1859 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
The 1859 Massachusetts gubernatorial elections was held on November 2. Incumbent Republican governor Nathaniel Banks was easily re-elected to a third term in office in a race featuring three governors of Massachusetts: incumbent governor Banks, former governor George Nixon Briggs, and future governor Benjamin Franklin Butler.
General election
Candidates
- Nathaniel Prentiss Banks, incumbent governor
- George Nixon Briggs, former governor of Massachusetts
- Benjamin Franklin Butler, state senator from Lowell