Election Name: | 1958 Massachusetts gubernatorial election |
Country: | Massachusetts |
Flag Year: | 1908 |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1956 Massachusetts gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 1956 |
Next Election: | 1960 Massachusetts gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 1960 |
Election Date: | November 4, 1958 |
Image1: | File:Foster Furcolo, 60th Governor of Massachusetts.jpg |
Nominee1: | Foster Furcolo |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 1,067,020 |
Percentage1: | 56.19% |
Nominee2: | Charles Gibbons |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 818,463 |
Percentage2: | 43.10% |
Map Size: | 250px |
Governor | |
Before Election: | Foster Furcolo |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | Foster Furcolo |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1958 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1958. Democrat Foster Furcolo was elected Governor of Massachusetts for a second term, defeating Republican Charles Gibbons, Socialist Labor candidate Henning A. Blomen, and Prohibition candidate Guy S. Williams.
Governor Furcolo was unopposed for renomination.
Attorney General George Fingold was unopposed in the Republican primary.
On August 31, 1958, Fingold died unexpectedly at his home in Concord, Massachusetts.[1] As his death occurred only nine days before the primary, Fingold was the only candidate for Governor on the Republican ballot. Former Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Charles Gibbons, former State Public Works Commissioner John A. Volpe, and Assistant Attorney General Joseph P. McKay ran as write-in candidates.[2]
Book: A Manual for the Use of the General Court for 1959–1960 . Hayden . Irving N. . Grove . Lawrence R. . 1959 . Wright & Potter Printing Company . Boston . 298–99 . September 23, 2010.