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The 1920 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1920. This was the first election in which the governor was elected to a two-year term, following the adoption of amendments to the state constitution proposed by the state constitutional convention of 1917-18.

Republican primary

Governor

Candidates

Declined

Lieutenant Governor Cox was unopposed for the nomination.

Results

Republican Gubernatorial primary, 1920[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Channing H. Cox 185,875 99.98%
Write-in All others 43 0.02%
Total votes 185,918 100.00%

Lieutenant governor

Candidates

Results

Congressman Alvan Fuller narrowly defeated Speaker of the State House Joseph Warner for the nomination.

Republican Lt. Gubernatorial primary, 1920[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Alvan T. Fuller 58,556 28.31%
Republican Joseph E. Warner 57,704 27.90%
Republican Charles L. Burrill 52,039 25.16%
Republican Albert P. Langtry 38,214 18.47%
Write-in All others 347 0.17%
Total votes 206,860 100.00%

Democratic primary

Governor

Candidates

Results

Democratic gubernatorial primary, 1920[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Jackson Walsh 39,762 52.23%
Democratic Richard H. Long 36,354 47.75%
Write-in All others 10 0.01%
Total votes 76,126 100.00%

General election

Results

Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 1920[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Channing H. Cox 643,869 67.02% Increase6.08
Democratic John Jackson Walsh 290,350 30.22% Decrease6.73
Socialist Walter S. Hutchins 20,079 2.09% Increase0.74
Socialist Labor Patrick Mulligan 6,383 0.66% Increase0.21
Write-in All others 16 0.00% Steady

See also

References

  1. ^ Election Statistics 1920, p. 79.
  2. ^ Election Statistics 1920, p. 86.
  3. ^ Election Statistics 1920, p. 199.
  4. ^ "MA Governor, 1920". Our Campaigns. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
  5. ^ Election Statistics 1920, p. 424.

Bibliography

Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth (1920). Election Statistics, 1920. Boston, MA.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)