1839 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
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1839 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
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The 1839 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was a tightly contested race won by Marcus Morton. Under Massachusetts law at the time, a majority of the votes cast was required to win, and Morton received exactly half the votes cast. Despite the presence of some irregularities, incumbent Whig Governor Edward Everett refused to contest the results once a legislative committee dominated by his party accepted a report giving Morton 51,034 votes out of 102,066 cast.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1839_Massachusetts_gubernatorial_election
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2010-06-21T00:36:18Z
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2024-08-29T17:53:00Z
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