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1917 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
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The 1917 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1917.
Republican primary
Governor
Candidates
Grafton D. Cushing, former lieutenant governor and former speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Samuel W. McCall, incumbent governor
Results
1917 Republican gubernatorial primaryElection Statistics 1917 169
Republican Party (United States)
Samuel W. McCall (incumbent)
82,641
77.34%
Republican Party (United States)
Grafton D. Cushing
24,212
22.66%
Write-in
All others
3
0.00%
106,856
100.00%
Lieutenant governor
Candidates
Calvin Coolidge, incumbent lieutenant governor
Results
Lieutenant Governor Coolidge was unopposed for the Republican nomination.
1917 Republican lieutenant gubernatorial primaryElection Statistics 1917 174
Republican Party (United States)
Calvin Coolidge (incumbent)
95,858
99.99%
Write-in
All others
9
0.01%
95,867
100.00%
Democratic primary
Governor
Candidates
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 primaryElection Statistics 1917 267
Democratic Party (United States)
Frederick Mansfield
44,155
99.94%
Write-in
All others
27
0.06%
44,182
100.00%
Lieutenant governor
Candidates
Matthew Hale, national chairman of the Progressive Party, delegate-at-large to the 1917 Constitutional Convention,Election Statistics 1918 4 and former publisher of the Boston Journal
Results
Hale was unopposed for the Democratic nomination. He also received the Progressive and Prohibition Party nominations.
1917 Democratic lieutenant gubernatorial primaryElection Statistics 1918 272
Democratic Party (United States)
Matthew Hale
6,518
98.89%
Write-in
All others
73
1.11%
6,591
100.00%
General election
Candidates
James Hayes, perennial candidate from Plymouth (Socialist Labor)
Chester R. Lawrence, perennial candidate from Boston (Prohibition)
Frederick Mansfield, former treasurer and receiver-general (Democratic)
Samuel W. McCall, incumbent governor (Republican)
John McCarty, perennial candidate from Abington (Socialist)
Results
1917 Massachusetts gubernatorial electionhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266560 MA Governor, 1917 Our Campaigns 27 September 2019Election Statistics 1917 12
Republican Party (United States)
Samuel W. McCall (incumbent)
226,145
58.29%
5.84
Democratic Party (United States)
Frederick Mansfield
135,676
34.97%
8.70
Socialist Party of America
John McCarty
16,608
4.28%
2.27
Socialist Labor Party of America
James Hayes
5,243
1.35%
0.61
Prohibition Party (United States)
Chester Lawrence
4,265
1.10%
0.03
Write-in
All others
0
0.00%
387,937
100.00%
See also
1917 Massachusetts legislature
References
Bibliography
Election Statistics, 1917 Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth 1917 Boston, MA https://archive.org/details/numberofassessed1917mass Election Statistics 1917
Election Statistics, 1918 Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth 1919 Boston, MA https://archive.org/details/numberofassessed1918mass Election Statistics 1918
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