1789 Massachusetts Governor Race

1789 Massachusetts Gubernatorial Election
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The 1789 Massachusetts Gubernatorial Election was held on April 6, 1789. 
Incumbent Governor John Hancock would run again with the Constitutional Democratic Party. The Constitutional Democratic Party placed 3 more candidates up for election as well: Benjamin Lincoln, the Lieutenant Governor; James Bowdoin, the former Governor of Massachusetts; and William Cushing, the Massachusetts Chief Justice. The Democratic-Republican Party would also run a candidate, Samuel Adams, a former Governor of Massachusetts.
==Results==
Benjamin Lincoln would overtake incumbent Governor Hancock in this election, and would take the position. Hancock would never hold a statewide position again.
Candidate 	Candidate 	Popular Vote	Popular Vote
Candidate 	Candidate 	Count 	Percentage
Benjamin Lincoln	Constitutional Democratic	9,164 	42.7%
John Hancock 	Constitutional Democratic	8,712 	40.6%
James Bowdoin 	Constitutional Democratic	2,495 	11.6%
William Cushing 	Constitutional Democratic	583 	2.7%
Samuel Adams 	Democratic-Republican 	529 	2.5%
Total 	Total 	21,483 	100.00%