1847 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

1847 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
November 8, 1847 (1847-11-08)
 
Nominee George N. Briggs Caleb Cushing Samuel E. Sewall
Party Whig Democratic Liberty
Popular vote 53,742 39,398 9,193
Percentage 50.97% 37.36% 8.72%
County results
Briggs:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
Governor before election

George N. Briggs
Whig

Elected Governor

George N. Briggs
Whig

The 1847 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 8.

Incumbent Whig Governor George N. Briggs was re-elected to a fifth term in office over Democrat Caleb Cushing. This was the last election in which the Whig Party received a majority of the vote; after the emergence of the Free Soil Party in 1848, Whigs only won pluralities before fading away entirely by the 1857 election.

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