9

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Smith128,598

Opponents230,066

Elections run

Between 1820 and 1878, Samuel E Smith ran in 12 elections across 2 offices (U.S. House and Governor), winning 3 and losing 9. Smith's biggest single-election total was 31,987 votes, in the 1832 governor election in Maine. Smith's closest win came in the 1830 governor election in Maine, decided by 1,576 votes.

Browse every U.S. House race in Maine's District 3, every U.S. House race in Maine's District 1, or every U.S. House race in Maine's District 6.

How many votes has Samuel E Smith received?

Samuel E Smith has received 128,598 popular votes across 12 U.S. elections, with a career record of 3–9.

Election history

Samuel E Smith’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1878	U.S. HouseMaine	Lost	5,89522.99%	Stephen Lindsey William E Philbrick
1858	U.S. HouseMaine	Lost	2040.99%	Daniel Somes Drew
1854	U.S. HouseMaine	Lost	2,09918.88%	Thomas Fuller Seth L Milliken
1852	U.S. HouseMaine	Lost	3,87426.82%	Ephraim Farley Tucker Kimball (head-to-head) William H Foster
1833	GovernorMaine	Lost	3,0246.13%	Robert P. Dunlap Daniel Goodenow (head-to-head)
1832	GovernorMaine	Won	31,98752.79%	Daniel Goodenow (head-to-head)
1831	GovernorMaine	Won	28,29256.34%	Daniel Goodenow (head-to-head)
1830	GovernorMaine	Won	30,21551.13%	Jonathan G. Hunton (head-to-head)
1829	GovernorMaine	Lost	22,99149.39%	Jonathan G. Hunton (head-to-head)
1823	U.S. HouseMaine	Lost	40.09%	Thomas G Thornton William Burleigh B G McIntire Isaac Lane Edward P Hayman Benjamin Greene Peter M McDonald Joseph Prime George W Wallingford John Bowdoin Charles E Allen (head-to-head) Ether Shepley John Spring James Ayer Enoch Wood Joshua Goodwin W P Thompson A K Parris D A H Powers Tucker Kimball (head-to-head) Joshua Hall John Bodwell Timothy Shaw Israel Lassell Seth S Fairfield David Legrow Joseph Dane Samuel Fox Cyrus 11ll G D Weeks Samuel Burbank John M Parsons Phinehas Ricken P G Hooper Samuel Shapleigh Exekiel Whitman W A Tucker (head-to-head) O S Pillsbury Thomas Sands Henry Woodman Lane Isaac Abner Sawyer David Appleton Moses Garey Simon Nowell Sulvester Haley L B Swett Elijah P Pike Alexander Rice Carver Buker Henry Hobbs Silas Whood John Huston
1823	U.S. HouseMaine	Lost	30.03%	Ebenezer D Robinson Ebenezer Herrick Thomas Hill Jeremiah Bailey Daniel Rose (head-to-head) Ebenezer Thatcher (head-to-head) Benjamin Ames Isaac Barnard Charles E Allen (head-to-head) Jonathan Thayer John S Wright Thomas Trundy Daniel Siders Henry Tallman Nathaniel Dole Abel Merril T Lewis A J Chase Oliver Pratt Nathaniel Groton Benjamin Fisk Edward Killeran Parker McCobb
1820	U.S. HouseMaine	Lost	10	Mark Hill Joshua Wingate Joshua Head Daniel Rose (head-to-head) Pearl Spofford Joshua Wingar Benjamin Orr S S Brown Abraham Hammatt Pashan M Cobb Charles Clapp Ebenezer Thatcher (head-to-head) James Schench Samuel Davis W A Tucker (head-to-head) Daniel Marston William Horry Thurston Whiting

Identity & sources. Identity verified against Wikidata (Q246222). Election results come from official certified totals and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab; see methodology.

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Compiled by PolitiFinder. Election results from official certified sources and the MIT Election Lab. See Data & sources and methodology. Data last verified July 28, 2026.