1794 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

none May 2024 September 2023 1794 Massachusetts gubernatorial election Massachusetts 1794 4 7 presidential 1793 1793 Massachusetts gubernatorial election 1795 1795 Massachusetts gubernatorial election No x150px File:Governor Samuel Adams.jpg Samuel Adams Democratic-Republican Party (United States) 14,465 61.67% File:William Cushing (Restored).jpg William Cushing Federalist Party (United States) 7,159 30.52% 1794 Massachusetts gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 250px County resultsAdams: #AFE9AF 40–50% #73D873 50–60% #30A630 70–80% #217821 80–90% Cushing: #DFC27D 50-60% Governor Democratic-Republican Party (United States) Samuel Adams (acting) Democratic-Republican Party (United States) Samuel Adams The 1794 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on April 7. Incumbent Governor John Hancock, who had occupied the office for all but two years since its establishment in 1780, died in office on October 8, 1793. Lieutenant Governor Samuel Adams succeeded Hancock as acting Governor and was elected to a full term in office over William Cushing. The campaign between Adams and Cushing began to transition Massachusetts from a non-partisan system dominated by political personalities to a two-party system divided between Federalists and Republicans. General election Candidates Samuel Adams, incumbent Governor since 1794 (Republican) William Cushing, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court (Federalist) Results 1794 Massachusetts gubernatorial electionBurdick Charles 1814 The Massachusetts Manual: or Political and Historical Register, for the Political Year from June 1814 to June 1815 I https://books.google.com/books?id=DP7Y2qQ68wAC&pg=PA26 Boston Charles Callender 26 American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978 1979 Glashan Roy Meckler Books Westport, Conn. https://archive.org/details/americangovernor0000glas/page/140/mode/ 140 Democratic-Republican Party (United States) Samuel Adams (incumbent) 14,465 61.67% Federalist Party (United States) William Cushing 7,159 30.52% Others Scattering 1,830 7.81% 23,454 100.00% Democratic-Republican Party (United States) Nonpartisan politician References Bibliography https://archive.org/details/commonwealthhist04hart Commonwealth History of Massachusetts The States History Company 1927 Hart Albert Bushnell New York 1543273 Morse Anson https://books.google.com/books?id=xCUmAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA23 The Federalist Party in Massachusetts to the Year 1800 Princeton University Press 1909 Princeton, NJ 718724 Category:1794 Massachusetts elections Category:Massachusetts gubernatorial elections