1917 United States gubernatorial elections

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1917 United States gubernatorial elections
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  1916 November 6, 1917 1918  

2 governorships
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Seats before25 [lower-alpha 1] 22 [lower-alpha 2] [lower-alpha 3]
Seats after2522
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svg
Seats up11
Seats won11

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     Democratic hold
     Republican hold

United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 6, 1917, in two states. Virginia holds its gubernatorial elections in odd numbered years, every 4 years, following the United States presidential election year. Massachusetts at this time held gubernatorial elections every year. It would abandon this practice in 1920.

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Results

StateIncumbentPartyStatusOpposing candidates
Massachusetts Samuel W. McCall RepublicanRe-elected, 58.29% Frederick W. Mansfield (Democratic) 34.97%
John McCarty (Socialist) 4.28%
James Hayes (Socialist Labor) 1.35%
Chester R. Lawrence (Prohibition) 1.10%
[1]
Virginia Henry Carter Stuart DemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victory Westmoreland Davis (Democratic) 71.47%
T. J. Muncy (Republican) 27.77%
Frank Smith (Socialist) 0.76%
[2]

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References

  1. "MA Governor, 1917". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
  2. "VA Governor, 1917". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 25, 2019.

Notes

  1. George W. P. Hunt (D) succeeded Arizona Governor Thomas Edward Campbell (R) whose election was overturned by the Arizona Supreme Court in December 1917.
  2. William Stephens (R) succeeded California Governor Hiram Johnson (Progressive) who resigned to take a seat in the U.S. Senate in March 1917.
  3. Washington Ellsworth Lindsey (R) succeeded New Mexico Governor Ezequiel Cabeza De Baca (D) upon his death in office in February 1917.