The 1922 United States Senate election in Massachusetts was held on November 7, 1922. Incumbent RepublicanHenry Cabot Lodge was re-elected to a sixth term over Democrat William A. Gaston.
Washington Cook, rubber manufacturer and brother of Alonzo B. Cook (Independent)
William A. Gaston, nominee for governor in 1902 and 1903 and son of former Governor William Gaston (Democratic)
Henry Cabot Lodge, incumbent Senator since 1893 (Republican)
John A. Nicholls (Prohibition Progressive)
John Weaver Sherman (Socialist)
William E. Weeks, former Mayor of Everett, Massachusetts (Progressive)
Campaign[]
Washington Cook ran on a platform that supported the League of Nations, women's suffrage, enforcement of the 18th Amendment, measures to stop the lynching of African-Americans in the south, creation of a national divorce law, and adequate compensation for soldiers.[4]
Results[]
United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1922[5]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Republican
Henry Cabot Lodge (incumbent)
414,130
47.59%
4.09
Democratic
William A. Gaston
406,776
46.67%
1.36
Prohibition
John A. Nicholls
24,866
2.85%
N/A
Socialist
John Weaver Sherman
11,678
1.34%
1.67
Independent
Washington Cook
7,836
0.90%
N/A
Progressive
William E. Weeks
4,862
0.55%
N/A
Total votes
870,148
100.00%
References[]
^"Five Aspirants Seek Senator Lodge's Senate Seat". The New York Times. 31 July 1922. p. 11.