1847 Massachusetts Gubernatorial Election
Who won the 1847 Massachusetts Gubernatorial Election?
George N. Briggs won the 1847 Massachusetts Gubernatorial Election. George N. Briggs received 53,742 popular votes (50.97%). The main challenger was Caleb Cushing (37.36%).
See the full head-to-head between Briggs and Cushing
Briggs +13.6 pts · won by 14,344 votes
53,742 votes
39,398 votes
9,193 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 3.0% 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.