The 1891 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1891. Incumbent Democratic governor William Russell was re-elected to a second term in office over Republican U.S. representative Charles H. Allen.
Russell was the first Democratic governor of Massachusetts to be re-elected to a second term since George S. Boutwell in 1851 and the first ever to be re-elected by popular vote.
General election
Candidates
Charles H. Allen, former U.S. representative from Lowell (Republican) Charles E. Kimball (Prohibition) Henry W. Robinson (Socialist Labor) William Russell, incumbent governor since January 1891 (Democratic) Henry Winn (Populist)
Results
See also 1891 Massachusetts legislature
References