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1917 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

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1917 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

← 1916 November 6, 1917 (1917-11-06) 1918 →
 
Nominee Samuel W. McCall Frederick Mansfield
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 226,145 135,676
Percentage 58.29% 34.97%

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.

Republican primary

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Governor

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Candidates

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Results

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1917 Republican gubernatorial primary[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Samuel W. McCall (incumbent) 82,641 77.34%
Republican Grafton D. Cushing 24,212 22.66%
Write-in All others 3 0.00%
Total votes 106,856 100.00%

Lieutenant governor

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Candidates

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Results

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Lieutenant Governor Coolidge was unopposed for the Republican nomination.

1917 Republican lieutenant gubernatorial primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Calvin Coolidge (incumbent) 95,858 99.99%
Write-in All others 9 0.01%
Total votes 95,867 100.00%

Democratic primary

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Governor

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Candidates

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Results

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Mansfield was unopposed for the Democratic nomination.

1917 Democratic gubernatorial primary[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Frederick Mansfield 44,155 99.94%
Write-in All others 27 0.06%
Total votes 44,182 100.00%

Lieutenant governor

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Candidates

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

Results

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Hale was unopposed for the Democratic nomination.

1917 Democratic lieutenant gubernatorial primary[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Matthew Hale 6,518 98.89%
Write-in All others 73 1.11%
Total votes 6,591 100.00%

General election

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Candidates

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Results

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1917 Massachusetts gubernatorial election[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Samuel W. McCall (incumbent) 226,145 58.29% Increase5.84
Democratic Frederick Mansfield 135,676 34.97% Decrease8.70
Socialist John McCarty 16,608 4.28% Increase2.27
Socialist Labor James Hayes 5,243 1.35% Increase0.61
Prohibition Chester Lawrence 4,265 1.10% Decrease0.03
Write-in All others 0 0.00%
Total votes 387,937 100.00%

See also

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References

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  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.

Bibliography

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