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1899 Massachusetts Gubernatorial Election

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Who won the 1899 Massachusetts Gubernatorial Election?

W. Murray Crane won the 1899 Massachusetts Gubernatorial Election. W. Murray Crane received 168,902 popular votes (56.46%). The main challenger was Robert Treat Paine (34.7%).

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Crane +21.8 pts · won by 65,100 votes
W. Murray CraneRepublicanWINNER56.46%
168,902 votes
Robert Treat PaineDemocratic34.7%
103,802 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 8.8% 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.