1790 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

1790 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

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Nominee John Hancock James Bowdoin Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Popular vote 14,360 1,880 Percentage 86.53% 11.33%

County results Hancock:      70-80%     80-90%     90-100% No Data/Vote:

Governor before election John Hancock Nonpartisan Elected Governor John Hancock Nonpartisan

A gubernatorial election was held in Massachusetts on April 5, 1790. John Hancock, the incumbent governor, defeated James Bowdoin, who had served as the second governor of Massachusetts from 1785 to 1787. ^{[1] [2]}

Results

Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 1790

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	John Hancock (incumbent)	14,360	86.53%	+5.96
	Nonpartisan	James Bowdoin	1,880	11.33%	−4.76
	Nonpartisan	David Cobb	124	0.75%	New
	Nonpartisan	Samuel Phillips Jr.	47	0.28%	+0.28
	Nonpartisan	Francis Dana	42	0.25%	New
	Nonpartisan	Benjamin Lincoln	37	0.22%	−1.82
	Nonpartisan	Samuel Adams	32	0.19%	−0.21
	Nonpartisan	Nathaniel Gorham	27	0.16%	+0.12
	Nonpartisan	Azor Orne	17	0.10%	New
	Nonpartisan	James Warren	4	0.02%	+0.02
	Nonpartisan	Isaac Stokey	3	0.02%	New
	Nonpartisan	Thomas B. Waite	3	0.02%	New
	Nonpartisan	John Hastings	2	0.01%	New
	Nonpartisan	Oliver Prescott	2	0.01%	New
	Nonpartisan	Elias Soule	2	0.01%	New
	Nonpartisan	John Adams	1	0.01%	—
	Nonpartisan	John Avery Jr.	1	0.01%	New
	Nonpartisan	Joseph Barrett	1	0.01%	New
	Nonpartisan	Elijah Cutler	1	0.01%	New
	Nonpartisan	John Dean	1	0.01%	New
	Nonpartisan	John Farmer	1	0.01%	New
	Nonpartisan	John Gentry	1	0.01%	New
	Nonpartisan	William Heath	1	0.01%	New
	Nonpartisan	Michael Hodges	1	0.01%	New
	Nonpartisan	Jonah Jackson	1	0.01%	New
	Nonpartisan	Joseph MacLellen	1	0.01%	New
	Nonpartisan	Timothy Newell	1	0.01%	New
	Nonpartisan	Thomas Russell	1	0.01%	New
Total votes			16,595	100.00%
	Nonpartisan hold

Results by county

	John Hancock Nonpartisan		James Bowdoin Nonpartisan		Scattering		County total
County	Votes	Percent	Votes	Percent	Votes	Percent
Barnstable	244	85.61	41	14.38	—		285
Berkshire	835	94.78	38	4.31	8 [a]	0.91	881
Bristol	1,144	88.89	36	2.80	107 [b]	8.31	1,287
Cumberland	541	96.26	13	2.31	8 [c]	1.42	562
Dukes	134	94.37	8	5.63	—		142
Essex	1,155	78.687	251	17.10	62 [d]	4.22	1,468
Hampshire	1,937	82.67	348	14.85	58 [e]	2.48	2,343
Lincoln	1,160	93.10	71	5.70	15 [f]	1.20	1,246
Middlesex	1,979	91.70	161	7.46	18 [g]	0.83	2,158
Nantucket	180	98.90	2	1.10	—		182
Plymouth	614	77.52	147	18.56	31 [h]	3.91	792
Suffolk	1,639	79.03	421	20.30	14 [i]	0.68	2,074
Worcester	2,224	87.01	302	11.82	30 [j]	1.17	2,556
York	564	92.76	41	6.74	3 [k]	0.49	608
TOTAL	14,360	86.53	1,880	11.33	355	2.14	16,595

References

1. Gorham 5, Lincoln 3
2. Cobb 104, Lincoln 2, Stokey 1
3. Stokey 3, Waite 3, Gentry 1, MacLellen 1
4. Phillips 47, Orne 6, Lincoln 5, Samuel Adams 3, Hodges 1
5. Dana 38, Orne 9, Samuel Adams 7, Hastings 2, Gorham 1, Warren 1
6. Samuel Adams 14, Dean 1
7. Lincoln 14, Prescott 2, Gorham 1, Jackson 1
8. Cobb 20, Gorham 7, Lincoln 2, Soule 2
9. Lincoln 10, Samuel Adams 2, Barrett 1, Russell 1
10. Gorham 13, Samuel Adams 5, Dana 4, Orne 2, John Adams 1, Avery 1, Cutler 1, Farmer 1, Lincoln 1, Newell 1
11. Warren 2, Samuel Adams 1

1. Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland. p. 101. ISBN   0786414391.
2. Lampi, Philip J. "Massachusetts 1790 Governor". A New Nation Votes. American Antiquarian Society. Retrieved 2024-11-18.