1924 United States Senate election in Massachusetts

none March 2026 September 2023 1924 United States Senate election in Massachusetts Massachusetts 1908 presidential no 1918 United States Senate election in Massachusetts 1918 1930 United States Senate election in Massachusetts 1930 November 4, 1924 150x150px File:GILETT, F.H. HONORABLE LCCN2016856513 (resized) (cropped).jpg Frederick H. Gillett Republican Party (US) 566,188 50.26% File:David I. Walsh (3x4 cropped).jpg David I. Walsh Democratic Party (US) 547,600 48.61% 300px County results 300px| Municipality results 1 250px Gillett: #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% #584CDE 70–80% Senator David I. Walsh Democratic Party (US) Frederick H. Gillett Republican Party (US) The United States Senate election of 1924 in Massachusetts was held on November 4, 1924. Incumbent Democratic Senator David I. Walsh, first elected in 1918, ran for a second term in office but was defeated by the Republican nominee, incumbent Speaker of the U.S. House Frederick H. Gillett. Despite winning 13 out of 14 counties in the state, Gillett was only able to win a narrow margin of 1.7%, which was largely due to Walsh's strong performance in Suffolk County, home to the state capital of Boston, likely being carried over by fellow Republican Calvin Coolidge's strong performance in the 1924 United States presidential election. Walsh would later go on to win a special Senate election in 1926 to the Class I seat, and he served until his final defeat in 1946. Democratic primary Candidates David I. Walsh, incumbent Senator Results Senator Walsh was unopposed for renomination. 1924 Democratic U.S. Senate primaryOffice of the Secretary of Commonwealth of Massachusetts Number of assessed polls, registered voters and persons who voted in each voting precinct in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at the state, city and town elections 1924 https://www.archive.org/stream/numberofassessed19231924mass#page/152/mode/2up Democratic Party (United States) David I. Walsh (incumbent) 120,915 99.99 8 0.01 120,923 100.00 Republican primary Candidates Louis A. Coolidge, former Assistant U.S. Treasury Secretary, founding president of Sentinels of the Republic, and former private secretary to Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Frederick W. Dallinger, U.S. Representative from Cambridge Frederick H. Gillett, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Declined Channing Cox, Governor of Massachusetts Benjamin Loring Young, Speaker of the Massachusetts House of RepresentativesCOX STANDS FIRM, BUT BUTLER IS HOPEFUL 7 May 1924 1 Merrill John D. Boston Daily Globe Campaign The early campaign was dominated by President Calvin Coolidge's efforts to recruit a candidate aligned with his own re-election campaign. Louis A. Coolidge (no relation) was the first candidate to formally announce his campaign. He spent much of the early campaign criticizing the President and other national Republicans' efforts to "interfere" in the race. President Coolidge's primary recruit was Governor Channing Cox, who had served as lieutenant governor when President Coolidge was Governor of Massachusetts. Governor Cox announced he was not a candidate in early May, and Speaker of the House Frederick H. Gillett immediately announced his campaign after consulting with President Coolidge's advisor Frank Stearns.Gov. Cox' Refusal Puts Mr. Gillett Into Senate Race 9 May 1924 The Christian Science Monitor 1 At the same time, U.S. Representative Frederick W. Dallinger made his informal campaign formal. One of the dividing issues in the campaign was Prohibition. Louis Coolidge announced his outright opposition to the Eighteenth Amendment. Dallinger explicitly supported Prohibition. Gillett, who had voted against the Amendment but in favor of the Volstead Act to enforce its provisions, was considered a moderate. Results 1924 Republican U.S. Senate primaryOffice of the Secretary of Commonwealth of Massachusetts Number of assessed polls, registered voters and persons who voted in each voting precinct in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at the state, city and town elections 1924 https://www.archive.org/stream/numberofassessed19231924mass#page/78/mode/2up Republican Party (US) Frederick H. Gillett 145,879 45.33% Republican Party (US) Louis A. Coolidge 93,680 29.11% Republican Party (US) Frederick W. Dallinger 82,251 25.56% 16 0.01% 321,826 100.00 General election Candidates Frederick H. Gillett, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (Republican) Antoinette F. Konikow, physician and feminist activist (Workers') David I. Walsh, incumbent senator since 1919 (Democratic) Results 1924 U.S. Senate election in Massachusettshttp://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=267967 Our Campaigns - MA US Senate Race - Nov 04, 1924 Republican Party (US) Frederick H. Gillett 566,188 50.26% 5.20 Democratic Party (US) David I. Walsh (incumbent) 547,600 48.61% 2.05 Workers Party of America Antoinette F. Konikow 12,716 1.13% N/A 1,126,504 100.00% References Massachusetts 1924 Category:1924 Massachusetts elections