1877 United States Senate election in Massachusetts

1877 United States Senate election in Massachusetts

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Majority of legislature needed to win
Nominee George Frisbie Hoar Josiah Abbott Party Republican Democratic Electoral vote 146 62 Percentage 52.52% 22.30%   Nominee George S. Boutwell Alexander H. Rice Party Republican Republican Electoral vote 47 19 Percentage 16.91% 6.83%
Senator before election George S. Boutwell Republican Elected Senator George Frisbie Hoar Republican

The 1877 United States Senate election in Massachusetts was held in January 1877. Incumbent Republican Senator George S. Boutwell, who had won a special election for the remainder of Henry Wilson's term, was defeated by reformist U.S. Representative George Frisbie Hoar.

At the time, Massachusetts elected United States Senators by a resolution of the Massachusetts General Court.