1780 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

none January 2025 January 2025 1780 Massachusetts gubernatorial election Massachusetts September 4, 1780 presidential 1692 1692 Massachusetts gubernatorial election 1781 1781 Massachusetts gubernatorial election No x150px File:John Hancock 1770-crop.jpg John Hancock Nonpartisan politician 11,207 91.56% File:James Bowdoin II.jpg James Bowdoin Nonpartisan politician 1,033 8.44% 1780 Massachusetts gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 250px County resultsHancock: #b25700 70–80% #904100 80–90% #6e2c00 >90%No Data/Vote: #808080 Governor None (The Governor's Council administered the government.) Nonpartisan politician John Hancock A gubernatorial election was held in Massachusetts on September 4, 1780.At a Town Meeting on Monday last, ... https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025584/1780-09-09/ed-1/seq-3/ New Hampshire Gazette September 9, 1780 John Hancock, the former delegate to the Continental Congress from Massachusetts, defeated James Bowdoin, the former president of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention.Dubin Michael J. United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County 2003 McFarland Jefferson, N.C. 0786414391 99 https://archive.org/details/unitedstatesgube0000dubi/page/n21/mode/2up The election took place against the backdrop of the American Revolutionary War, in which Hancock briefly participated as a major general of the Massachusetts militia. Hancock became the first governor elected under the Constitution of Massachusetts, ratified only the previous June; prior to the election, the Massachusetts Governor's Council administered the government following the removal of the last royal governor.Burdick 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=PA25 Boston Charles Callender 25 Results 1780 Massachusetts gubernatorial electionDubin, 99. Nonpartisan politician John Hancock 11,207 91.56 Nonpartisan politician James Bowdoin 1,033 8.44 12,240 100.00 References Category:Massachusetts gubernatorial elections Governor Category:United States gubernatorial elections in the 1780s