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The 1795 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on April 6.
Incumbent Governor Samuel Adams was re-elected to a second term in office; opposition to Adams was not organized and did not contest the election.
General election
Candidates
- Samuel Adams, incumbent Governor since 1794 (Republican)
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic-Republican | Samuel Adams (incumbent) | 15,976 | 90.21% | ||
Others | Scattering | 1,734 | 9.79% | ||
Total votes | 17,710 | 100.00% | |||
Democratic-Republican hold | Swing |
References
- 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.
Bibliography
- Hart, Albert Bushnell, ed. (1927). Commonwealth History of Massachusetts. New York: The States History Company. OCLC 1543273.
- Morse, Anson (1909). The Federalist Party in Massachusetts to the Year 1800. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. OCLC 718724.
- Sumner, William Hyslop; Trask, William Blake (1854). Memoir of Increase Sumner, Governor of Massachusetts: Governor of Massachusetts. Boston: Samuel G. Drake.
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