1917 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

The 1917 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1917.

1917 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

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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

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

• Calvin Coolidge, incumbent Lieutenant Governor

Lieutenant Governor Coolidge was unopposed for the Republican nomination.

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

Mansfield was unopposed for the Democratic nomination.

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

Hale was unopposed for the Democratic nomination.

• James Hayes, perennial candidate from Plymouth (Socialist Labor)
• Chester R. Lawrence, perennial candidate from Boston (Prohibition)
• Frederick Mansfield, former Treasurer and Receiver-General (Democratic)
• Samuel W. McCall, incumbent Governor (Republican)
• John McCarty, perennial candidate from Abington (Socialist)

• 1917 Massachusetts legislature

• Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth (1917). Election Statistics, 1917. Boston, MA.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth (1919). Election Statistics, 1918. Boston, MA.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)