1789 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

1789 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
April 6, 1789
 
Nominee John Hancock James Bowdoin
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote 17,309 3,457
Percentage 80.57% 16.09%
County results
Hancock:      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Governor before election

John Hancock
Nonpartisan

 Elected Governor

John Hancock
Nonpartisan

A gubernatorial election was held in Massachusetts on April 6, 1789. John Hancock, the incumbent governor, defeated James Bowdoin, who had served as the second governor of Massachusetts from 1785 to 1787.

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