| Election Name: | April 1831 Massachusetts gubernatorial election |
| Country: | Massachusetts |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | No |
| Previous Election: | 1830 Massachusetts gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 1830 |
| Next Election: | November 1831 Massachusetts gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | Nov 1831 |
| Image1: | File:LLincolnJr.jpg |
| Nominee1: | Levi Lincoln Jr. |
| Party1: | National Republican Party |
| Popular Vote1: | 31,875 |
| Percentage1: | 65.19% |
| Nominee2: | Marcus Morton |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 12,694 |
| Percentage2: | 25.96% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Governor | |
| Before Election: | Levi Lincoln Jr. |
| Before Party: | National Republican Party |
| After Election: | Levi Lincoln Jr. |
| After Party: | National Republican Party |
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 . 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]