1882 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

1882 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

← 1881 November 7, 1882 (1882-11-07) 1883 →
 
Nominee Benjamin Franklin Butler Robert R. Bishop
Party Democratic Republican
Alliance Greenback
Popular vote 133,946 119,947
Percentage 52.27% 46.82%

Butler:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
Bishop:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Tie:      40–50%      50%

Governor before election

John Davis Long
Republican

Elected Governor

Benjamin Franklin Butler
Democratic

The 1882 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 7.

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]

  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.