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1920 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
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1920 Massachusetts gubernatorial election Massachusetts 1908 presidential No 1919 Massachusetts gubernatorial election 1919 1922 Massachusetts gubernatorial election 1922 1920 11 2 x150px Channing_H_Cox.png Channing H. Cox Republican Party (United States) 643,869 67.02% John Jackson Walsh circa 1922.jpg John Jackson Walsh Democratic Party (United States) 290,350 30.22% 300px County results 300px Municipality results Cox: #FFB2B2 40-50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% #c21b18 80–90% #a80000 >90%Walsh: #A5B0FF 40-50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% Governor Calvin Coolidge Republican Party (United States) Channing H. Cox Republican Party (United States)
The 1920 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1920. This was the first election in which the governor was elected to a two-year term, following the adoption of amendments to the state constitution proposed by the state constitutional convention of 1917–18.
Republican primary
Governor
Candidates
Channing H. Cox, incumbent lieutenant governor
Declined
Calvin Coolidge, incumbent governor (nominated for vice president)
Lieutenant Governor Cox was unopposed for the nomination.
Results
Republican gubernatorial primary, 1920Election Statistics 1920 79
Republican Party (United States)
Channing H. Cox
185,875
99.98%
Write-in
All others
43
0.02%
185,918
100.00%
Lt. governor
Candidates
Charles L. Burrill, treasurer and receiver-general
Alvan T. Fuller, U.S. representative from Massachusetts's 9th congressional district
Albert P. Langtry, secretary of the commonwealth
Joseph E. Warner, speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Results
Congressman Alvan Fuller narrowly defeated Speaker of the State House Joseph Warner for the nomination.
Republican lt. gubernatorial primary, 1920Election Statistics 1920 86
Republican Party (United States)
Alvan T. Fuller
58,556
28.31%
Republican Party (United States)
Joseph E. Warner
57,704
27.90%
Republican Party (United States)
Charles L. Burrill
52,039
25.16%
Republican Party (United States)
Albert P. Langtry
38,214
18.47%
Write-in
All others
347
0.17%
206,860
100.00%
Democratic primary
Governor
Candidates
Richard H. Long, nominee for governor in 1918 and 1919
John Jackson Walsh, state senator
Results
Democratic gubernatorial primary, 1920Election Statistics 1920 199
Democratic Party (United States)
John Jackson Walsh
39,762
52.23%
Democratic Party (United States)
Richard H. Long
36,354
47.75%
Write-in
All others
10
0.01%
76,126
100.00%
General election
Results
Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 1920https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266561 MA Governor, 1920 Our Campaigns 30 May 2019Election Statistics 1920 424
Republican Party (United States)
Channing H. Cox
643,869
67.02%
6.08
Democratic Party (United States)
John Jackson Walsh
290,350
30.22%
6.73
Socialist Party of America
Walter S. Hutchins
20,079
2.09%
0.74
Socialist Labor Party of America
Patrick Mulligan
6,383
0.66%
0.21
Write-in
All others
16
0.00%
See also
1920 Massachusetts legislature
References
Bibliography
Election Statistics, 1920 Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth 1920 Boston, MA https://archive.org/details/numberofassessed1920mass Election Statistics 1920
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