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|candidate = [[John Hancock]]
|candidate = [[John Hancock]]
|votes = 7,996
|votes = 7,996
|percentage = 93.14%
|percentage = 93.14
|change = +1.58
|change = +1.58
}}
}}
|candidate = [[James Bowdoin]]
|candidate = [[James Bowdoin]]
|votes = 339
|votes = 339
|percentage = 3.95%
|percentage = 3.95
|change = -4.49
|change = -4.49
}}
}}
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A gubernatorial election was held in Massachusetts on April 2, 1781. John Hancock, the incumbent governor, defeated James Bowdoin, the former president of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention.[1]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
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| Nonpartisan | John Hancock | 7,996 | 93.14 | +1.58 | |
| Nonpartisan | James Bowdoin | 339 | 3.95 | −4.49 | |
| Others | Scattering | 250 | 2.91 | New | |
- ^
Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland. p. 99. ISBN 0786414391.
- ^ Dubin, 99.
