1790 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

1790 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
	County results; Hancock: 70-80% 80-90% 90-100%; No Data/Vote:
Governor before election; John Hancock; Nonpartisan politician	Elected Governor ; John Hancock; Nonpartisan politician

A governor election was in Massachusetts on April 5, 1790. John Hancock (the previous governor), defeated James Bowdoin. James was the 2nd governor of Massachusetts from 1785 to 1787.^[1]^[2]

Results

Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 1790
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan politician	John Hancock (incumbent)	14,360	86.53%	+5.96
	Nonpartisan politician	James Bowdoin	1,880	11.33%	-4.76
	Nonpartisan politician	David Cobb	124	0.75%	New
	Nonpartisan politician	Samuel Phillips Jr.	47	0.28%	+0.28
	Nonpartisan politician	Francis Dana	42	0.25%	New
	Nonpartisan politician	Benjamin Lincoln	37	0.22%	-1.82
	Nonpartisan politician	Samuel Adams	32	0.19%	-0.21
	Nonpartisan politician	Nathaniel Gorham	27	0.16%	+0.12
	Nonpartisan politician	Azor Orne	17	0.10%	New
	Nonpartisan politician	James Warren	4	0.02%	+0.02
	Nonpartisan politician	Isaac Stokey	3	0.02%	New
	Nonpartisan politician	Thomas B. Waite	3	0.02%	New
	Nonpartisan politician	John Hastings	2	0.01%	New
	Nonpartisan politician	Oliver Prescott	2	0.01%	New
	Nonpartisan politician	Elias Soule	2	0.01%	New
	Nonpartisan politician	John Adams	1	0.01%	—
	Nonpartisan politician	John Avery Jr.	1	0.01%	New
	Nonpartisan politician	Joseph Barrett	1	0.01%	New
	Nonpartisan politician	Elijah Cutler	1	0.01%	New
	Nonpartisan politician	John Dean	1	0.01%	New
	Nonpartisan politician	John Farmer	1	0.01%	New
	Nonpartisan politician	John Gentry	1	0.01%	New
	Nonpartisan politician	William Heath	1	0.01%	New
	Nonpartisan politician	Michael Hodges	1	0.01%	New
	Nonpartisan politician	Jonah Jackson	1	0.01%	New
	Nonpartisan politician	Joseph MacLellen	1	0.01%	New
	Nonpartisan politician	Timothy Newell	1	0.01%	New
	Nonpartisan politician	Thomas Russell	1	0.01%	New
Total votes			16,595	100.00%
	Nonpartisan politician hold

	John Hancock Nonpartisan		James Bowdoin Nonpartisan		Scattering		County total
County	Votes	Percent	Votes	Percent	Votes	Percent	County total
Barnstable	244	85.61	41	14.38	—		285
Berkshire	835	94.78	38	4.31	8^[a]	0.91	881
Bristol	1,144	88.89	36	2.80	107^[b]	8.31	1,287
Cumberland	541	96.26	13	2.31	8^[c]	1.42	562
Dukes	134	94.37	8	5.63	—		142
Essex	1,155	78.687	251	17.10	62^[d]	4.22	1,468
Hampshire	1,937	82.67	348	14.85	58^[e]	2.48	2,343
Lincoln	1,160	93.10	71	5.70	15^[f]	1.20	1,246
Middlesex	1,979	91.70	161	7.46	18^[g]	0.83	2,158
Nantucket	180	98.90	2	1.10	—		182
Plymouth	614	77.52	147	18.56	31^[h]	3.91	792
Suffolk	1,639	79.03	421	20.30	14^[i]	0.68	2,074
Worcester	2,224	87.01	302	11.82	30^[j]	1.17	2,556
York	564	92.76	41	6.74	3^[k]	0.49	608
TOTAL	14,360	86.53	1,880	11.33	355	2.14	16,595

↑ Gorham 5, Lincoln 3
↑ Cobb 104, Lincoln 2, Stokey 1
↑ Stokey 3, Waite 3, Gentry 1, MacLellen 1
↑ Phillips 47, Orne 6, Lincoln 5, Samuel Adams 3, Hodges 1
↑ Dana 38, Orne 9, Samuel Adams 7, Hastings 2, Gorham 1, Warren 1
↑ Samuel Adams 14, Dean 1
↑ Lincoln 14, Prescott 2, Gorham 1, Jackson 1
↑ Cobb 20, Gorham 7, Lincoln 2, Soule 2
↑ Lincoln 10, Samuel Adams 2, Barrett 1, Russell 1
↑ Gorham 13, Samuel Adams 5, Dana 4, Orne 2, John Adams 1, Avery 1, Cutler 1, Farmer 1, Lincoln 1, Newell 1
↑ Warren 2, Samuel Adams 1

↑ Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland. p. 101. ISBN 0786414391.
↑ Lampi, Philip J. "Massachusetts 1790 Governor". A New Nation Votes. American Antiquarian Society. Retrieved November 18, 2024.