1886 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

The 1886 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1886. Incumbent Republican governor George D. Robinson did not run for re-election to a fourth term in office. He was succeeded by his lieutenant governor Oliver Ames, who defeated Democratic former state senator John F. Andrew.

General election

Candidates

Oliver Ames, lieutenant governor
John F. Andrew, former state senator from Boston
Thomas J. Lothrop, candidate for governor in 1885
George E. McNeill
James Sumner, Greenback nominee for governor in 1885