1787 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

none January 2025 December 2025 ly 1787 Massachusetts gubernatorial election Massachusetts Presidential no 1786 Massachusetts gubernatorial election 1786 1788 Massachusetts gubernatorial election 1788 April 2, 1787 150x150px File:John Hancock 1770-crop.jpg John Hancock Nonpartisan politician 18,475 75.09% File:James Bowdoin II by Feke full length.jpg James Bowdoin Nonpartisan politician 5,394 21.92% 1787 Massachusetts gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 250px County resultsHancock: #AFE9AF 40–50% #73D873 50–60% #42CA42 60–70% #30A630 70–80% #217821 80–90% Governor James Bowdoin Nonpartisan politician John Hancock Nonpartisan politician A gubernatorial election was held in Massachusetts on April 2, 1787. John Hancock, who had served as the first governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1780 to 1785, defeated James Bowdoin, the incumbent governor.Dubin Michael J. United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County 2003 McFarland Jefferson, N.C. 0786414391 100 https://archive.org/details/unitedstatesgube0000dubi/page/98/mode/2upLampi Philip J. Massachusetts 1787 Governor https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/6d56zx828 A New Nation Votes American Antiquarian Society 2024-11-18 The election took place in the aftermath of Shays's Rebellion, for which Bowdoin was sharply censured. First elected in 1785, Bowdoin once in office pursued an economic policy of austerity that dramatically increased the tax burden on lower-class citizens, leading to judicial foreclosures against those owing back taxes, including many Continental Army veterans. After backcountry farmers rose in revolt, critics of the administration, including moderate fellow conservatives, charged that Bowdoin had acted unwisely by levying taxes "heavier than the People could bear." Bowdoin's harsh response to the rebels, several thousand of whom were summarily stripped of their right to vote, hold public office, or serve as jurors, was denounced as "self-serving" and "a violation of republican principles."Richards Leonard L. Shays's Rebellion: The American Revolution's Final Battle 2003 University of Pennsylvania Press Philadelphia 87–88; 38–39 https://www.google.com/books/edition/Shays_s_Rebellion/v6oeBQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 In the election, the voters overwhelmingly rejected Bowdoin, who lost to Hancock by 13,081 votes.A New Nation Votes Results Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 1787Dubin, 100.A New Nation Votes Nonpartisan politician John Hancock 18,475 75.09% +57.60 Nonpartisan politician James Bowdoin (incumbent) 5,394 21.92% -60.59 Nonpartisan politician Benjamin Lincoln 513 2.09% Nonpartisan politician Nathaniel Gorham 81 0.33% Nonpartisan politician Isaac Backus 60 0.24% Nonpartisan politician Thomas Cushing 34 0.14% Nonpartisan politician John Worthington 15 0.06% Nonpartisan politician Samuel Phillips Jr. 9 0.04% Nonpartisan politician Samuel Holten 4 0.02% Nonpartisan politician Nathaniel Kingsley 3 0.01% Nonpartisan politician Cotton Tufts 3 0.01% Nonpartisan politician James Warren 3 0.01% Nonpartisan politician George Leonard 2 0.01% Nonpartisan politician Oliver Prescott 2 0.01% Nonpartisan politician Caleb Strong 2 0.01% Nonpartisan politician Samuel Adams 1 0.00% Nonpartisan politician Daws 1 0.00% Nonpartisan politician John Manning 1 0.00% Nonpartisan politician Elisha May 1 0.00% 24,604 100.00% Nonpartisan politician Results by county John HancockNonpartisan James BowdoinNonpartisan Scattering County total County Votes Percent Votes Percent Votes Percent Barnstable 398 81.89 78 16.05 10Cushing 7, Backus 3 2.06 486 Berkshire 627 59.04 337 31.73 98Lincoln 84, Cushing 13, Kingsley 1, 9.23 1,062 Bristol 1,982 87.27 287 12.64 2Cushing 1, May 1 0.08 2,271 Cumberland 415 75.04 92 16.63 46Backus 46 8.31 553 Dukes 153 71.16 60 27.91 2Lincoln 2 0.93 215 Essex 2,010 68.76 850 29.08 63Lincoln 46, Phillips 8, Cushing 4, Holten 2, Gorham 1, Manning 1, Worthington 1 2.16 2,923 Hampshire 1,036 48.23 809 37.66 303Lincoln 247, Gorham 30, Worthington 14, Backus 5, Cushing 5, Strong 1, Warren 1 14.11 2,148 Lincoln 415 83.17 78 15.63 6Lincoln 4, Kingsley 2 1.20 499 Middlesex 3,142 82.60 621 16.32 41Lincoln 31, Gorham 5, Cushing 2, Prescott 2, Phillips 1 1.08 3,804 Nantucket 56 50.45 53 47.75 2Lincoln 1, Cushing 1 1.80 111 Plymouth 1,545 83.20 308 16.58 4Gorham 15, Lincoln 4, Tufts 3, Warren 2, Leonard 2, Adams 1, Backus 1, Cushing 1 0.22 1,857 Suffolk 2,629 68.18 1,190 30.86 37Lincoln 24, Gorham 12, Daws 1 9.60 3,856 Worcester 3,472 84.42 557 13.54 84Lincoln 70, Gorham 6, Backus 5, Holten 2, Strong 1 2.04 4,113 York 586 87.20 74 11.01 12Gorham 12 1.78 672 TOTAL 18,475 75.09 5,394 21.92 735 2.99 24,604 References Category:1787 in Massachusetts Category:Massachusetts gubernatorial elections Category:1780s Massachusetts elections Category:1787 elections in the United States MA gov 1787 Category:United States gubernatorial elections in the 1780s