Gubernatorial elections were held in Massachusetts November 6, 1883
1883 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
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%
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.
Republican nomination [ ]
Declined [ ]
Henry L. Pierce , former Mayor of Boston
Convention [ ]
Results [ ]
General election [ ]
Results [ ]
See also [ ]
1883 Massachusetts legislature
References [ ]
^ 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 .
^ 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 .
^ Kennedy, Robert C. "On This Day: August 30, 1884" . New York Times . Retrieved April 2, 2019 .
^ "BUTLER'S OPPONENT NAMED: GEORGE D. ROBINSON FOR GOVERNOR". The New York Tribune . 20 Sep 1883. p. 1.
^ "MA Governor, 1883" . OurCampaigns. Retrieved January 3, 2020 .
^ a b Manual for the Use of the General Court, 1884 . Boston, MA: Wright & Potter Printing Company, State Printers. 1884.
^ "Ward 11. Regular Democratic Ticket" . Boston, Massachusetts: Kiley, Printer. 7 Spring Lane. 1883. Retrieved January 3, 2020 .
^ "Past Prohibition Party Candidates...MA Vote Records" .
^ Alexander McBride, ed. (1884). The Evening Journal Almanac, 1884 . p. 54.
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