1917 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
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Gubernatorial elections were held in Massachusetts on November 6, 1917.
Republican primary
Governor
Candidates
Declared
- Grafton D. Cushing, former Lieutenant Governor and former Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
- Samuel W. McCall, incumbent Governor
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Samuel W. McCall | 82,641 | 77.34% | |
Republican | Grafton D. Cushing | 24,212 | 22.66% | |
Write-in | All others | 3 | 0.00% | |
Total votes | 106,856 | 100.00% |
Lieutenant Governor
Candidates
Declared
- Calvin Coolidge, incumbent Lieutenant Governor
Results
Lieutenant Governor Coolidge was unopposed for the Republican nomination.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Calvin Coolidge | 95,858 | 99.99% | |
Write-in | All others | 9 | 0.01% | |
Total votes | 95,867 | 100.00% |
Democratic primary
Governor
Candidates
Declared
- Frederick Mansfield, former Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts and nominee for Governor in 1916
Results
Mansfield was unopposed for the Democratic nomination.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Frederick Mansfield | 44,155 | 99.94% | |
Write-in | All others | 27 | 0.06% | |
Total votes | 44,182 | 100.00% |
Lieutenant Governor
Candidates
Declared
- Matthew Hale, delegate-at-large to the 1917 Constitutional Convention[4] and former publisher of the Boston Journal
Results
Hale was unopposed for the Democratic nomination.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Matthew Hale | 6,518 | 98.89% | |
Write-in | All others | 73 | 1.11% | |
Total votes | 6,591 | 100.00% |
Independents and third parties
Prohibition Party
- Chester R. Lawrence, perennial candidate from Boston
Socialist Party
- John McCarty, perennial candidate from Abington
Socialist Labor Party
- James Hayes, perennial candidate from Plymouth
General election
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Samuel W. McCall | 226,145 | 58.29% | 5.84 | |
Democratic | Frederick Mansfield | 135,676 | 34.97% | 8.70 | |
Socialist | John McCarty | 16,608 | 4.28% | 2.27 | |
Socialist Labor | James Hayes | 5,243 | 1.35% | 0.61 | |
Prohibition | Chester Lawrence | 4,265 | 1.10% | 0.03 | |
Write-in | All others | 0 | 0.00% | ||
Total votes | 387,937 | 100.00% |
References
- ^ Election Statistics 1917, p. 169.
- ^ Election Statistics 1917, p. 174.
- ^ Election Statistics 1917, p. 267.
- ^ Election Statistics 1918, p. 4.
- ^ Election Statistics 1918, p. 272.
- ^ "MA Governor, 1917". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
- ^ Election Statistics 1917, p. 12.
Bibliography
Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth (1917). Election Statistics, 1917. Boston, MA.{{cite book}}
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