The 1838 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 10, 1838. Incumbent Whig Governor Edward Kent was defeated for re-election by Democratic candidate John Fairfield.
Results
Candidates
John Fairfield, U.S. Representative (Democratic) Edward Kent, incumbent governor (Whig) Francis Ormand Jonathan "F. O. J." Smith, U.S. representative, former President of the Maine Senate (Conservative Democrat)
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