The 1962 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1962. Former Executive Councilor

Massachusetts Governor's Council

The Massachusetts Governor's Council is a governmental body that provides advice and consent in certain matters such as judicial nominations, pardons, and commutations to the Governor of Massachusetts...

 Endicott Peabody

Endicott Peabody

Endicott "Chub" Peabody was the 62nd Governor of Massachusetts from January 3, 1963 to January 7, 1965.-Early life:...

 defeated incumbent Governor John A. Volpe

John A. Volpe

John Anthony Volpe was the 61st and 63rd Governor of Massachusetts and a U.S. Secretary of Transportation.-Early life and education:Volpe was born in 1908 in Wakefield, Massachusetts. He was the son of Italian immigrants Vito and Filomena , who had come from Abruzzo to Boston's North End in 1905;...

 in the general election.

Governor

Endicott Peabody

Endicott Peabody

Endicott "Chub" Peabody was the 62nd Governor of Massachusetts from January 3, 1963 to January 7, 1965.-Early life:...

 defeated auto registrar Clement A. Riley

Clement A. Riley

Clement A. Riley was a Massachusetts politician who served as the Massachusetts Registrar of Motor Vehicles from 1957-1963.A nine-year member of the Norwood Board of Selectman, Riley was appointed to the Civil Service Commission by Governor Paul A. Dever in 1951...

 for the Democratic nomination.

Volpe ran unopposed in the Republican primary.

Lt. Governor

Boston attorney Francis X. Belotti defeated auto dealer and former Executive Councilor Herbert L. Connolly in the Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts

Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts

The Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts is the first in the line to discharge the powers and duties of the office of governor following the incapacitation of the Governor of Massachusetts...

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State Representative

Massachusetts House of Representatives

The Massachusetts House of Representatives is the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court, the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is composed of 160 members elected from single-member electoral districts across the Commonwealth. Representatives serve two-year terms...

 Francis W. Perry ran unopposed for the Republican nomination.

General election

Peabody defeated Volpe by 2,137 votes. Peabody's slim margin of victory prompted a recount. On December 20, Volpe conceded the election to Peabody.

Bellotti defeated Perry in the Lt. gubernatorial general election.