1915 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

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Nominee Samuel W. McCall David I. Walsh Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 235,863 229,550 Percentage 46.97% 45.71%

County results Municipality results McCall:     40-50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     90-100% Walsh:     40-50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80% Tie:     50%

Governor before election David I. Walsh Democratic Elected Governor Samuel W. McCall Republican

The 1915 Massachusetts gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 1915. The Republican nominee, Samuel W. McCall defeated the incumbent Democratic Governor David I. Walsh, with 46.97% of the vote.

Contents

• Democratic primary
• Governor
• Lieutenant governor
• Republican primary
• Governor 2
• Lieutenant governor 2
• Progressive primary
• Governor 3
• General election
• Candidates 6
• Results 6
• See also
• References
• Bibliography

Primary elections took place on September 21, 1915.

Democratic primary

Republican primary

Progressive primary

General election

Results

Governor

1915 Massachusetts gubernatorial election ^{[8] [9] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Samuel W. McCall	235,863	46.97%	3.62
	Democratic	David I. Walsh (incumbent)	229,550	45.71%	0.22
	Prohibition	William Shaw	19,567	3.90%	2.75
	Socialist	Walter S. Hutchins	8,740	1.74%	0.34
	Progressive	Nelson B. Clark	6,969	1.39%	5.63
	Socialist Labor	Peter O'Rourke	1,456	0.29%	0.19
	Write-in	All others	1	0.00%
Total votes			502,146	100.00%

Lieutenant governor

1915 Massachusetts lieutenant gubernatorial election ^{[11] [12] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Calvin Coolidge	255,542	52.13%	5.08
	Democratic	Edward P. Barry	203,348	41.48%	1.37
	Prohibition	Alfred H. Evans	14,188	2.89%	1.82
	Socialist	Samuel P. Levenberg	9,034	1.84%	0.43
	Progressive	Chester R. Lawrence	4,905	1.00%	5.25
	Socialist Labor	James Hayes	3,194	0.65%	0.13
	Write-in	All others	2	0.00%
Total votes			490,213	100.00%

See also

• 1915 Massachusetts legislature

References

Bibliography

Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth (1916). Election Statistics, 1915. Boston, MA.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)