Английская Википедия:1847 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
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The 1847 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 8.
Incumbent Whig Governor George N. Briggs was re-elected to a fifth term in office over Democrat Caleb Cushing. This was the last election in which the Whig Party received a majority of the vote; after the emergence of the Free Soil Party in 1848, Whigs only won pluralities before fading away entirely by the 1857 election.
Democratic nomination
Candidates
- Henry W. Bishop
- Caleb Cushing, former U.S. Minister to China and U.S. Representative from Newburyport
- Isaac Davis, State Senator from Worcester and nominee for Governor in 1845 and 1846
- David Henshaw, former U.S. Secretary of the Navy
Convention
| 1847 Massachusetts Democratic Convention[1] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Ballot | 1 | 2 |
| Cushing | 153 | 264 |
| Davis | 117 | 87 |
| Henshaw | 65 | 0 |
| Bishop | 14 | 0 |
| Others | 19 | 10 |
| Total | 368 | 361 |
General election
Candidates
- Francis Baylies, former U.S. Chargé d'Affaires in Buenos Aires and U.S. Representative from Taunton
- Caleb Cushing, former U.S. Minister to China and U.S. Representative from Newburyport (Democratic)
- George N. Briggs, incumbent Governor since 1844 (Whig)
- Samuel Edmund Sewall, Liberty nominee for Governor since 1842 (Liberty)
Results
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See also
References
Шаблон:1847 United States elections Шаблон:Massachusetts elections
Шаблон:Massachusetts-election-stub
