1918 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

Gubernatorial elections were held in Massachusetts on November 4, 1918.

1918 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

November 5, 1918

Nominee Calvin Coolidge Richard H. Long Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 214,863 197,828 Percentage 50.87% 46.84%

Governor before election Samuel W. McCall Republican Elected Governor Calvin Coolidge Republican

Republican primary

Declared

• Calvin Coolidge, incumbent Lieutenant Governor

Declined

• Samuel W. McCall, incumbent Governor (to run for U.S. Senate)

Lieutenant Governor Coolidge was unopposed for the Republican nomination.

Results

Republican Gubernatorial primary, 1918[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Calvin Coolidge	81,238	99.97%
	Write-in	All others	22	0.03%
Total votes			81,260	100.00%

Declared

• Channing H. Cox, Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
• Guy Andrews Ham, former Governor's Councilor and candidate for Lieutenant Governor in 1915[2]

Declined

• Edwin U. Curtis, former Mayor of Boston[2]
• Alvan T. Fuller, United States Representative[2]

Lieutenant Governor Coolidge was unopposed for the Republican nomination.

Results

Republican Gubernatorial primary, 1918[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Channing H. Cox	58,481	68.45%
	Republican	Guy Andrews Ham	26,957	31.55%
	Write-in	All others	1	0.00%
Total votes			85,439	100.00%

Democratic primary

Declared

• Edward P. Barry, former Lieutenant Governor
• William A. Gaston, nominee for Governor in 1902 and 1903
• Richard H. Long, Framingham businessman

Withdrew

• Frederick Mansfield, former Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts and nominee for Governor in 1916 and 1917 (endorsed Gaston)[4]

Results

Democratic gubernatorial primary, 1918[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard H. Long	23,546	38.65%
	Democratic	William A. Gaston	20,968	34.41%
	Democratic	Edward P. Barry	16,411	26.94%
	Write-in	All others	3	0.00%
Total votes			60,928	100.00%

Declared

• Joseph H. O'Neil, former United States Representative

O'Neil was unopposed for the Democratic nomination.

Democratic gubernatorial primary, 1918[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joseph H. O'Neil	3,948	95.00%
	Write-in	All others	208	5.00%
Total votes			4,156	100.00%

General election

Results

Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 1918[7][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Calvin Coolidge	214,863	50.87%
	Democratic	Richard H. Long	197,828	46.84%
	Socialist	Sylvester J. McBride	7,757	1.84%
	Socialist Labor	Ingvar Paulsen	1,913	0.45%
	Write-in	All others	9	0.00%

References

1. Election Statistics 1918, p. 6.
2. "Politics and Politicians". The Boston Sunday Globe. 14 July 1918. p. 81.
3. Election Statistics 1918, p. 12.
4. "Mansfield Retires In Favor Of Gaston". The Boston Daily Globe. August 4, 1918.
5. Election Statistics 1918, p. 122.
6. Election Statistics 1918, p. 128.
7. "MA Governor, 1918". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
8. Election Statistics 1918, p. 245.

Bibliography

• Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth (1919). Election Statistics, 1918. Boston, MA.

See also