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1819 Massachusetts Gubernatorial Election

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Who won the 1819 Massachusetts Gubernatorial Election?

John Brooks won the 1819 Massachusetts Gubernatorial Election. John Brooks received 42,875 popular votes (53.67%). The main challenger was Benjamin Williams Crowninshield (44.15%).

See the full head-to-head between Brooks and Crowninshield

Brooks +9.5 pts · won by 7,604 votes
John BrooksFederalist PartyWINNER53.67%
42,875 votes
Benjamin Williams CrowninshieldDemocratic44.15%
35,271 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 2.2% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote totals for governor elections are compiled from official state results (via Wikipedia); Louisiana shows the decisive round of its jungle primary.

Data last verified July 28, 2026.