1878 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
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Talbot: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 80–90% >90% Butler: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% Abbott: 40–50% | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1878 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 5. Former acting Governor Thomas Talbot, a Republican, defeated Benjamin Butler, who ran as an independent Greenback candidate with Democratic support. Butler's supporters secured a majority of delegates to the Democratic state convention, but his nomination was rejected by the state party committee after his supporters voted to exclude anti-Butler delegates from the convention hall.