Maine gubernatorial election, 1952

September 8, 1952



Nominee	Burton M. Cross	James C. Oliver
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	128,532	113,298
Percentage	52.08%	45.51%

County results

Counties won by Oliver

Counties won by Cross

Governor before election

Nathaniel Haskell
Republican

Elected Governor

Burton M. Cross
Republican

The 1952 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 8, 1952. Incumbent Republican Governor Frederick G. Payne was term limited and seeking election to the United States Senate, thus did not run. Maine Senate President Burton M. Cross faced off against Democratic challenger, former Congressman James C. Oliver (who served in Congress as a Republican) and Independent Neil Bishop in the general election, easily defeating both men. Burton's election was the ninth consecutive victory for the Republicans in Maine gubernatorial races.

The period after the election itself was rather unusual. Cross actually became Governor about two weeks prior to the start of his elected term of office – the outgoing Governor, Frederick G. Payne had resigned on December 25, 1952 to prepare for his term in the United States Senate. Cross, as President of the Senate became Governor through constitutional succession. Cross himself resigned as Senate President (and Governor) at 10:00am January 6, 1953 and was replaced for the next 25 hours by Nathaniel Haskell. At 11:00am on January 7, 1953, Cross' official elected term of office began.

Results

1952 Gubernatorial Election, Maine^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Burton M. Cross	128,532	52.08	-
	Democratic	James C. Oliver	82,538	33.44%	-
	Independent	Neil Bishop	35,732	14.48%	-
Majority			45,994	18.64%

Notes

↑ Guide to US Elections, Fifth Edition, Volume II. CQ Press. 2005. pp. 1497–1499. ISBN 978-1-56802-981-8.

Elections and referendums in Maine

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Referendums	2009 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

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