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1886 Massachusetts Gubernatorial Election

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Who won the 1886 Massachusetts Gubernatorial Election?

Oliver Ames won the 1886 Massachusetts Gubernatorial Election. Oliver Ames received 122,346 popular votes (50.19%). The main challenger was John Albion Andrew (46.31%).

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Ames +3.9 pts · won by 9,463 votes
Oliver AmesRepublicanWINNER50.19%
122,346 votes
John Albion AndrewDemocratic46.31%
112,883 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 3.5% 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.