Election Name: | 1913 Massachusetts gubernatorial election |
Country: | Massachusetts |
Flag Year: | 1908 |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1912 Massachusetts gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 1912 |
Next Election: | 1914 Massachusetts gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 1914 |
Turnout: | 13.61% 0.64 |
Image1: | File:David I. Walsh (MA).jpg |
Nominee1: | David I. Walsh |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 183,267 |
Percentage1: | 39.77% |
Party2: | Progressive Party (United States, 1912) |
Colour2: | A2ED70 |
Nominee2: | Charles Sumner Bird |
Popular Vote2: | 127,755 |
Percentage2: | 27.72% |
Image3: | File:Augustus Peabody Gardner (1865-1918).jpg |
Party3: | Republican Party (United States) |
Nominee3: | Augustus Peabody Gardner |
Popular Vote3: | 116,705 |
Percentage3: | 25.32% |
Map Size: | 250px |
Governor | |
Before Election: | Eugene Foss |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | David I. Walsh |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1913 Massachusetts gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 1913. Democratic Lieutenant Governor David I. Walsh defeated the Progressive, Republican and independent candidates Charles S. Bird, Representative Augustus Peabody Gardner and incumbent Governor Eugene Foss with 39.77% of the vote. Suffolk County was the only county to give more than 50% of its vote to a candidate and had given Walsh 53.98% of its vote.
Following Governor Foss's exit from the Democratic Party, Lieutenant Governor Walsh was unopposed for the nomination.
Bird was unopposed for the nomination.
County | Walsh | Votes | Bird | Votes | Gardner | Votes | Foss | Votes | Others | Votes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Barnstable | 19.09% | 840 | 34.29% | 1,509 | 34.31% | 1,510 | 10.59% | 466 | 1.73% | 76 | |
Berkshire | 37.98% | 5,769 | 25.59% | 3,887 | 27.25% | 4,139 | 4.71% | 715 | 4.48% | 681 | |
Bristol | 34.88% | 12,253 | 25.86% | 9,082 | 30.55% | 10,732 | 5.23% | 1,838 | 3.47% | 1,219 | |
Dukes | 17.02% | 137 | 29.94% | 241 | 40.25% | 324 | 11.93% | 96 | 0.87% | 7 | |
Essex | 32.39% | 20,694 | 24.63% | 15,732 | 36.79% | 23,501 | 2.55% | 1,627 | 3.64% | 2,328 | |
Franklin | 27.45% | 1,799 | 26.85% | 1,760 | 35.20% | 2,307 | 5.77% | 378 | 4.73% | 310 | |
Hampden | 42.32% | 11,828 | 22.63% | 6,325 | 23.40% | 6,540 | 7.22% | 2,018 | 4.43% | 1,237 | |
Hampshire | 36.75% | 3,252 | 17.73% | 1,569 | 32.16% | 2,846 | 8.62% | 763 | 4.73% | 419 | |
Middlesex | 37.66% | 37,376 | 33.02% | 32,773 | 23.17% | 23,985 | 3.49% | 3,461 | 1.66% | 1,652 | |
Nantucket | 27.27% | 147 | 21.34% | 115 | 34.14% | 184 | 14.29% | 77 | 2.97% | 16 | |
Norfolk | 32.77% | 9,325 | 33.57% | 9,552 | 27.29% | 7,765 | 4.25% | 1,208 | 2.13% | 605 | |
Plymouth | 31.39% | 6,978 | 38.57% | 8,609 | 21.05% | 4,679 | 4.41% | 980 | 4.41% | 981 | |
Suffolk | 53.98% | 49,775 | 23.71% | 21,863 | 16.21% | 14,946 | 3.90% | 3,599 | 2.20% | 2,024 | |
Worcester | 41.69% | 23,094 | 26.60% | 14,738 | 23.91% | 13,247 | 5.32% | 2,945 | 2.49% | 1,377 |