1909 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 related races 1909 United States gubernatorial elections 1909 Massachusetts gubernatorial election Massachusetts 1908 Presidential no 1908 Massachusetts gubernatorial election 1908 1910 Massachusetts gubernatorial election 1910 November 2, 1909 File:Ebenezer Sumner Draper crop.jpg 150x150px Eben S. Draper Republican Party (United States) 190,186 48.64% File:James H. Vahey.jpg James H. Vahey Democratic Party (United States) 182,252 46.62% 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 Eben S. Draper Republican Party (United States) Eben S. Draper Republican Party (United States) The 1909 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1909. Incumbent Governor Republican Eben S. Draper was re-elected, defeating Democratic nominee James H. Vahey with 48.64% of the vote. Republican nomination Candidates Eben S. Draper, incumbent governor Results At the Republican state convention, held on October 2, Draper was re-nominated by acclamation. Name Draper for re-election https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1909-10-02/ed-1/seq-2/ Evening Star Washington, D.C. 2 October 1909 2 23 April 2020 Draper again heads ticket https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86063381/1909-10-05/ed-1/seq-2/ Bemidji Daily Pioneer Bemidji, Minn. 5 October 1909 2 23 April 2020 Democratic nomination Candidates John T. Coughlin, mayor of Fall River Race suicide defeated again https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84020558/1909-10-16/ed-1/seq-2/ Arizona Republican Phoenix, Ariz. 16 October 1909 2 23 April 2020 James H. Vahey, former state senator and candidate for governor in 1908 Results At the Democratic state convention, held on September 30 at Faneuil Hall, Vahey defeated Coughlin by 384 votes to 198. State Politics https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7427537/mayor-john-t-coughlins-almost-run/ Fitchburg Sentinel Fitchburg, Mass. 6 October 1909 4 23 April 2020 Vahey and Foss named https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/430903394/ Boston Daily Globe Boston, Mass. 1 October 1909 1 23 April 2020 General election Results Governor 1909 Massachusetts gubernatorial electionhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266552 MA Governor, 1909 Our Campaigns 24 April 2020https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=25&year=1909&f=0&off=5 1909 Gubernatorial General Election Results - Massachusetts US Election Atlas 24 April 2020Election Statistics 1910 5 Republican Party (United States) Eben S. Draper (incumbent) 190,186 48.64% 2.95 Democratic Party (United States) James H. Vahey 182,252 46.61% 8.61 Socialist Party of America Dan A. White 10,137 2.59% 0.67 Prohibition Party (United States) John A. Nicholls 5,423 1.39% 0.04 Socialist Labor Party of America Moritz E. Ruther 2,999 0.77% 0.19 Write-in All others 16 0.00% 391,013 100.00% Lieutenant governor 1909 Massachusetts lieutenant gubernatorial electionhttps://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=25&year=1909&f=0&off=6 1909 Lt. Gubernatorial General Election Results - Massachusetts US Election Atlas 24 April 2020Election Statistics 1910 5 Republican Party (United States) Louis A. Frothingham 188,417 48.76% 7.86 Democratic Party (United States) Eugene N. Foss 180,659 46.75% 12.82 Socialist Party of America George G. Hall 10,362 2.68% 0.06 Prohibition Party (United States) Ernest R. Knipe 4,088 1.06% 0.30 Socialist Labor Party of America Lawrence Yates 2,924 0.76% 0.09 Write-in All others 4 0.00% 386,450 100.00% See also 1909 Massachusetts legislature References Bibliography Election Statistics, 1909 Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth 1910 Boston, MA Wright & Potter Printing Co., State Printers https://archive.org/details/numberofassessed19061910mass/page/n373/mode/2up Election Statistics 1910 Governor 1909 Massachusetts Category:November 1909 in the United States