1917 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
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The 1917 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1917.
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November 6, 1917
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McCall: 40-50% 50â60% 60â70% 70â80% 80â90% >90% Mansfield: 40-50% 50â60% 70â80% | |||||||||||||||||
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Republican primary
Governor
Candidates
- Grafton D. Cushing, former Lieutenant Governor and former Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
- Samuel W. McCall, incumbent Governor
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Samuel W. McCall (incumbent) | 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% | ||
Lieutenant governor
Candidates
- Calvin Coolidge, incumbent Lieutenant Governor
Results
Lieutenant Governor Coolidge was unopposed for the Republican nomination.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Calvin Coolidge (incumbent) | 95,858 | 99.99% | |
| Write-in | All others | 9 | 0.01% | |
| Total votes | 95,867 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic primary
Governor
Candidates
- Frederick Mansfield, former Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts and nominee for Governor in 1916
Results
Mansfield was unopposed for the Democratic nomination.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Frederick Mansfield | 44,155 | 99.94% | |
| Write-in | All others | 27 | 0.06% | |
| Total votes | 44,182 | 100.00% | ||
Lieutenant governor
Candidates
- Matthew Hale, national chairman of the Progressive Party, delegate-at-large to the 1917 Constitutional Convention,[4] and former publisher of the Boston Journal
Results
Hale was unopposed for the Democratic nomination. He also received the Progressive and Prohibition Party nominations.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Matthew Hale | 6,518 | 98.89% | |
| Write-in | All others | 73 | 1.11% | |
| Total votes | 6,591 | 100.00% | ||
General election
Candidates
- 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)
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Samuel W. McCall (incumbent) | 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% | |||