1877 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1877 Massachusetts gubernatorial election Massachusetts presidential No 1876 Massachusetts gubernatorial election 1876 1878 Massachusetts gubernatorial election 1878 1877 11 6 File:AlexanderHRice (cropped).jpg 150x150px Alexander H. Rice Republican Party (United States) 91,255 49.47% File:WilliamGaston Massachusetts (1).png William Gaston Democratic Party (United States) 73,185 39.68% File:Robert Carter Pitman (1).png Robert C. Pitman Prohibition Party 16,354 8.87% 300px County results 300px Municipality results Rice: #FFC8CD 30-40% #FFB2B2 40-50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% #c21b18 80–90% #a80000 >90%Gaston: #BDD3FF 30-40% #A5B0FF 40-50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80%Tie: #D2B1D9 40-50% Governor Alexander H. Rice Republican Party (United States) Alexander H. Rice Republican Party (United States) The 1877 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 6. Incumbent Republican governor Alexander H. Rice was re-elected to a third term in office over former governor William Gaston. Republican nomination Candidates John Davis Long, speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Alexander H. Rice, incumbent governor since 1876 Thomas Talbot, former acting governor Campaign Some opposition was rallied against Governor Rice by legislators and members of the so-called "Hoosac Tunnel ring,"April 2021 over his opposition to restrictions on liquor. Opponents suggested former acting governor Thomas Talbot, Speaker of the Massachusetts House John Davis Long, and former Speaker John E. Sanford. Nevertheless, Rice retained the support of Boston business interests.Boston Correspondence: Governor Rice and Governor Talbot 8 Sep 1877 1 Hartford Daily Courant Rice's nomination was seen as practically assured, but some effort was made by supporters of Long, Talbot, and Henry L. Pierce to have a formal count taken of the votes. Long's was seen as the strongest group if Rice should falter.TODAY'S CONVENTION: Mr. Rice's Renomination Almost Assured 19 Sep 1877 1 Boston Daily Globe Some opposition was also voiced to renominating Rice's ticket, particularly Lieutenant Governor Horatio G. Knight and Attorney General Charles R. Train. Convention The convention reassembled after dinner with Senate President John B. D. Cogswell presiding. The results of the informal ballot were announced as follows:The Business Perfected 2 20 Sep 1877 Boston Daily Globe 1877 Massachusetts Republican Convention Alexander H. Rice (incumbent) Republican Party (US) 478 53.05% John Davis Long Republican Party (US) 217 24.08% Thomas Talbot Republican Party (US) 181 20.09% Paul A. Chadbourne Republican Party (US) 17 1.89% John E. Sanford Republican Party (US) 4 0.44% Henry L. Pierce Republican Party (US) 3 0.33% Charles Devens Republican Party (US) 1 0.11% 901 100.00% Alanson W. Beard moved to take a formal ballot to declare Rice the nominee, and the motion carried. Stillman B. Allen declared that it was Long's previously stated wish that, under such circumstances, his name be withdrawn. The entire ticket was then formally renominated by acclamation. Democration nomination Candidates William Gaston, former governor (1874–75) Charles Perkins Thompson, former U.S. representative from Gloucester (1875–77) Declined Charles F. Adams, former minister to the United Kingdom and nominee in 1876 Convention Charles Theodore Russell was named president of the convention, and he gave a speech denouncing the 1876 presidential election as the result of election fraud and Rutherford B. Hayes as the illegitimate occupant of the White House. Russell also denounced Reconstruction policy in the South, but commended the administration for undertaking civil service reform. He concluded by reaffirming the party's commitment to the principles of Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson and discussing state affairs.MASSACHUSETTS DEMOCRACY: Wm. Gaston for Governor 14 Sep 1877 8 New York Tribune After a brief three-minute recess, Francis W. Bird rose to withdraw Charles F. Adams from consideration for a second consecutive nomination. Patrick Collins of Boston nominated former governor William Gaston as "the only man... capable of leading the Democrats in the next election." Mr. Drew of Cambridge then rose to nominate Charles Perkins Thompson, a former U.S. representative who had traveled to Florida to investigate allegations of Republican election fraud there. John K. Tarbox then seconded the Gaston nomination. Reuben Noble seconded the Thompson nomination and delivered a speech arguing that Gaston, during his time as governor, was unable to overcome the domination of Benjamin Butler. Boston alderman John E. Fitzgerald gave his public endorsement to Thompson as a man without enemies in the party, unlike Gaston or Adams. Thomas Riley countered that Thompson was not a candidate of his own accord, but was being offered by enemies of Gaston to weaken him. On the first ballot, Gatson won an overwhelming majority: 1877 Massachusetts Democratic Convention William Gaston Democratic Party (US) 1,190 82.52% Charles Perkins Thompson Democratic Party (US) 236 16.37% Scattering Democratic Party (US) 16 1.11% 1,442 100.00% A motion was made to declare Gaston the unanimous nominee, but it failed. General election Candidates William Gaston, former governor (Democratic) Wendell Phillips, social reformer (Greenback, Workingmen's)That Blessed Rag Baby https://newscomwc.newspapers.com/image/428217413 Boston Globe September 6, 1877McNeill George E. The Labor Movement: The Problem of To-Day 1892 New York 154 https://archive.org/details/aeb4570.0001.001.umich.edu/page/154/mode/2up Robert Carter Pitman, associate justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Court (Prohibition, Woman Suffrage)Woman Suffrage Convention https://newscomwc.newspapers.com/image/734925126 Boston Evening Transcript October 9, 1877 Alexander H. Rice, incumbent governor since 1876 (Republican) Results Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 18771877 Massachusetts governor results https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=2665241878 Manual for the General Court, 1878 https://archive.org/stream/manualforuseofge1878mass#page/270/mode/2up Boston, MA Rand, Avery, & Co., Printers to the Commonwealth Republican Party (United States) Alexander H. Rice (incumbent) 91,255 49.47% 4.12 Democratic Party (United States) William Gaston 73,185 39.68% 1.91 Prohibition Party Robert C. Pitman 16,354 8.87% 4.09 Greenback Party Wendell Phillips 3,552 1.93% N/A 108 0.06% 0.01 Republican Party (United States) See also 1877 Massachusetts legislature References collapsed Governor 1877 Massachusetts Category:November 1877 in the United States