1790 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

none January 2025 December 2025 ly 1790 Massachusetts gubernatorial election Massachusetts Presidential no 1789 Massachusetts gubernatorial election 1789 1791 Massachusetts gubernatorial election 1791 April 5, 1790 150x150px File:John Hancock 1770-crop.jpg John Hancock Nonpartisan politician 14,360 86.53% File:James Bowdoin II by Feke full length.jpg James Bowdoin Nonpartisan politician 1,880 11.33% 1790 Massachusetts gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 250px County resultsHancock: #8C510A 70–80% #543005 80–90% #382005 90–100%No Data/Vote: #808080 Governor John Hancock Nonpartisan politician John Hancock Nonpartisan politician A gubernatorial election was held in Massachusetts on April 5, 1790. John Hancock, the incumbent governor, defeated James Bowdoin, who had served as the second governor of Massachusetts from 1785 to 1787.Dubin Michael J. United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County 2003 McFarland Jefferson, N.C. 0786414391 101 https://archive.org/details/unitedstatesgube0000dubi/page/100/mode/2upLampi Philip J. Massachusetts 1790 Governor https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/q811kj959 A New Nation Votes American Antiquarian Society 2024-11-18 Results Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 1790 Nonpartisan politician John Hancock (incumbent) 14,360 86.53% +5.96 Nonpartisan politician James Bowdoin 1,880 11.33% -4.76 Nonpartisan politician David Cobb 124 0.75% New Nonpartisan politician Samuel Phillips Jr. 47 0.28% +0.28 Nonpartisan politician Francis Dana 42 0.25% New Nonpartisan politician Benjamin Lincoln 37 0.22% -1.82 Nonpartisan politician Samuel Adams 32 0.19% -0.21 Nonpartisan politician Nathaniel Gorham 27 0.16% +0.12 Nonpartisan politician Azor Orne 17 0.10% New Nonpartisan politician James Warren 4 0.02% +0.02 Nonpartisan politician Isaac Stokey 3 0.02% New Nonpartisan politician Thomas B. Waite 3 0.02% New Nonpartisan politician John Hastings 2 0.01% New Nonpartisan politician Oliver Prescott 2 0.01% New Nonpartisan politician Elias Soule 2 0.01% New Nonpartisan politician John Adams 1 0.01% — Nonpartisan politician John Avery Jr. 1 0.01% New Nonpartisan politician Joseph Barrett 1 0.01% New Nonpartisan politician Elijah Cutler 1 0.01% New Nonpartisan politician John Dean 1 0.01% New Nonpartisan politician John Farmer 1 0.01% New Nonpartisan politician John Gentry 1 0.01% New Nonpartisan politician William Heath 1 0.01% New Nonpartisan politician Michael Hodges 1 0.01% New Nonpartisan politician Jonah Jackson 1 0.01% New Nonpartisan politician Joseph MacLellen 1 0.01% New Nonpartisan politician Timothy Newell 1 0.01% New Nonpartisan politician Thomas Russell 1 0.01% New 16,595 100.00% Nonpartisan politician Results by county John HancockNonpartisan James BowdoinNonpartisan Scattering County total County Votes Percent Votes Percent Votes Percent Barnstable 244 85.61 41 14.38 — 285 Berkshire 835 94.78 38 4.31 8Gorham 5, Lincoln 3 0.91 881 Bristol 1,144 88.89 36 2.80 107Cobb 104, Lincoln 2, Stokey 1 8.31 1,287 Cumberland 541 96.26 13 2.31 8Stokey 3, Waite 3, Gentry 1, MacLellen 1 1.42 562 Dukes 134 94.37 8 5.63 — 142 Essex 1,155 78.687 251 17.10 62Phillips 47, Orne 6, Lincoln 5, Samuel Adams 3, Hodges 1 4.22 1,468 Hampshire 1,937 82.67 348 14.85 58Dana 38, Orne 9, Samuel Adams 7, Hastings 2, Gorham 1, Warren 1 2.48 2,343 Lincoln 1,160 93.10 71 5.70 15Samuel Adams 14, Dean 1 1.20 1,246 Middlesex 1,979 91.70 161 7.46 18Lincoln 14, Prescott 2, Gorham 1, Jackson 1 0.83 2,158 Nantucket 180 98.90 2 1.10 — 182 Plymouth 614 77.52 147 18.56 31Cobb 20, Gorham 7, Lincoln 2, Soule 2 3.91 792 Suffolk 1,639 79.03 421 20.30 14Lincoln 10, Samuel Adams 2, Barrett 1, Russell 1 0.68 2,074 Worcester 2,224 87.01 302 11.82 30Gorham 13, Samuel Adams 5, Dana 4, Orne 2, John Adams 1, Avery 1, Cutler 1, Farmer 1, Lincoln 1, Newell 1 1.17 2,556 York 564 92.76 41 6.74 3Warren 2, Samuel Adams 1 0.49 608 TOTAL 14,360 86.53 1,880 11.33 355 2.14 16,595 References Category:1790 Massachusetts elections Category:Massachusetts gubernatorial elections Massachusetts MA gov 1790