1884 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

The 1884 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 4. Incumbent Republican governor George D. Robinson was re-elected to a second term in office over Democrat William Crowninshield Endicott.

General election

Candidates

William Crowninshield Endicott, former judge of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and candidate for U.S. representative in 1879
Matthew J. McCafferty, aide to former governor Benjamin Butler
George D. Robinson, incumbent governor
Julius H. Seelye, president of Amherst College and former U.S. representative