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![]() County results Lincoln: 40–50% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Morton: 40–50% 50–60% Write-in: 70–80% | |||||||||||||||||
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Elections in Massachusetts |
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The first 1831 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on April 14.
National Republican Governor Levi Lincoln Jr. was re-elected to a seventh term in office over Democrat Marcus Morton. This was the final regular Massachusetts election scheduled for April before the schedule changed to November, where it remains as of 2025. Lincoln was elected to a reduced term of eight months expiring in January, instead of the typical year-long term ending in May.
Though the newly established Anti-Masonic Party was not strong enough to nominate a governor, Heman Lincoln and Henry Shaw both ran as independents appealing to Anti-Masonic voters. [1]
The two Anti-Masons carried twenty-eight towns in the central part of the state; Democrats lost ground. [1]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National Republican | Levi Lincoln Jr. (incumbent) | 31,875 | 65.19% | ![]() | |
Democratic | Marcus Morton | 12,694 | 25.96% | ![]() | |
Write-in | 2,120 | 4.34% | ![]() | ||
Independent Anti-Mason | Heman Lincoln (write-in) | 1,110 | 2.27% | N/A | |
Independent Anti-Mason | Henry Shaw | 1,096 | 2.24% | N/A | |
Total votes | 47,173 | 100.00% |