1917 United States gubernatorial elections

United States gubernatorial elections were held on 6 November 1917, in two states. Virginia holds its gubernatorial elections in odd numbered years, every 4 years, following the United States presidential election year. Massachusetts at this time held gubernatorial elections every year, which it would abandon in 1920.

1917 United States gubernatorial elections
November 6, 1917
2 state governorships
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Last election 25 governorships 21 governorships
Seats before 25[lower-alpha 1] 22[lower-alpha 2][lower-alpha 3]
Seats after 25 22
Seat change
  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Prohibition Progressive
Last election 1 governorships 1 governorships
Seats before 1 0
Seats after 1 0
Seat change
     Democratic gain      Democratic hold
     Republican gain      Republican hold

Results
StateIncumbentPartyStatusOpposing Candidates
MassachusettsSamuel W. McCallRepublicanRe-elected, 58.29%Frederick W. Mansfield (Democratic) 34.97%
John McCarty (Socialist) 4.28%
James Hayes (Socialist Labor) 1.35%
Chester R. Lawrence (Prohibition) 1.10%
[1]
VirginiaHenry Carter StuartDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryWestmoreland Davis (Democratic) 71.47%
T. J. Muncy (Republican) 27.77%
Frank Smith (Socialist) 0.76%
[2]
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gollark: Listening to train noises all day is not, personally, my idea of interesting.
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gollark: I read some rough prediction that humanity has a 1 in 6 risk of being entirely wiped out in the next 100 years.
gollark: Neither of which would be very good, of course.

References
  1. "MA Governor, 1917". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  2. "VA Governor, 1917". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 25 March 2019.

Notes
  1. George W. P. Hunt (D) succeeded Arizona Governor Thomas Edward Campbell (R) whose election was overturned by the Arizona Supreme Court in December 1917.
  2. William Stephens (R) succeeded California Governor Hiram Johnson (Progressive) who resigned to take a seat in the U.S. Senate in March 1917.
  3. Washington Ellsworth Lindsey (R) succeeded New Mexico Governor Ezequiel Cabeza De Baca (D) upon his death in office in February 1917.


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