1930_Massachusetts_gubernatorial_election

1930 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

1930 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

Election

The 1930 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1930.

Quick Facts Nominee, Party ...

Incumbent Republican governor Frank G. Allen was defeated by Democrat Joseph B. Ely. This election marked the beginning of a new era for the Massachusetts Democratic Party, starting a string of eight consecutive years of Democratic governors, a streak later surpassed from 1974 until 1986.

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

More information Party, Candidate ...

Democratic primary

Candidates

  • John J. Cummings, former State Senator and nominee for lieutenant governor in 1924
  • Joseph B. Ely, candidate for governor in 1922
  • John "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald, former United States Representative, Mayor of Boston, and nominee for governor in 1922

Campaign

The Democratic primary featured a rematch of the 1922 primary between Joseph Ely and John Fitzgerald.This time, Ely won with 54.7% of the vote.

Fitzgerald was forced to withdraw late in the race due to illness, though his name remained on the ballot, and James Michael Curley encouraged a vote for Fitzgerald against the "anti-Irish" Ely.[1] Ely had previously lost the nomination for lieutenant governor in 1926 to another Irish candidate who withdrew from the race, Harry Dooley.[2]

Results

More information Party, Candidate ...

General election

Results

More information Party, Candidate ...

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "THE BAY STATE PRIMARY". The New York Times. September 18, 1930. p. 26. Retrieved June 9, 2022.
  2. [2]
    Huthmacher, J. Joseph (1959). Massachusetts People and Politics, 1919-1933. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press. p. 124. OCLC 460668046.
  3. [3]
    "MA Governor, 1930 – D Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
  4. [4]
    "MA Governor, 1930". Our Campaigns. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article 1930_Massachusetts_gubernatorial_election, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.