Election Name: | 1828 Massachusetts gubernatorial election |
Country: | Massachusetts |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | No |
Previous Election: | 1827 Massachusetts gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 1827 |
Next Election: | 1829 Massachusetts gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 1829 |
Image1: | File:LLincolnJr.jpg |
Nominee1: | Levi Lincoln Jr. |
Party1: | Anti-Jacksonian Party |
Popular Vote1: | 25,217 |
Percentage1: | 81.53% |
Nominee2: | Marcus Morton |
Party2: | Jacksonian Party |
Popular Vote2: | 4,423 |
Percentage2: | 12.89% |
Map Size: | 300px |
Governor | |
Before Election: | Levi Lincoln Jr. |
Before Party: | Anti-Jacksonian Party |
After Election: | Levi Lincoln Jr. |
After Party: | Anti-Jacksonian Party |
The 1828 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on April 7.
Governor Levi Lincoln Jr., an Adams supporter, was re-elected to a fourth term in office over Democrat Marcus Morton, of the Jacksonian faction.
Morton carried only eighteen towns, all of them rural with the exception of Charlestown. The others were Adams, Cheshire, New Ashford, Alford, Tyringham, Montgomery, Westfield, Southwick, Holland, Dana, Charlton, Oxford, Sutton, Seekonk, Berkley, Freetown, and Woburn.[1]