1847 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

The 1847 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 8.

Incumbent Whig Governor George N. Briggs was re-elected to a fifth term in office over Democrat Caleb Cushing. This was the last election in which the Whig Party received a majority of the vote; after the emergence of the Free Soil Party in 1848, Whigs only won pluralities before fading away entirely by the 1857 election.

Candidates

 * Henry W. Bishop
 * Caleb Cushing, former U.S. Minister to China and U.S. Representative from Newburyport
 * Isaac Davis, State Senator from Worcester and nominee for Governor in 1845 and 1846
 * David Henshaw, former U.S. Secretary of the Navy

Candidates

 * Francis Baylies, former U.S. Chargé d'Affaires in Buenos Aires and U.S. Representative from Taunton
 * Caleb Cushing, former U.S. Minister to China and U.S. Representative from Newburyport (Democratic)
 * George N. Briggs, incumbent Governor since 1844 (Whig)
 * Samuel Edmund Sewall, Liberty nominee for Governor since 1842 (Liberty)