1796 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

Election for Governor of Massachusetts

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Governor before election

Samuel Adams
Democratic-Republican

Elected Governor

Samuel Adams
Democratic-Republican

The 1796 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on April 4.

Incumbent Governor Samuel Adams was re-elected to a third term in office over Increase Sumner.

General election

Samuel Adams, incumbent Governor since 1794 (Republican)
Increase Sumner, Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (Federalist)

1796 Massachusetts gubernatorial election^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic-Republican	Samuel Adams (incumbent)	15,199	57.37%
	Federalist	Increase Sumner	10,184	38.44%
	Others	Scattering	1,110	4.19%
Total votes			26,493	100.00%
	Democratic-Republican hold		Swing

^ Burdick, Charles (1814). The Massachusetts Manual: or Political and Historical Register, for the Political Year from June 1814 to June 1815. Vol. I. Boston: Charles Callender. p. 26.
^ Glashan, Roy (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, Conn.: Meckler Books. p. 140.

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