1881 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

1881 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
	County results; Long: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%
Governor before election; John Davis Long; Republican	Elected Governor ; John Davis Long; Republican

The 1881 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 8.

Governor

Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 1881^[1]^[2]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	John Davis Long (incumbent)	96,609	61.22%
Democratic	Charles Perkins Thompson	54,586	34.59%
Greenback	Israel W. Andrews	4,889	3.10%
Prohibition	Charles Almy	1,640	1.04%
Others	Others	78	0.05%
Republican hold		Swing

Massachusetts Lt. gubernatorial election, 1881^[2]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Byron Weston (incumbent)	96,850	61.40%
Democratic	James H. Carleton^[3]	54,329	34.44%
Greenback	George Dutton^[4]	4,932	3.13%
Prohibition	John Blackmer^[5]	1,596	1.01%
Others	Others	30	0.02%
Republican hold		Swing

^ "MA Governor, 1881". OurCampaigns. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
^ ^a ^b Manual for the Use of the General Court, 1882. Boston, MA: Rand, Avery, & Co., Printers to the Commonwealth. 1882.
^ "Newspaper Clipping". Marion Banner. Marion, Kansas. October 13, 1881. p. 1. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
^ "Fitchburg Sentinel from Fitchburg, Massachusetts on September 23, 1880 · Page 1". Newspapers.com.
^ "Past Prohibition Party Candidates...MA Vote Records". www.prohibitionists.org.