1870 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
The 1870 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 8.
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Governor William Clafin was re-elected to a third consecutive one-year term, defeating Democrat John Quincy Adams II and abolitionist attorney Wendell Phillips, running on the Labor Reform ticket.
In the concurrent but separate election for Lieutenant Governor, Republican Joseph Tucker was also re-elected to a third term.
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