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1882 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

The 1882 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 7.

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

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".
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