1917 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

1917 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
	County results; McCall: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%; Mansfield: 40–50%
Governor before election; Samuel W. McCall; Republican	Elected Governor ; Samuel W. McCall; Republican

The 1917 Massachusetts gubernatorial election 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[]

1917 Republican gubernatorial primary^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Samuel W. McCall (incumbent)	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.

1917 Republican lieutenant gubernatorial primary^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Calvin Coolidge (incumbent)	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.

1917 Democratic gubernatorial primary^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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.

1917 Democratic lieutenant gubernatorial primary^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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[]

1917 Massachusetts gubernatorial election^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Samuel W. McCall (incumbent)	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.
Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth (1919). Election Statistics, 1918. Boston, MA.

[FOOTNOTEElection_Statistics1917169-1] Election Statistics 1917, p. 169.

[FOOTNOTEElection_Statistics1917174-2] Election Statistics 1917, p. 174.

[FOOTNOTEElection_Statistics1917267-3] Election Statistics 1917, p. 267.

[FOOTNOTEElection_Statistics19184-4] Election Statistics 1918, p. 4.

[FOOTNOTEElection_Statistics1918272-5] Election Statistics 1918, p. 272.

[6] "MA Governor, 1917". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 27 September 2019.

[FOOTNOTEElection_Statistics191712-7] Election Statistics 1917, p. 12.

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1917 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

Contents

Republican primary[]

Governor[]

Candidates[]

Declared[]

Results[]

Lieutenant Governor[]

Candidates[]

Declared[]

Results[]

Democratic primary[]

Governor[]

Candidates[]

Declared[]

Results[]

Lieutenant Governor[]

Candidates[]

Declared[]

Results[]

Independents and third parties[]

Prohibition Party[]

Socialist Party[]

Socialist Labor Party[]

General election[]

Results[]

See also[]

References[]

Bibliography[]