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1918 Massachusetts gubernatorial election Massachusetts 1908 presidential No 1917 Massachusetts gubernatorial election 1917 1919 Massachusetts gubernatorial election 1919 1918 11 5 x150px 29 Calvin Coolidge 3x4.jpg Calvin Coolidge Republican Party (United States) 214,863 50.87% Richard H. Long.jpg Richard H. Long Democratic Party (United States) 197,828 46.84% 300px County results 300px Municipality results Coolidge: #FFB2B2 40-50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% #c21b18 80–90% #a80000 >90%Long: #A5B0FF 40-50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% Governor Samuel W. McCall Republican Party (United States) Calvin Coolidge Republican Party (United States)
The 1918 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1918.
Republican primary
Governor
Candidates
Calvin Coolidge, incumbent lieutenant governor
Declined
Samuel W. McCall, incumbent governor (to run for U.S. Senate)
Lieutenant Governor Coolidge was unopposed for the Republican nomination.
Results
Republican gubernatorial primary, 1918Election Statistics 1918 6
Republican Party (United States)
Calvin Coolidge
81,238
99.97%
Write-in
All others
22
0.03%
81,260
100.00%
Lt. governor
Candidates
Channing H. Cox, speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Guy Andrews Ham, former governor's councilor and candidate for lieutenant governor in 1915Politics and Politicians The Boston Sunday Globe 14 July 1918 81
Declined
Edwin U. Curtis, former mayor of Boston
Alvan T. Fuller, U.S. representative
Results
Republican gubernatorial primary, 1918Election Statistics 1918 12
Republican Party (United States)
Channing H. Cox
58,481
68.45%
Republican Party (United States)
Guy Andrews Ham
26,957
31.55%
Write-in
All others
1
0.00%
85,439
100.00%
Democratic primary
Governor
Candidates
Edward P. Barry, former lieutenant governor
William A. Gaston, nominee for governor in 1902 and 1903
Richard H. Long, Framingham businessman
Withdrew
Frederick Mansfield, former treasurer and receiver-general of Massachusetts and nominee for governor in 1916 and 1917 (endorsed Gaston)Mansfield Retires In Favor Of Gaston The Boston Daily Globe August 4, 1918
Results
Democratic gubernatorial primary, 1918Election Statistics 1918 122
Democratic Party (United States)
Richard H. Long
23,546
38.65%
Democratic Party (United States)
William A. Gaston
20,968
34.41%
Democratic Party (United States)
Edward P. Barry
16,411
26.94%
Write-in
All others
3
0.00%
60,928
100.00%
Lt. governor
Candidates
Joseph H. O'Neil, former U.S.representative
O'Neil was unopposed for the Democratic nomination.
Democratic gubernatorial primary, 1918Election Statistics 1918 128
Democratic Party (United States)
Joseph H. O'Neil
3,948
95.00%
Write-in
All others
208
5.00%
4,156
100.00%
General election
Candidates
Calvin Coolidge, incumbent lieutenant governor (Republican)
Richard H. Long, car dealer from Framingham (Democratic)
Sylvester McBride (Socialist)
Ingvar Paulsen (Socialist Labor)
Results
Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 1918https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=55233 MA Governor, 1918 Our Campaigns 25 May 2019Election Statistics 1918 245
Republican Party (United States)
Calvin Coolidge
214,863
50.87%
Democratic Party (United States)
Richard H. Long
197,828
46.84%
Socialist Party of America
Sylvester J. McBride
7,757
1.84%
Socialist Labor Party of America
Ingvar Paulsen
1,913
0.45%
Write-in
All others
9
0.00%
See also
1918 Massachusetts legislature
1918 Massachusetts Question 1
References
Bibliography
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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