1924 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

1924 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
	County results; Fuller: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%; Curley: 50–60%
Governor before election; Channing H. Cox; Republican	Elected Governor ; Alvan T. Fuller; Republican

The 1924 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1924.

Incumbent Republican Lieutenant Governor Alvan T. Fuller was elected over Boston mayor James Michael Curley.

Republican primary[]

Governor[]

Candidates[]

Declared[]

Alvan T. Fuller, incumbent Lieutenant Governor
James Jackson, Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts

Results[]

1924 Republican Gubernatorial primary^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Alvan T. Fuller	193,282	57.14%
	Republican	James Jackson	144,960	42.86%
	Write-in	All others	4	0.00%
Total votes			338,246	100.00%

Lieutenant Governor[]

Candidates[]

Declared[]

Frank G. Allen, State Senator from Norwood

Results[]

Allen was unopposed for the Republican nomination.

1924 Republican Lt. Gubernatorial primary^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank G. Allen	296,008	100.00%
	Write-in	All others	5	0.00%
Total votes			296,013	100.00%

Democratic primary[]

Governor[]

Candidates[]

Declared[]

James Michael Curley, Mayor of Boston

Results[]

Curley was unopposed for the Democratic nomination.

1924 Democratic gubernatorial primary^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James Michael Curley	125,931	99.97%
	Write-in	All others	35	0.03%
Total votes			125,966	100.00%

Lt. Governor[]

Candidates[]

Declared[]

Thomas J. Boynton, former Massachusetts Attorney General and Mayor of Everett
John J. Cummings, candidate for Lieutenant Governor in 1922
William A O'Hearn, State Senator from North Adams

Results[]

1924 Democratic Lt. gubernatorial primary^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John J. Cummings	57,614	50.29%
	Democratic	William A. O'Hearn	36,435	31.80%
	Democratic	Thomas J. Boynton	20,512	17.90%
	Write-in	All others	5	0.00%
Total votes			114,566	100.00%

Independents and third parties[]

Socialist[]

Walter S. Hutchins, perennial candidate

Socialist Labor[]

James Hayes, perennial candidate

Workers[]

John J. Ballam, Marxist activist and trade union organizer

General election[]

Results[]

1924 Massachusetts gubernatorial election^[5]^[6]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Republican	Alvan T. Fuller	650,817	56.03%	3.79
Democratic	James Michael Curley	490,010	42.19%	3.23
Workers	John J. Ballam	9,506	0.82%	0.82
Socialist	Walter S. Hutchins	6,292	0.54%	0.49
Socialist Labor	Henry Hess	4,854	0.42%	0.11
Write-in	All others	31	0.00%

References[]

^ Election Statistics 1924, p. 57.
^ Election Statistics 1924, p. 60.
^ Election Statistics 1924, p. 135.
^ Election Statistics 1924, p. 138.
^ "MA Governor, 1924". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
^ Election Statistics 1924, p. 298.

Bibliography[]

Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth (1924). Election Statistics, 1924. Boston, MA.

[FOOTNOTEElection_Statistics192457-1] Election Statistics 1924, p. 57.

[FOOTNOTEElection_Statistics192460-2] Election Statistics 1924, p. 60.

[FOOTNOTEElection_Statistics1924135-3] Election Statistics 1924, p. 135.

[FOOTNOTEElection_Statistics1924138-4] Election Statistics 1924, p. 138.

[5] "MA Governor, 1924". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 21 August 2019.

[FOOTNOTEElection_Statistics1924298-6] Election Statistics 1924, p. 298.

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1924 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

Contents

Republican primary[]

Governor[]

Candidates[]

Declared[]

Results[]

Lieutenant Governor[]

Candidates[]

Declared[]

Results[]

Democratic primary[]

Governor[]

Candidates[]

Declared[]

Results[]

Lt. Governor[]

Candidates[]

Declared[]

Results[]

Independents and third parties[]

Socialist[]

Socialist Labor[]

Workers[]

General election[]

Results[]

See also[]

References[]

Bibliography[]