1839 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

1839 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

← 1838 November 11, 1839 1840 →
Turnout16.72% Decrease 1.33 [1]
 
Nominee Marcus Morton Edward Everett
Party Democratic Whig
Popular vote 51,034 50,725
Percentage 50.0% 49.7%

County Results
Morton:      50-60%
Everett:      50-60%      60-70%

Governor before election

Edward Everett
Whig

Elected Governor

Marcus Morton
Democratic

The 1839 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was a tightly contested race won by Marcus Morton. Under Massachusetts law at the time, a majority of the votes cast was required to win, and Morton received exactly half the votes cast. Despite the presence of some irregularities, incumbent Whig governor Edward Everett refused to contest the results once a legislative committee dominated by his party accepted a report giving Morton 51,034 votes out of 102,066 cast.

  1. ^ "Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 1839".