1920 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

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1920 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
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  1919 November 2, 1920 (1920-11-02) 1922  
  Channing H Cox.png John Jackson Walsh circa 1922.jpg
Nominee Channing H. Cox John Jackson Walsh
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote643,869290,350
Percentage67.02%30.22%

1920 Massachusetts gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
County results
Cox:      50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%

Governor before election

Calvin Coolidge
Republican

Elected Governor

Channing H. Cox
Republican

The 1920 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1920. This was the first election in which the governor was elected to a two-year term, following the adoption of amendments to the state constitution proposed by the state constitutional convention of 1917-18.

Contents

Republican primary

Governor

Candidates

Declined

Lieutenant Governor Cox was unopposed for the nomination.

Results

Republican Gubernatorial primary, 1920 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Channing H. Cox 185,875 99.98%
Write-in All others430.02%
Total votes185,918 100.00%

Lieutenant governor

Candidates

Results

Congressman Alvan Fuller narrowly defeated Speaker of the State House Joseph Warner for the nomination.

Republican Lt. Gubernatorial primary, 1920 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Alvan T. Fuller 58,556 28.31%
Republican Joseph E. Warner 57,70427.90%
Republican Charles L. Burrill 52,03925.16%
Republican Albert P. Langtry 38,21418.47%
Write-in All others3470.17%
Total votes206,860 100.00%

Democratic primary

Governor

Candidates

Results

Democratic gubernatorial primary, 1920 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic John Jackson Walsh 39,762 52.23%
Democratic Richard H. Long 36,35447.75%
Write-in All others100.01%
Total votes76,126 100.00%

General election

Results

Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 1920 [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Channing H. Cox 643,869 67.02% Increase2.svg6.08
Democratic John Jackson Walsh 290,35030.22%Decrease2.svg6.73
Socialist Walter S. Hutchins20,0792.09%Increase2.svg0.74
Socialist Labor Patrick Mulligan6,3830.66%Increase2.svg0.21
Write-inAll others160.00%Steady2.svg

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References

  1. Election Statistics 1920, p. 79.
  2. Election Statistics 1920, p. 86.
  3. Election Statistics 1920, p. 199.
  4. "MA Governor, 1920". Our Campaigns. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
  5. Election Statistics 1920, p. 424.

Bibliography

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