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1883 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

1883 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

← 1882 November 6, 1883 (1883-11-06) 1884 →
 
Nominee George D. Robinson Benjamin Franklin Butler
Party Republican Democratic
Alliance Greenback
Ind. Republican
Popular vote 160,092 150,228
Percentage 51.25% 48.10%

Robinson:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Butler:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%

Governor before election

Benjamin Franklin Butler
Democratic

Elected Governor

George D. Robinson
Republican

The 1883 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 6.

Governor Benjamin Butler ran for re-election on a fusion ticket between the Democratic Party and the Greenback Labor Party but was defeated by Republican U.S. Representative George D. Robinson.[1][2][3]

In the concurrent but separate election for Lieutenant Governor, Republican Oliver Ames was re-elected to a second term.

  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.

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