1889 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
The 1889 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1889. Incumbent Republican governor Oliver Ames did not run for re-election to a fourth term in office. He was succeeded by his lieutenant governor, John Q. A. Brackett, who defeated Democratic mayor of Cambridge William Russell.
General election
Candidates
- John Blackmer
- John Q. A. Brackett, lieutenant governor since 1887
- William Russell, former mayor of Cambridge and nominee for governor in 1888