1916 Massachusetts gubernatorial election explained

Election Name:	1916 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
Country:	Massachusetts
Flag Year:	1908
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	No
Previous Election:	1915 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
Previous Year:	1915
Next Election:	1917 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
Next Year:	1917
Image1:	Samuel Walker McCall circa 1920 (cropped).jpg
Nominee1:	Samuel W. McCall
Party1:	Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:	276,123
Percentage1:	52.45%
Nominee2:	Frederick Mansfield
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:	229,883
Percentage2:	43.67%
Map Size:	250px
Governor
Before Election:	Samuel W. McCall
Before Party:	Republican Party (United States)
After Election:	Samuel W. McCall
After Party:	Republican Party (United States)

The 1916 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1916.

Republican primary

Governor

Candidates

• 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

• Charles H. Cole, Adjutant General of Massachusetts and former Boston Police and Fire Commissioner
• Frederick Mansfield, former Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts

Results

Lieutenant governor

Candidates

• Thomas P. Riley, former chairman of the State Democratic Committee and president of the Boston United Irish League of America^[1]

Results

Riley was unopposed for the Democratic nomination.

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 of Massachusetts (Democratic)
• Samuel W. McCall, incumbent governor (Republican)
• Dan A. White, candidate for governor in 1909 and 1910 (Socialist)

Results

See also

• 1916 Massachusetts legislature

Bibliography

Book: Election Statistics, 1916 . Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth . 1916 . Boston, MA . .

Notes and References

1. Book: Murray . Damien . Irish Nationalists in Boston: Catholicism and Conflict, 1900–1928 . 2018 . CUA Press . 79 . 9780813230016 . 27 September 2019.