1907 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 related races 1907 United States gubernatorial elections 1907 Massachusetts gubernatorial election Massachusetts 1907 presidential No 1906 Massachusetts gubernatorial election 1906 1908 Massachusetts gubernatorial election 1908 1907 11 5 x150px A record of the dedication of the statue of Major General William Francis Bartlett (1905) (14794194863).jpg Curtis Guild Jr. Republican Party (United States) 188,068 50.33% File:Newfoundland at the beginning of the 20th century - a treatise of history and development (1902) (14773653122) (cropped).jpg Henry M. Whitney Democratic Party (United States) 84,379 22.58% File:Thomas L. Hisgen.jpg Thomas Hisgen Independence Party (United States) 75,499 20.20% 300px County results 300px Municipality results Guild: #FFC8CD 30-40% #FFB2B2 40-50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% #c21b18 80–90% #a80000 >90%Whitney: #7996e2 50–60%Hisgen: #D9D9D9 40-50% Governor Curtis Guild, Jr. Republican Party (United States) Curtis Guild, Jr. Republican Party (United States) no IndependentDem. CitizensInd. Citizens The 1907 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 5. Incumbent Republican Governor Curtis Guild Jr. was re-elected for a third one-year term. The election was noted for the split in the Democratic Party and the very strong third-party performance for Independence Party nominee Thomas Hisgen. Hisgen actually received more votes than the Democratic ticket, though Democratic nominee Henry M. Whitney received more votes than Hisgen when considering votes Whitney received on three independent tickets. Republican nomination Candidates Curtis Guild Jr., incumbent governor Campaign The contest for the Republican nomination was seen as a referendum on the Roosevelt administration. The Massachusetts political establishment, led by Senator Henry Cabot Lodge and Governor Guild, was solidly in support of Roosevelt, Lodge's close personal friend.Lodge Fighting Battle of His Life San Francisco Chronicle 18 Aug 1907 33 Republican critics of Governor Guild included State Senator Arthur M. Taft, over the governor's allegedly insufficient support for the protective tariff.Taft's Speech Hits at Guild Boston Daily Globe 21 July 1907 4 Democratic nomination Candidates Charles W. Bartlett, attorney and Democratic nominee for governor in 1905 Henry Melville Whitney, industrialist and Democratic nominee for lt. governor in 1905 Campaign In a poll taken of the Democratic state legislators in May, 25 favored Whitney and eight favored Bartlett, with five scattering and 32 noncommittal.WHITNEY GIVEN A DECIDED LEAD 8 May 1907 1 Boston Daily Globe Convention The Democratic convention was held in Springfield on October 5. Whitney delegates gained control of the convention hall and barred Bartlett delegates from entry. The Bartlett delegates assembled themselves to nominate their candidate and adopt their own platform.The Democratic Convention 7 Oct 1907 Boston Daily Globe 10 Bartlett's supporters were generally aligned with the presidential campaign of William Jennings Bryan, while Whitney's were in opposition to Bryan's third campaign for the Democratic nomination. Bartlett supporters also cited seniority and Whitney's support of the merger of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad and Boston and Maine Corporation.SPLIT OVER H.M. WHITNEY. MacFarland Leaves Massachusetts Democratic State Committee. http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1907/07/02/101815408.html?pageNumber=1 24 August 2016 The New York Times July 2, 1907 Aftermath Whitney's nomination led Grenville MacFarland, the chairman of the Democratic State Committee, to resign his post and his membership in the State Committee. MacFarland felt that Whitney represented corporate interests over "true Democratic principles" in his support of the merger of New York, New Haven and Hartford with Boston and Maine railroads. General election Candidates Charles W. Bartlett, attorney and Democratic nominee for governor in 1905 (Anti-Merger) John W. Brown (Socialist) Thomas F. Brennan (Socialist Labor) Hervey S. Cowell (Prohibition) Curtis Guild Jr., incumbent governor (Republican) Thomas Hisgen, petroleum businessman (Independence) Henry Melville Whitney, industrialist and Democratic nominee for lt. governor in 1905 (Democratic-Independent)In addition to the Democratic nomination, Whitney also ran on the Democratic Citizens and Independent Citizens tickets and had independent ballot access. Campaign The split in the Democratic Party assured Guild of re-election in the normally Republican state.GOV. GUILD SEES VICTORY.: Democratic Split in Massachusetts Makes Republican Success Certain. New York Times 3 Nov 1907 16 Guild ran a quiet, positive campaign emphasizing his record in office, largely ignoring his three main opponents. He characterized his party's record as: "a larger amount of progress legislation, a larger amount of radical reorganization of state institutions, and for a larger amount of new appointments than has ever occurred before in any similar period in the whole history of the commonwealth."GUILD OPENS BAY STATE CAMPAIGN: He Asks For Re-election on Record of What Party Has Done Boston Daily Globe Results 1907 Massachusetts gubernatorial election1907 Massachusetts governor results https://archive.org/details/numberofassessed19061910mass/page/n245/mode/2up Office of the Secretary of State Republican Party (United States) Curtis Guild Jr. (incumbent) 188,068 50.33% 1.63 Democratic Party (United States) Henry Melville Whitney 70,842 18.96% 8.07 Dem. Citizens Henry Melville Whitney 6,691 1.79% N/A Ind. Citizens Henry Melville Whitney 5,154 1.38% N/A Independent (politician) Henry Melville Whitney 1,692 0.45% N/A Total Henry Melville Whitney 168,162 22.58% N/A Independence Party (United States) Thomas Hisgen 75,499 20.20% 11.83 Anti-Merger Charles W. Bartlett 11,194 3.00% N/A Socialist Party (United States) John W. Brown 7,621 2.04% 0.19 Prohibition Party (United States) Hervey S. Cowell 3,810 1.02% 4.97 Socialist Labor Party of America Thomas F. Brennan 2,999 0.58% 0.07 135 0.05% 0.04 373,705 100.00% See also 1907 Massachusetts legislature Notes References Governor 1907 Massachusetts Category:November 1907 in the United States