1926 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
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The 1926 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1926.
Incumbent Republican Governor Alvan T. Fuller was elected over Democrat William A. Gaston. This was Gaston's third and final unsuccessful bid for Governor.
Contents
Republican primary
Governor
Candidates
Declared
- Alvan T. Fuller, incumbent Governor
Results
Governor Fuller was unopposed for renomination.
| 1926 Republican Gubernatorial primary[1] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Alvan T. Fuller (incumbent) | 237,979 | 100.00% | |
| style="background-color: Template:Write-in/meta/color; width: 2px;" | | Write-in | All others | 6 | 0.00% |
| Total votes | 237,985 | 100.00% | ||
Lieutenant Governor
Candidates
Declared
- Frank G. Allen, incumbent Lieutenant Governor
Results
Allen was unopposed for the Republican nomination.
| 1926 Republican Lt. Gubernatorial primary[2] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Frank G. Allen | 223,253 | 100.00% | |
| style="background-color: Template:Write-in/meta/color; width: 2px;" | | Write-in | All others | 2 | 0.00% |
| Total votes | 223,255 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic primary
Governor
Candidates
Declared
- William A. Gaston, son of former Governor William Gaston, nominee for Governor in 1908 and 1909, and nominee for United States Senate in 1922
Results
Gaston was unopposed for the Democratic nomination.
| 1926 Democratic gubernatorial primary[3] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | William A. Gaston | 125,931 | 99.97% | |
| style="background-color: Template:Write-in/meta/color; width: 2px;" | | Write-in | All others | 35 | 0.03% |
| Total votes | 125,966 | 100.00% | ||
Lt. Governor
Candidates
Declared
- Joseph B. Ely, former District Attorney for the Western District of Massachusetts and candidate for Governor in 1922
Withdrew
- Harry J. Dooley (name remained on primary ballot)
Campaign
Harry J. Dooley and Joseph B. Ely competed for the Democratic nomination for Lieutenant Governor. Ely, an unsuccessful candidate for Governor in 1922, was tapped by the party leadership so that the party could present an ethnically diverse and geographically balanced ticket.[4] On August 28, Dooley dropped out of the race and endorsed Ely in order to unite the party. As Dooley did not exit the race before the August 13 deadline for withdrawals, his name remained on the ballot.[5] Nevertheless, Dooley ended up winning the primary with the support of Irish Americans. Dooley refused the nomination as did Ely, who believed the means to be an embarrassment (but officially cited his mother's illness as his reason for declining).[4]
Dooley was replaced on the general election ballot by Fall River Mayor Edmond P. Talbot. Party leadership hoped that the popular French-Canadian politician would help the ticket attract votes from the state's 75,000 to 80,000 French-speaking residents, 75% of which were believed to be Republican supporters.[6]
Results
| 1926 Democratic Lt. gubernatorial primary[7] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Harry J. Dooley (withdrew) | 51,327 | 52.86% | |
| Democratic | Joseph B. Ely | 45,765 | 47.14% | |
| Total votes | 97,092 | 100.00% | ||
Independents and third parties
Socialist
- Walter S. Hutchins, perennial candidate
Socialist Labor
- Samuel Leger, nominee for Secretary of the Commonwealth in 1924
Workers
- Lewis Marks
General election
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Alvan T. Fuller (incumbent) | 595,006 | 58.76% |  2.76 |
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| Democratic | William A. Gaston | 407,389 | 40.25% |  1.94 |
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| Socialist | Walter S. Hutchins | 4,750 | 0.47% | 0.07 |
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| Workers | Lewis Marks | 3,006 | 0.30% | 0.62 |
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| Socialist Labor | Samuel Leger | 2,010 | 0.20% | 0.22 |
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| Write-in | All others | 5 | 0.00% |  |
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| Total votes | 1,012,166 | 100.00% | |||
See also
References
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- ↑ Election Statistics 1926, p. 5.
- ↑ Election Statistics 1926, p. 8.
- ↑ Election Statistics 1926, p. 78.
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