1882 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

1882 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

← 1881 November 7, 1882 (1882-11-07) 1883 →
 
Nominee Benjamin Franklin Butler Robert R. Bishop
Party Democratic Republican
Alliance Greenback
Popular vote 133,946 119,947
Percentage 52.27% 46.82%

Butler:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
Bishop:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Tie:      40–50%      50%

Governor before election

John Davis Long
Republican

Elected Governor

Benjamin Franklin Butler
Democratic

The 1882 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 7.

Civil War Major and former Congressman Benjamin Butler ran on a fusion ticket between the Democratic Party and the Greenback Labor Party.[1][2][3]

Republican nomination

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Candidates

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Declined

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Results

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1882 Massachusetts Republican convention[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Robert R. Bishop 673 52.41%
Republican William W. Crapo 564 43.93%
Republican Scattering 47 3.66
Total votes 1,284 100.00%

General election

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Results

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Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 1882[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Benjamin Franklin Butler 133,946 52.27%
Republican Robert R. Bishop 119,997 46.82%
Prohibition Charles Almy 2,137 0.83%
Others Others 198 0.08%
Democratic gain from Republican Swing

Lt. Governor

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Massachusetts Lt. gubernatorial election, 1882[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Oliver Ames 134,353 52.22%
Democratic Samuel W. Bowerman[8] 116,647 45.34%
Greenback George Dutton[9] 4,033 1.57%
Prohibition John Blackmer[10] 2,141 0.83%
Others Others 87 0.03%
Republican hold Swing

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Richardson, Darcy G. (2004). Others: Third Party Politics from the Nation's Founding to the Rise and Fall of the Greenback-Labor Party. Vol I. Lincoln, NE: iUniverse, Inc. p. 547. ISBN 0-595-31723-5.
  2. ^ Gillespie, J. David (2012). Challengers to Duopoly: Why Third Parties Matter in American Two-Party Politics. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press. ISBN 978-1-61117-013-9.
  3. ^ Kennedy, Robert C. "On This Day: August 30, 1884". New York Times. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  4. ^ "State Politics". Fitchburg Sentinel. April 29, 1882. Retrieved October 11, 2022.
  5. ^ "Bay State Republicans". September 21, 1882. p. 2.
  6. ^ "MA Governor, 1882". OurCampaigns. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  7. ^ a b Manual for the Use of the General Court, 1883. Boston, MA: Wright & Potter Printing Company, State Printers. 1883.
  8. ^ "Democratic State Ticket". Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 26, 1882. p. 6. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  9. ^ "Fitchburg Sentinel from Fitchburg, Massachusetts on September 23, 1880 · Page 1".
  10. ^ "Past Prohibition Party Candidates...MA Vote Records".