1882 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

Gubernatorial elections were held in Massachusetts on November 7, 1882.

1882 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

November 7, 1882

Nominee Benjamin Franklin Butler Robert R. Bishop Party Democratic Republican Alliance Greenback Popular vote 133,946 119,947 Percentage 52.27% 46.82%

Governor before election John Davis Long Republican Elected Governor Benjamin Franklin Butler Democratic

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]

Governor

Candidates

• William W. Crapo, U.S. Representative from New Bedford
• Robert W. Bishop, President of the Massachusetts Senate

Results

1882 Massachusetts Republican convention[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert R. Bishop	673	52.41%
	Republican	William W. Crapo	564	43.93%
	Republican	Scattering	47	3.66
Total votes			1,284	100.00%

Results

Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 1882[5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Benjamin Franklin Butler	133,946	52.27%
	Republican	Robert R. Bishop	119,997	46.82%
	Prohibition	Charles Almy	2,137	0.83%
	Others	Others	198	0.08%
	Democratic gain from Republican		Swing

Lt. Governor

Massachusetts Lt. gubernatorial election, 1882[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Oliver Ames	134,353	52.22%
	Democratic	Samuel W. Bowerman[7]	116,647	45.34%
	Greenback	George Dutton[8]	4,033	1.57%
	Prohibition	John Blackmer[9]	2,141	0.83%
	Others	Others	87	0.03%
	Republican hold		Swing

References

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.
4. "Bay State Republicans". September 21, 1882. p. 2.
5. "MA Governor, 1882". OurCampaigns. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
6. Manual for the Use of the General Court, 1883. Boston, MA: Wright & Potter Printing Company, State Printers. 1883.
7. "Democratic State Ticket". Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 26, 1882. p. 6. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
8. https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/65520193/
9. http://www.prohibitionists.org/history/votes/MA_can.htm#1882