1913 United States Senate election in Massachusetts

none March 2026 May 2020 1913 United States Senate election in Massachusetts Massachusetts 1908 presidential no Members' January 14, 1913 Needed to Win: Majority of the votes cast in each house 1907 United States Senate election in Massachusetts 1907 1918 United States Senate election in Massachusetts 1918 x150px File:John Wingate Weeks, Bain bw photo portrait (3x4 cropped).jpg John W. Weeks Republican Party (US) 16026 Senate votes, 134 House votes 58.82% File:Sherman L. Whipple (3x4 cropped).jpg Sherman L. Whipple Democratic Party (US) 8011 Senate votes, 69 House votes 29.41% U.S. Senator Winthrop M. Crane Republican Party (US) John W. Weeks Republican Party (US) The 1913 United States Senate election in Massachusetts was held during January 1913. Incumbent Republican Senator Winthrop Crane retired and was succeeded by Republican John Wingate Weeks. At the time, Massachusetts elected United States senators by a majority vote of the combined houses of the Massachusetts General Court. Republican caucus Candidates Eben Sumner Draper, former governor of Massachusetts Curtis Guild Jr., U.S. Ambassador to Russia and former governor of Massachusetts George P. Lawrence, U.S. Representative from North Adams Robert Luce, Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts Samuel Walker McCall, U.S. Representative from Winchester John Wingate Weeks, U.S. Representative and former mayor of Newton Results 1913 Republican nominating caucusREPUBLICANS READY TO ELECT MR. WEEKS BAY STATE SENATOR The Christian Science Monitor January 14, 1913 1 Republican Party (US) John W. Weeks 97 60.25% Republican Party (US) Samuel Walker McCall 57 35.40% Republican Party (US) Curtis Guild Jr. 5 3.11% Republican Party (US) George P. Lawrence 1 0.62% Republican Party (US) Robert Luce 1 0.62% 161 100.00% After winning the caucus nomination on the thirty-first ballot, Weeks's support was made unanimous by acclamation on a motion by McCall supporter Claude L. Allen. The motion was seconded by Guild supporter John L. Sherburne. General election Massachusetts legislative vote (in Massachusetts Senate)https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=412868 Our Campaigns - MA US Senate Race - Jan 14, 1913The Tribune Almanac and Political Register 1913 The Tribune Association New York 1913 457 United States Senators Chosen, 1912 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015026454499&view=1up&seq=495 HathiTrust Digital Library Rhoades Henry Eckford McPherson Edward Schem A. J. Ottarson F. J. Cleveland John Fitch Greeley Horace John W. Weeks Republican Party (US) 26 66.67% Sherman L. Whipple Democratic Party (US) 11 28.21% John A. Keliher Democratic Party (US) 1 2.56% Joseph C. Pelletier Democratic Party (US) 1 2.56% Massachusetts legislative vote (in Massachusetts House of Representatives) John W. Weeks Republican Party (US) 134 57.51% Sherman L. Whipple Democratic Party (US) 69 29.61% John Graham Brooks Progressive Party (US, 1912) 5 2.15% John F. Meaney Democratic Party (US) 3 1.29% James B. Carroll Democratic Party (US) 3 1.29% Charles A. DeCourey Democratic Party (US) 3 1.29% Charles Sumner Hamlin Democratic Party (US) 2 0.86% John A. Thayer Democratic Party (US) 2 0.86% John F. Fitzgerald Democratic Party (US) 2 0.86% Curtis Guild Jr. Republican Party (US) 1 0.43% Robert Luce Republican Party (US) 1 0.43% Philip J. O'Connell Democratic Party (US) 1 0.43% Richard Olney II Democratic Party (US) 1 0.43% Joseph Henry O'Neil Democratic Party (US) 1 0.43% Andrew J. Peters Democratic Party (US) 1 0.43% Harvey H. Pratt Democratic Party (US) 1 0.43% Roland D. Sawyer Socialist Party (US) 1 0.43% John P. Sweeney Democratic Party (US) 1 0.43% George Fred Williams Democratic Party (US) 1 0.43% Notes References 1913 Massachusetts United States Senate