1844 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
The 1844 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 11.
Incumbent Whig Governor George N. Briggs was re-elected to a second term in office over Democrat George Bancroft.
General election
Candidates
- George Bancroft, historian and former collector of the Port of Boston
- George N. Briggs, incumbent governor since January 1844
- Samuel Edmund Sewall, attorney and Liberty nominee for governor since 1842