1917 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

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1917 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
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  1916 November 6, 1917 (1917-11-06) 1918  
  Samuel Walker McCall circa 1920 (cropped).jpg Frederick William Mansfield (1).png
Nominee Samuel W. McCall Frederick Mansfield
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote226,145135,676
Percentage58.29%34.97%

1917 Massachusetts gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
County results
McCall:      50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Mansfield:      40–50%

Governor before election

Samuel W. McCall
Republican

Elected Governor

Samuel W. McCall
Republican

The 1917 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1917.

Contents

Republican primary

Governor

Candidates

Results

1917 Republican gubernatorial primary [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Samuel W. McCall (incumbent) 82,641 77.34%
Republican Grafton D. Cushing 24,21222.66%
Write-in All others30.00%
Total votes106,856 100.00%

Lieutenant governor

Candidates

Results

Lieutenant Governor Coolidge was unopposed for the Republican nomination.

1917 Republican lieutenant gubernatorial primary [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Calvin Coolidge (incumbent) 95,858 99.99%
Write-in All others90.01%
Total votes95,867 100.00%

Democratic primary

Governor

Candidates

Results

Mansfield was unopposed for the Democratic nomination.

1917 Democratic gubernatorial primary [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Frederick Mansfield 44,155 99.94%
Write-in All others270.06%
Total votes44,182 100.00%

Lieutenant governor

Candidates

  • Matthew Hale, delegate-at-large to the 1917 Constitutional Convention [4] and former publisher of the Boston Journal

Results

Hale was unopposed for the Democratic nomination.

1917 Democratic lieutenant gubernatorial primary [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Matthew Hale 6,518 98.89%
Write-in All others731.11%
Total votes6,591 100.00%

General election

Candidates

Results

1917 Massachusetts gubernatorial election [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Samuel W. McCall (incumbent) 226,145 58.29% Increase2.svg5.84
Democratic Frederick Mansfield 135,67634.97%Decrease2.svg8.70
Socialist John McCarty16,6084.28%Increase2.svg2.27
Socialist Labor James Hayes5,2431.35%Increase2.svg0.61
Prohibition Chester Lawrence4,2651.10%Decrease2.svg0.03
Write-inAll others00.00%
Total votes387,937 100.00%

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References

  1. Election Statistics 1917, p. 169.
  2. Election Statistics 1917, p. 174.
  3. Election Statistics 1917, p. 267.
  4. Election Statistics 1918, p. 4.
  5. Election Statistics 1918, p. 272.
  6. "MA Governor, 1917". Our Campaigns. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
  7. Election Statistics 1917, p. 12.

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