1913_Massachusetts_gubernatorial_election
1913 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
Election
The 1913 Massachusetts gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 1913. Democratic Lieutenant Governor David I. Walsh defeated the Progressive, Republican and independent candidates Charles S. Bird, Representative Augustus Peabody Gardner and incumbent Governor Eugene Foss with 39.77% of the vote. Suffolk County was the only county to give more than 50% of its vote to a candidate and had given Walsh 53.98% of its vote.
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Candidates
- David Walsh, Lieutenant Governor
Withdrew
- Eugene Foss, incumbent governor (running as an independent)
Results
Following Governor Foss's exit from the Democratic Party, Lieutenant Governor Walsh was unopposed for the nomination.
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | David Walsh | 70,050 | 99.98% | |
| Write-in | All others | 17 | 0.02% | |
| Total votes | 70,067 | 100% | ||
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Candidates
- Everett Chamberlin Benton, candidate for governor in 1912
- Augustus Peabody Gardner, U.S. Representative from Hamilton
Failed to qualify
- Eugene Foss, incumbent governor
Results
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Augustus Peabody Gardner | 43,331 | 53.92% | |
| Republican | Everett Chamberlin Benton | 36,934 | 45.96% | |
| Write-in | All others | 100 | 0.12% | |
| Total votes | 80,365 | 100% | ||
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Candidates
- Charles Sumner Bird, proprietor of Bird and Son Paper Company and nominee for governor in 1912
Declined
- Eugene Foss, incumbent governor (running as an independent)
Results
Bird was unopposed for the nomination.
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Progressive | Charles Sumner Bird | 7,452 | 99.96% | |
| Write-in | All others | 3 | 0.04% | |
| Total votes | 7,455 | 100% | ||
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Candidates
- Charles Sumner Bird, proprietor of Bird and Son Paper Company and nominee for governor in 1912 (Progressive)
- Alfred H. Evans (Prohibition)
- Eugene Foss, incumbent governor of Massachusetts (Independent)
- Augustus Peabody Gardner, U.S. Representative from Hamilton (Republican)
- Arthur Reimer, candidate for President of the United States in 1912 (Socialist Labor)
- David Walsh, Lieutenant Governor (Democratic)
- George H. Wrenn (Socialist)
Results
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Democratic | David I. Walsh | 183,267 | 39.77% | 0.54 | |
| Progressive | Charles Sumner Bird | 127,755 | 27.72% |  1.42 | |
| Republican | Augustus Peabody Gardner | 116,705 | 25.32% | 4.64 | |
| Independent | Eugene Foss (incumbent) | 20,171 | 4.38% | N/A | |
| Socialist | George H. Wrenn | 9,025 | 1.96% | 0.46 | |
| Prohibition | Alfred H. Evans | 2,015 | 0.44% | 0.13 | |
| Socialist Labor | Arthur Elmer Reimer | 1,932 | 0.42% | 0.05 | |
| Total votes | 345,890 | 100% | |||
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Results by county
More information County, Walsh ...
| County | Walsh | Votes | Bird | Votes | Gardner | Votes | Foss | Votes | Others | Votes |
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| Barnstable | 19.09% | 840 | 34.29% | 1,509 | 34.31% | 1,510 | 10.59% | 466 | 1.73% | 76 |
| Berkshire | 37.98% | 5,769 | 25.59% | 3,887 | 27.25% | 4,139 | 4.71% | 715 | 4.48% | 681 |
| Bristol | 34.88% | 12,253 | 25.86% | 9,082 | 30.55% | 10,732 | 5.23% | 1,838 | 3.47% | 1,219 |
| Dukes | 17.02% | 137 | 29.94% | 241 | 40.25% | 324 | 11.93% | 96 | 0.87% | 7 |
| Essex | 32.39% | 20,694 | 24.63% | 15,732 | 36.79% | 23,501 | 2.55% | 1,627 | 3.64% | 2,328 |
| Franklin | 27.45% | 1,799 | 26.85% | 1,760 | 35.20% | 2,307 | 5.77% | 378 | 4.73% | 310 |
| Hampden | 42.32% | 11,828 | 22.63% | 6,325 | 23.40% | 6,540 | 7.22% | 2,018 | 4.43% | 1,237 |
| Hampshire | 36.75% | 3,252 | 17.73% | 1,569 | 32.16% | 2,846 | 8.62% | 763 | 4.73% | 419 |
| Middlesex | 37.66% | 37,376 | 33.02% | 32,773 | 23.17% | 23,985 | 3.49% | 3,461 | 1.66% | 1,652 |
| Nantucket | 27.27% | 147 | 21.34% | 115 | 34.14% | 184 | 14.29% | 77 | 2.97% | 16 |
| Norfolk | 32.77% | 9,325 | 33.57% | 9,552 | 27.29% | 7,765 | 4.25% | 1,208 | 2.13% | 605 |
| Plymouth | 31.39% | 6,978 | 38.57% | 8,609 | 21.05% | 4,679 | 4.41% | 980 | 4.41% | 981 |
| Suffolk | 53.98% | 49,775 | 23.71% | 21,863 | 16.21% | 14,946 | 3.90% | 3,599 | 2.20% | 2,024 |
| Worcester | 41.69% | 23,094 | 26.60% | 14,738 | 23.91% | 13,247 | 5.32% | 2,945 | 2.49% | 1,377 |
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