Election Name: | 1823 Massachusetts gubernatorial election |
Country: | Massachusetts |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | No |
Previous Election: | 1822 Massachusetts gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 1822 |
Next Election: | 1824 Massachusetts gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 1824 |
Image1: | File:William Eustis.jpg |
Nominee1: | William Eustis |
Party1: | Democratic-Republican Party |
Popular Vote1: | 34,402 |
Percentage1: | 52.66% |
Nominee2: | Harrison Gray Otis |
Party2: | Federalist Party |
Popular Vote2: | 30,171 |
Percentage2: | 46.18% |
Governor | |
Before Election: | John Brooks |
Before Party: | Federalist Party |
After Election: | William Eustis |
After Party: | Democratic-Republican Party |
The 1823 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on April 7.
Federalist Governor John Brooks did not run for a seventh term in office. William Eustis, a Republican, was elected to succeed him over U.S. Senator Harrison Gray Otis. Eustis was the first Republican elected Governor since Elbridge Gerry in 1811; no Federalist would ever win a gubernatorial election again, and the state party rapidly collapsed.