1883 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

The 1883 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 6.

1883 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

November 6, 1883 (1883-11-06)

Nominee George D. Robinson Benjamin Franklin Butler Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 160,092 150,228 Percentage 51.25% 48.10%

Governor before election Benjamin Franklin Butler Democratic Elected Governor George D. Robinson Republican

Governor Benjamin Butler ran for re-election on a fusion ticket between the Democratic Party and the Greenback Labor Party but was defeated by Republican U.S. Representative George D. Robinson.[1][2][3]

In the concurrent but separate election for Lieutenant Governor, Republican Oliver Ames was re-elected to a second term.

Republican nomination

Declined

• Henry L. Pierce, former Mayor of Boston

Convention

Results

1883 Republican state convention[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	George D. Robinson	996	87.52%
	Republican	Charles Francis Adams Jr.	117	10.28%
	Republican	George A. Bruce	35	3.08%
	Republican	Thomas Talbot	6	0.53%
	Republican	Henry Cabot Lodge	5	0.44%
	Republican	Charles R. Codman Sr.	3	0.26%
	Republican	B. W. Harris	2	0.18%
	Republican	Rufus S. Frost	1	0.09%
	Republican	Alexander H. Rice	1	0.09%
	Republican	A.W. Beard	1	0.09%
	Republican	Henry B. Pierce	1	0.09%
Total votes			1,138	100.00%

General election

Results

Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 1883[5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	George D. Robinson	160,092	51.25%
	Democratic	Benjamin Franklin Butler	150,228	48.10%
	Prohibition	Charles Almy	1,881	0.60%
	Others	Others	156	0.05%
	Republican gain from Democratic		Swing

Massachusetts Lt. gubernatorial election, 1883[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Oliver Ames	161,399	51.69%
	Democratic	James S. Greenfield[7]	147,661	47.29%
	Prohibition	John Blackmer[8]	1,911	0.61%
	Greenback	Nathaniel S. Cushing[9]	1,091	0.35%
	Others	Others	154	0.05%
	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. "BUTLER'S OPPONENT NAMED: GEORGE D. ROBINSON FOR GOVERNOR". The New York Tribune. 20 Sep 1883. p. 1.
5. "MA Governor, 1883". OurCampaigns. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
6. Manual for the Use of the General Court, 1884. Boston, MA: Wright & Potter Printing Company, State Printers. 1884.
7. "Ward 11. Regular Democratic Ticket". Boston, Massachusetts: Kiley, Printer. 7 Spring Lane. 1883. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
8. http://www.prohibitionists.org/history/votes/MA_can.htm#1883
9. Alexander McBride, ed. (1884). The Evening Journal Almanac, 1884. p. 54.