United States presidential elections in Maine
Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Maine, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1820, Maine has participated in every U.S. presidential election. Prior to 1820, much of the territory currently comprising the state of Maine was part of the state of Massachusetts, and citizens residing in that area have thus been able to participate in every U.S. election. Since 1972 Maine has split its Electoral votes between its two congressional districts.
Winners of the state are in bold.
Elections from 1864 to present
Election of 1860
The election of 1860 was a complex realigning election in which the breakdown of the previous two-party alignment culminated in four parties each competing for influence in different parts of the country. The result of the election, with the victory of an ardent opponent of slavery, spurred the secession of eleven states and brought about the American Civil War.| Year | Winner | Votes | Percent | Loser | Votes | Percent | Loser | Votes | Percent | Loser | Votes | Percent | Electoral Votes |
| 1860 | Abraham Lincoln | 62,811 | 62.2 | Stephen A. Douglas | 29,693 | 29.4 | John C. Breckinridge | 6,368 | 6.3 | John Bell | 2,046 | 2.0 | 8 |
Elections from 1828 to 1856
| Year | Winner | Votes | Percent | Loser | Votes | Percent | Other national candidates | Votes | Percent | Electoral Votes | Notes |
| 1856 | James Buchanan | 39,140 | 35.68 | John C. Frémont | 67,279 | 61.34 | Millard Fillmore | 3,270 | 2.98 | 8 | |
| 1852 | Franklin Pierce | 41,609 | 50.63 | Winfield Scott | 32,543 | 39.6 | John P. Hale | 8,030 | 9.77 | 8 | |
| 1848 | Zachary Taylor | 35,273 | 40.25 | Lewis Cass | 40,195 | 45.87 | Martin Van Buren | 12,157 | 13.87 | 9 | |
| 1844 | James K. Polk | 45,719 | 53.83 | Henry Clay | 34,378 | 40.48 | — | 9 | |||
| 1840 | William Henry Harrison | 46,612 | 50.23 | Martin Van Buren | 46,190 | 49.77 | — | 10 | |||
| 1836 | Martin Van Buren | 22,825 | 58.92 | William Henry Harrison | 14,803 | 38.21 | various | 10 | |||
| 1832 | Andrew Jackson | 33,978 | 54.67 | Henry Clay | 27,331 | 43.97 | William Wirt | 844 | 1.36 | 10 | |
| 1828 | Andrew Jackson | 13,927 | 40.03 | John Quincy Adams | 20,773 | 59.71 | — | 9 | Electoral vote split 8 to 1. |
Election of 1824
The election of 1824 was a complex realigning election following the collapse of the prevailing Democratic-Republican Party, resulting in four different candidates each claiming to carry the banner of the party, and competing for influence in different parts of the country. The election was the only one in history to be decided by the House of Representatives under the provisions of the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution after no candidate secured a majority of the electoral vote. It was also the only presidential election in which the candidate who received a plurality of electoral votes did not become President, a source of great bitterness for Jackson and his supporters, who proclaimed the election of Adams a corrupt bargain.| Year | Winner | Votes | Percent | Loser | Votes | Percent | Loser | Votes | Percent | Loser | Votes | Percent | Electoral Votes |
| 1824 | Andrew Jackson | no ballots | John Quincy Adams | 10,289 | 81.50 | Henry Clay | no ballots | William H. Crawford | 2,336 | 18.50 | 9 |