1917 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

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

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

Lieutenant governor

Candidates

• Calvin Coolidge, incumbent Lieutenant Governor

Results

Lieutenant Governor Coolidge was unopposed for the Republican nomination.

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.

Lieutenant governor

Candidates

• Matthew Hale, national chairman of the Progressive Party, delegate-at-large to the 1917 Constitutional Convention, and former publisher of the Boston Journal

Results

Hale was unopposed for the Democratic nomination. He also received the Progressive and Prohibition Party nominations.

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

See also

• 1917 Massachusetts legislature

References

Bibliography