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1844 Massachusetts Governor Election
Massachusetts · 3 candidates
Briggs +11.1 pts · won by 14,856 votes
George N. BriggsWhig PartyWINNER51.83%
69,570 votes
George BancroftDemocratic40.76%
54,714 votes
Samuel E. SewallLiberty Party7.18%
9,634 votes
Popular-vote totals for governor elections are compiled from official state results (via Wikipedia); Louisiana shows the decisive round of its jungle primary.