1916 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

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

1916 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
November 7, 1916 (1916-11-07)
 
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

Elections in Massachusetts

Republican primary

Governor

Candidates
Declared

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%

Lieutenant Governor

Candidates
Declared

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

Governor

Candidates
Declared

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%

Lieutenant Governor

Candidates
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.

Bibliography

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

See also
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