1882 Massachusetts gubernatorial election explained

Election Name:1882 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
Country:Massachusetts
Type:presidential
Ongoing:No
Previous Election:1881 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
Previous Year:1881
Next Election:1883 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
Next Year:1883
Nominee1:Benjamin Franklin Butler
Party1:Democratic Party (United States)
Alliance1:Greenback Party
Popular Vote1:133,946
Percentage1:52.27%
Nominee2:Robert R. Bishop
Party2:Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:119,947
Percentage2:46.82%
Governor
Before Election:John Davis Long
Before Party:Republican Party (United States)
After Election:Benjamin Franklin Butler
After Party:Democratic Party (United States)

The 1882 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 7.

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

Candidates

Declined

Results

General election

Lt. Governor

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: 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. . 547 . 0-595-31723-5 .
  2. Book: Gillespie, J. David . 2012 . Challengers to Duopoly: Why Third Parties Matter in American Two-Party Politics . Columbia, SC . University of South Carolina Press . 978-1-61117-013-9 .
  3. News: On This Day: August 30, 1884 . Kennedy . Robert C. . New York Times . April 2, 2019 .
  4. News: State Politics. subscription. 11 Oct 2022. 29 Apr 1882. Fitchburg Sentinel.