1791 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

1791 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

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Nominee John Hancock Party Nonpartisan Popular vote 16,055 Percentage 93.94%

County results Hancock:      80-90%     90-100%

Governor before election John Hancock Nonpartisan Elected Governor John Hancock Nonpartisan

A gubernatorial election was held in Massachusetts on April 4, 1791. John Hancock, the incumbent governor, was re-elected against scattering opposition. ^{[1] [2]}

Results

Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 1791

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	John Hancock (incumbent)	16,055	93.94%	+7.41
	Federalist	Francis Dana	278	1.63%	+1.38
	Nonpartisan	Thomas Russell	176	1.03%	+1.02
	Nonpartisan	Samuel Phillips Jr.	126	0.74%	+0.46
	Federalist	Benjamin Lincoln	121	0.71%	+0.49
	Federalist	John Lowell	98	0.57%	New
	Nonpartisan	David Cobb	38	0.22%	–0.53
	Nonpartisan	Samuel Adams	37	0.22%	+0.03
	Nonpartisan	Azor Orne	25	0.15%	+0.05
	Nonpartisan	Nathaniel Gorham	21	0.12%	–0.04
	Nonpartisan	James Bowdoin	20	0.12%	–11.21
	Nonpartisan	Tristram Dalton	19	0.11%	New
	Nonpartisan	William Heath	12	0.07%	0.06
	Nonpartisan	Elbridge Gerry	10	0.06%	New
	Federalist	Caleb Strong	10	0.06%	New
	Federalist	Theophilus Parsons	4	0.02%	New
	Nonpartisan	Charles Jarvis	3	0.02%	New
	Nonpartisan	Josiah Thatcher	3	0.02%	New
	Nonpartisan	Oliver Wendell	3	0.02%	New
	Nonpartisan	John Worthington	3	0.02	New
	Nonpartisan	Loansami Baldwin	2	0.01%	New
	Nonpartisan	John Gardner	2	0.01%	New
	Nonpartisan	Jacob Goodlove	2	0.01%	New
	Nonpartisan	William Lithgow	2	0.01%	New
	Nonpartisan	Ebenezer Seale	2	0.01%	New
	Nonpartisan	James Sullivan	2	0.01%	New
	Nonpartisan	Samuel Alline	1	0.00%	New
	Nonpartisan	Christopher Clack	1	0.00%	New
	Nonpartisan	Thomas Cushing	1	0.00%	New
	Nonpartisan	Solomon Freeman	1	0.00%	New
	Nonpartisan	Ebenezer Hancock	1	0.00%	New
	Nonpartisan	Henry Hodan	1	0.00%	New
	Nonpartisan	Andrew Oliver	1	0.00%	New
	Nonpartisan	Isaac Randall	1	0.00%	New
	Nonpartisan	Richard Richardson	1	0.00%	New
	Nonpartisan	Amos Singletary	1	0.00%	New
	Federalist	Increase Sumner	1	0.00%	New
	Federalist	George Thatcher	1	0.00%	New
	Nonpartisan	Samuel Wallis	1	0.00%	New
	Nonpartisan	James Warren	1	0.00%	–0.02
	Nonpartisan	James Whitman	1	0.00%	New
	Nonpartisan	Solomon Williams	1	0.00%	New
Total votes			17,091	100.00%
	Nonpartisan hold

References

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 2025-07-09.