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1908 Massachusetts gubernatorial election Massachusetts 1908 presidential No 1907 Massachusetts gubernatorial election 1907 1909 Massachusetts gubernatorial election 1909 1908 11 4 150x150px File:Ebenezer Sumner Draper crop.jpg Eben S. Draper Republican Party (United States) 228,318 51.59% File:James H. Vahey.jpg James H. Vahey Democratic Party (United States) 168,162 38.00% 3x4.svg William N. Osgood Independence Party (United States) 23,101 5.22% 300px County results 300px Municipality results Draper: #FFB2B2 40-50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% #c21b18 80–90% #a80000 >90%Vahey: #A5B0FF 40-50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% Governor Curtis Guild, Jr. Republican Party (United States) Eben S. Draper Republican Party (United States)
The 1908 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1908.
Democratic nomination
Governor
Candidates
James H. Vahey, state senator from Watertown
Withdrew
E. Gerry Brown, labor leaderSenator Vahey Named The Boston Daily Globe October 2, 1908
Results
Vahey was unopposed for the Democratic nomination.
General election
Results
Governor
1908 Massachusetts gubernatorial election1908 Massachusetts governor results 1908 https://archive.org/details/numberofassessed1908mass/page/4 Office of the Secretary of State
Republican Party (United States)
Eben S. Draper
228,318
51.59%
Democratic Party (United States)
James H. Vahey
168,162
38.00%
Independence Party (United States)
William N. Osgood
23,101
5.22%
Socialist Party of America
James F. Carey
14,430
3.26%
Prohibition Party
Willard O. Wylie
5,966
1.35%
Socialist Labor Party of America
Walter J. Hoar
2,567
0.58%
Others
Others
5
0.00%
Lt. governor
Massachusetts lieutenant gubernatorial election, 19081908 Massachusetts governor results 1908 https://archive.org/details/numberofassessed1908mass/page/4
Republican Party (United States)
Louis A. Frothingham
240,356
56.61%
Democratic Party (United States)
Charles J. Barton
144,049
33.93%
Independence Party (United States)
Robert J. McCartney
19,904
4.69%
Socialist Party of America
John Hall, Jr.
11,619
2.74%
Prohibition Party
Frank N. Rand
5,760
1.36%
Socialist Labor Party of America
Joao Claudino
2,846
0.67%
Others
Others
17
0.00%
424,551
100.00%
See also
1908 Massachusetts legislature
1908 Massachusetts Senate election
References
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