1796 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
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The 1796 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on April 4.
Incumbent Governor Samuel Adams was re-elected to a third term in office over Increase Sumner.
General election
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- Samuel Adams, incumbent Governor since 1794 (Republican)
- Increase Sumner, Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (Federalist)
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic-Republican | Samuel Adams (incumbent) | 15,199 | 57.37% | ||
| Federalist | Increase Sumner | 10,184 | 38.44% | ||
| Others | Scattering | 1,110 | 4.19% | ||
| Total votes | 26,493 | 100.00% | |||
| Democratic-Republican hold | Swing | ||||
References
[edit]- ^ Burdick, Charles (1814). The Massachusetts Manual: or Political and Historical Register, for the Political Year from June 1814 to June 1815. Vol. I. Boston: Charles Callender. p. 26.
- ^ Glashan, Roy (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, Conn.: Meckler Books. p. 140.
Bibliography
[edit]- Hart, Albert Bushnell, ed. (1927). Commonwealth History of Massachusetts. New York: The States History Company. OCLC 1543273.
- Morse, Anson (1909). The Federalist Party in Massachusetts to the Year 1800. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. OCLC 718724.
- Sumner, William Hyslop; Trask, William Blake (1854). Memoir of Increase Sumner, Governor of Massachusetts: Governor of Massachusetts. Boston: Samuel G. Drake.
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