1796 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

none May 2024 September 2023 1796 Massachusetts gubernatorial election Massachusetts 1796 4 4 presidential 1795 1795 Massachusetts gubernatorial election 1797 1797 Massachusetts gubernatorial election No x150px File:Governor Samuel Adams.jpg Samuel Adams Democratic-Republican Party (United States) 15,199 57.37% File:IncreaseSumnerBySharples.jpg Increase Sumner Federalist Party (United States) 10,184 38.44% 1796 Massachusetts gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 250px County resultsAdams: #73D873 50–60% #42CA42 60–70% #30A630 70–80%Sumner: #DFC27D 50-60% #BF812D 60-70% Governor Democratic-Republican Party (United States) Samuel Adams Democratic-Republican Party (United States) Samuel Adams The 1796 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on April 4. Incumbent Governor Samuel Adams was re-elected to a third term in office over Increase Sumner. General election Candidates Samuel Adams, incumbent Governor since 1794 (Republican) Increase Sumner, Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (Federalist) Results 1796 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) 15,199 57.37% Federalist Party (United States) Increase Sumner 10,184 38.44% Others Scattering 1,110 4.19% 26,493 100.00% Democratic-Republican Party (United States) Federalist Party (United States) 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 Sumner William Hyslop https://books.google.com/books?id=6EABAAAAYAAJ Memoir of Increase Sumner, Governor of Massachusetts: Governor of Massachusetts Trask, William Blake Samuel G. Drake 1854 Boston Category:1796 Massachusetts elections Category:Massachusetts gubernatorial elections