1785 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

none January 2025 December 2025 ly 1785 Massachusetts gubernatorial election Massachusetts Presidential no 1784 Massachusetts gubernatorial election 1784 1786 Massachusetts gubernatorial election 1786 April 4, 1785 125x125px File:James Bowdoin II by Feke full length.jpg James Bowdoin Nonpartisan politician 18 3,510 44.07% File:Thomas Cushing.jpg Thomas Cushing Nonpartisan politician 10 3,005 37.73% File:Benjamin Lincoln.png Benjamin Lincoln Nonpartisan politician Eliminated 1,152 14.46% 1785 Massachusetts gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 250px County resultsBowdoin: #deedfb 30–40% #b4d0ec 40–50% #8db8e2 50–60% #4187cd 70–80%Cushing: #f3f3f3 20–30% #e7e7e7 30–40% #c6c6c6 40–50% #8d8d8d 60–70%No Data/Vote: #808080 Governor Thomas Cushing (acting) Nonpartisan politician James Bowdoin Nonpartisan politician A gubernatorial election was held in Massachusetts on April 4, 1785. James Bowdoin, the former president of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, received more votes than any of his rivals—Thomas Cushing, the incumbent acting governor, Benjamin Lincoln, the former United States secretary of war, and Oliver Prescott, the judge of the probate court for Middlesex County—but no candidate received a majority of the votes cast.Dubin Michael J. United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County 2003 McFarland Jefferson, N.C. 0786414391 99–100 https://archive.org/details/unitedstatesgube0000dubi/page/98/mode/2up The election was decided by the Massachusetts General Court, which elected Bowdoin by a vote of 18 to 10 in the Senate.Morse Anson Ely The Federalist Party in Massachusetts to the Year 1800 1909 Princeton University Princeton, NJ 31 https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Federalist_Party_in_Massachusetts_to/xCUmAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 Results Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 1785Dubin, 99–100. Nonpartisan politician James Bowdoin 3,510 44.07% Nonpartisan politician Thomas Cushing (incumbent) 3,005 37.73% Nonpartisan politician Benjamin Lincoln 1,152 14.46% Nonpartisan politician Oliver Prescott 298 3.74% 7,965 100.00% Nonpartisan politician References Category:1785 in Massachusetts Category:Massachusetts gubernatorial elections Category:1780s Massachusetts elections Category:1785 elections in North America MA gov 1785 Category:United States gubernatorial elections in the 1780s