1830 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

none May 2021 January 2025 September 2023 1830 Massachusetts gubernatorial election Massachusetts presidential No 1829 Massachusetts gubernatorial election 1829 April 1831 Massachusetts gubernatorial election Apr 1831 1830 4 5 x150px File:LLincolnJr.jpg Levi Lincoln Jr. National Republican Party 30,908 65.52% File:Marcus Morton (MHS).jpg Marcus Morton Democratic Party (United States) 14,440 30.61% 1830 Massachusetts gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 300px County resultsLincoln: #FFB2B2 40–50% #E27F7F 50–60% #D75D5D 60–70% #D72F30 70–80% #C21B18 80–90%Morton: #7996E2 50–60% Governor Levi Lincoln Jr. National Republican Party Levi Lincoln Jr. National Republican Party The 1830 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on April 5. National Republican Governor Levi Lincoln Jr. was re-elected to a sixth term in office over Democrat Marcus Morton. General election Candidates Levi Lincoln Jr., incumbent governor since 1825 (National Republican) Marcus Morton, associate justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, former acting governor and nominee since 1828 (Democratic) Campaign For the first time, Justice Morton consented to his nomination. Privately, he expressed little hope of success and said that he did not hope to obtain more than one third of the votes. David Henshaw's Statesman campaigned vigorously for Morton, upbraiding Lincoln as a renegade Republican who had accepted support of the Essex Junto and lauding Morton's support for the Warren Bridge Company. Theodore Lyman II's rival Democratic Evening Bulletin made no effort on Morton's behalf.Political Changes in Massachusetts, 1824–1848 Darling Arthur B. 1925 Yale University Press New Haven, Conn. https://archive.org/details/politicalchanges00darl/page/76/mode/2up 75–76 Lincoln took little interest in the election, focusing on new projects for railroads and Massachusetts's claim for war debts against the federal government. Results Lincoln was once again victorious, though by a dramatically reduced margin. Morton wrote to John C. Calhoun to express his view that the Jackson administration had cost him several thousand votes by dismissing Henshaw supporters from federal office to placate the aristocratic Lyman wing of the party. 1830 Massachusetts gubernatorial electionMA Governor, 1830 https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=232768 OurCampaigns 17 May 2021 National Republican Party Levi Lincoln Jr. (incumbent) 30,908 65.52% 6.11 Democratic Party (United States) Marcus Morton 14,440 30.61% 11.11 1,825 3.87% 5.00 47,173 100.00% See also 1829–1830 Massachusetts legislature References Governor 1830 Massachusetts Category:November 1830