1917 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

Gubernatorial elections were held in Massachusetts on November 6, 1917.

1917 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

November 6, 1917

Nominee Samuel W. McCall Frederick Mansfield Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 226,145 135,676 Percentage 58.29% 34.97%

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

Republican primary

Declared

• Grafton D. Cushing, former Lieutenant Governor and former Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
• Samuel W. McCall, incumbent Governor

Results

1917 Republican gubernatorial primary[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Samuel W. McCall	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%

Declared

• Calvin Coolidge, incumbent Lieutenant Governor

Results

Lieutenant Governor Coolidge was unopposed for the Republican nomination.

1917 Republican lieutenant gubernatorial primary[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Calvin Coolidge	95,858	99.99%
	Write-in	All others	9	0.01%
Total votes			95,867	100.00%

Democratic primary

Declared

• Frederick Mansfield, former Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts and nominee for Governor in 1916

Results

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%

Declared

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

Results

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%

Independents and third parties

Prohibition Party

• Chester R. Lawrence, perennial candidate from Boston

Socialist Party

• John McCarty, perennial candidate from Abington

Socialist Labor Party

• James Hayes, perennial candidate from Plymouth

General election

Results

1917 Massachusetts gubernatorial election[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Samuel W. McCall	226,145	58.29%	5.84
	Democratic	Frederick Mansfield	135,676	34.97%	8.70
	Socialist	John McCarty	16,608	4.28%	2.27
	Socialist Labor	James Hayes	5,243	1.35%	0.61
	Prohibition	Chester Lawrence	4,265	1.10%	0.03
	Write-in	All others	0	0.00%
Total votes			387,937	100.00%

References

1. Election Statistics 1917, p. 169.
2. Election Statistics 1917, p. 174.
3. Election Statistics 1917, p. 267.
4. Election Statistics 1918, p. 4. sfn error: no target: CITEREFElection_Statistics1918 (help)
5. Election Statistics 1918, p. 272. sfn error: no target: CITEREFElection_Statistics1918 (help)
6. "MA Governor, 1917". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
7. Election Statistics 1917, p. 12.

Bibliography

Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth (1917). Election Statistics, 1917. Boston, MA.

See also