1919 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

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1919 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
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  1918 November 4, 1919 (1919-11-04) 1920  
  29 Calvin Coolidge 3x4.jpg Richard H. Long.jpg
Nominee Calvin Coolidge Richard H. Long
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote317,774192,673
Percentage60.94%36.95%

1919 Massachusetts gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
1919 Massachusetts Gubernatorial Election by Municipality.svg
Coolidge:      40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Long:      40–50%     50–60%     60–70%

Governor before election

Calvin Coolidge
Republican

Elected Governor

Calvin Coolidge
Republican

The 1919 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1919. This was the last gubernatorial election before the governor's term was extended to two years and the first election following the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which granted women the right to vote.

Contents

Governor Calvin Coolidge was re-elected over Framingham businessman Richard Long in a landslide. This was a rematch of the previous year's contest. Coolidge would be elected Vice President of the United States in 1920 and succeed President Warren Harding upon Harding's death.

Republican primary

Governor

Candidates

Governor Coolidge was unopposed for re-nomination.

Results

Republican Gubernatorial primary, 1919 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Calvin Coolidge (incumbent) 129,145 99.98%
Write-in All others240.02%
Total votes129,169 100.00%

Lieutenant governor

Candidates

Lieutenant Governor Cox was unopposed for the re-nomination.

Results

Republican Gubernatorial primary, 1919 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Channing H. Cox 126,805 100.00%
Write-in All others50.00%
Total votes126,810 100.00%

Democratic primary

Governor

Candidates

Results

Democratic gubernatorial primary, 1919 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Richard H. Long 53,970 68.06%
Democratic Eugene Foss 11,11814.02%
Democratic George F. Monahan 9,77112.32%
Democratic Frederick S. Deitrick 4,4385.60%
Write-in All others100.01%
Total votes79,297 100.00%

Lieutenant governor

Candidates

  • Joseph F. J. Herbert, World War I veteran and former managing editor of the Worcester Evening Post

Herbert was unopposed for the Democratic nomination.

Democratic gubernatorial primary, 1919 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Joseph F. J. Herbert 60,538 99.99%
Write-in All others50.01%
Total votes60,543 100.00%

General election

Results

Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 1919 [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Calvin Coolidge (incumbent) 317,774 60.94% Increase2.svg10.07
Democratic Richard H. Long 192,67336.95%Decrease2.svg9.89
Socialist William A. King7,0411.35%Decrease2.svg0.49
Socialist Labor Ingvar Paulsen2,3210.45%Steady2.svg
Prohibition Charles B. Ernst1,6790.32%N/A
Write-inAll others90.00%Steady2.svg

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References

  1. Election Statistics 1919, p. 7.
  2. Election Statistics 1919, p. 12.
  3. Election Statistics 1919.
  4. Election Statistics 1919, p. 125.
  5. "MA Governor, 1919". Our Campaigns. Retrieved May 25, 2019.
  6. Election Statistics 1919, p. 210.

Bibliography

Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth (1920). Election Statistics, 1919. Boston, MA.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)