1916 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

Gubernatorial elections were held in Massachusetts on November 7, 1916.

1916 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

November 7, 1916

Nominee Samuel W. McCall Frederick Mansfield Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 276,123 229,883 Percentage 52.45% 43.67%

Governor before election Samuel W. McCall Republican Elected Governor Samuel W. McCall Republican

Republican primary

Declared

• Samuel W. McCall, incumbent Governor

Results

1916 Republican gubernatorial primary[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Samuel W. McCall	115,242	100.00%
	Write-in	All others	2	0.00%
Total votes			115,244	100.00%

Declared

• Calvin Coolidge, incumbent Lieutenant Governor

Results

Lieutenant Governor Coolidge was unopposed for the Republican nomination.

1916 Republican lieutenant gubernatorial primary[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Calvin Coolidge	109,648	100.00%
	Write-in	All others	2	0.00%
Total votes			109,650	100.00%

Democratic primary

Declared

• Charles H. Cole, Adjutant General of Massachusetts and former Boston Police and Fire Commissioner
• Frederick Mansfield, former Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts

Results

1916 Democratic gubernatorial primary[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Frederick Mansfield	45,415	56.03%
	Democratic	Charles H. Cole	35,637	43.97%
	Write-in	All others	0	0.00%
Total votes			81,052	100.00%

Declared

• Thomas P. Riley, former chairman of the State Democratic Committee and president of the Boston United Irish League of America[4]

Results

Riley was unopposed for the Democratic nomination.

1916 Democratic lieutenant gubernatorial primary[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Thomas P. Riley	66,178	100.00%
	Write-in	All others	0	0.00%
Total votes			66,181	100.00%

Independents and third parties

Prohibition Party

• Chester R. Lawrence, perennial candidate from Boston

Socialist Party

• Dan A. White, candidate for Governor in 1909 and 1910

Socialist Labor Party

• James Hayes, perennial candidate from Plymouth

General election

Results

1916 Massachusetts gubernatorial election[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Samuel W. McCall	276,123	52.45%	5.48
	Democratic	Frederick Mansfield	229,883	43.67%	2.04
	Socialist	Dan A. White	10,582	2.01%	0.27
	Prohibition	Chester Lawrence	5,983	1.14%	2.76
	Socialist Labor	James Hayes	3,893	0.73%	0.44
	Write-in	All others	2	0.00%
Total votes			526,421	100.00%

References

1. Election Statistics 1916, p. 95.
2. Election Statistics 1916, p. 100.
3. Election Statistics 1916, p. 223.
4. Murray, Damien (2018). Irish Nationalists in Boston: Catholicism and Conflict, 1900–1928. CUA Press. p. 79. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
5. Election Statistics 1916, p. 228.
6. "MA Governor, 1917". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
7. Election Statistics 1917, p. 12. sfn error: no target: CITEREFElection_Statistics1917 (help)

Bibliography

Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth (1916). Election Statistics, 1916. Boston, MA.

See also