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1883 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
County results Municipality results Robinson : 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%Butler : 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%
The 1883 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 6.
Governor Benjamin Butler ran for re-election on a fusion ticket between the Democratic Party and the Greenback Labor Party but was defeated by Republican U.S. Representative George D. Robinson .[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] Oliver Ames was re-elected to a second term.
Republican nomination Candidates Declined Results General election Results See also References
↑ Richardson, Darcy G. (2004). Others: Third Party Politics from the Nation's Founding to the Rise and Fall of the Greenback-Labor Party. Vol I. ISBN 0-595-31723-5 ↑ Gillespie, J. David (2012). Challengers to Duopoly: Why Third Parties Matter in American Two-Party Politics ISBN 978-1-61117-013-9 ↑ Kennedy, Robert C. "On This Day: August 30, 1884" . New York Times . Retrieved April 2, 2019 . ↑ "BUTLER'S OPPONENT NAMED: GEORGE D. ROBINSON FOR GOVERNOR". The New York Tribune . September 20, 1883. p. 1. ↑ "MA Governor, 1883" . OurCampaigns. Retrieved January 3, 2020 .↑ 6.0 6.1 Manual for the Use of the General Court, 1884 ↑ "Ward 11. Regular Democratic Ticket" . Boston, Massachusetts: Kiley, Printer. 7 Spring Lane. 1883. Retrieved January 3, 2020 .↑ "Past Prohibition Party Candidates...MA Vote Records" .↑ Alexander McBride, ed. (1884). The Evening Journal Almanac, 1884
