1847 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1847 Massachusetts gubernatorial election Massachusetts presidential No 1846 Massachusetts gubernatorial election 1846 1848 Massachusetts gubernatorial election 1848 1847 11 8 x150px File:George Nixon Briggs (cropped) (1).jpg George N. Briggs Whig Party (United States) 53,742 50.97% File:Caleb Cushing young (cropped).png Caleb Cushing Democratic Party (United States) 39,398 37.36% File:Samuel E. Sewall.jpg Samuel E. Sewall Liberty Party (United States, 1840) 9,193 8.72% 1847 Massachusetts gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 300px County resultsBriggs: #FEE391 40–50% #FED463 50–60% #FE9929 60–70% Governor George N. Briggs Whig Party (United States) George N. Briggs Whig Party (United States) 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 Conventionhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=313869 Our Campaigns - MA Governor - D Convention Race - Sep 22, 1847 Ballot 1 2 Cushing 153 264Davis 117 87Henshaw 65 0 Bishop 14 0Others 19 10Total 368 361 General election Candidates Francis Baylies, former U.S. chargé d'affaires in Buenos Aires and U.S. representative from Taunton George N. Briggs, incumbent governor since 1844 (Whig) Caleb Cushing, former U.S. minister to China and U.S. representative from Newburyport (Democratic) Samuel Edmund Sewall, Liberty nominee for governor since 1842 (Liberty) Results 1847 Massachusetts gubernatorial electionMA Governor, 1847 https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=233024 OurCampaigns 7 May 2021 Whig Party (United States) George N. Briggs (incumbent) 53,742 50.97% 2.81 Democratic Party (United States) Caleb Cushing 39,398 37.36% 4.78 Liberty Party (United States, 1840) Samuel Edmund Sewall 9,193 8.72% 1.09 Know-Nothing Francis Baylies 2,876 2.73% 0.63 234 0.22% 0.26 105,443 100.00% See also 1847 Massachusetts legislature References Governor 1847 Massachusetts Category:November 1847