1922 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

Summary

The 1922 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1922.

1922 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

← 1920 November 7, 1922 (1922-11-07) 1924 →
 
Nominee Channing H. Cox John F. Fitzgerald
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 464,873 404,192
Percentage 52.24% 45.42%

County results
Cox:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Fitzgerald:      60–70%

Governor before election

Channing H. Cox
Republican

Elected Governor

Channing H. Cox
Republican

Incumbent Governor Channing H. Cox was re-elected over U.S. Representative John F. "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald for a second term in office.

Republican primary edit

Governor edit

Candidates edit

Results edit

1922 Republican Gubernatorial primary[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Channing H. Cox (incumbent) 212,145 73.19%
Republican J. Weston Allen 77,692 26.80%
Write-in All others 11 0.00%
Total votes 289,848 100.00%

Lieutenant governor edit

Candidates edit

Results edit

Incumbent Lt. Governor Alvan Fuller defeated former Speaker of the State House Joseph Warner for the nomination in a rematch of their 1920 contest.

1922 Republican Lt. Gubernatorial primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Alvan T. Fuller (incumbent) 176,159 63.35%
Republican Joseph E. Warner 101,909 36.65%
Write-in All others 0 0.00%
Total votes 278,068 100.00%

Democratic primary edit

Governor edit

Candidates edit

Results edit

1922 Democratic gubernatorial primary[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John F. Fitzgerald 89,381 50.17%
Democratic Peter F. Sullivan 53,679 30.13%
Democratic Joseph B. Ely 21,523 12.08%
Democratic Eugene Foss 13,576 7.62%
Write-in All others 0 0.00%
Total votes 178,159 100.00%

Lt. Governor edit

Candidates edit

  • John J. Cummings
  • John F. Doherty, former State Representative from Fall River[4]
  • Michael A O'Leary

Results edit

1922 Democratic Lt. gubernatorial primary[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John F. Doherty 62,386 40.56%
Democratic Michael A. O'Leary 53,985 35.10%
Democratic John J. Cummings 37,424 24.33%
Write-in All others 0 0.00%
Total votes 153,795 100.00%

General election edit

Candidates edit

  • Channing H. Cox, incumbent Governor (Republican)
  • John F. Fitzgerald, former Mayor of Boston and U.S. Representative (Democratic)
  • Henry Hess (Socialist Labor)
  • Walter S. Hutchins, nominee for Governor in 1920 (Socialist)
  • John B. Lewis (Prohibition)

Results edit

1922 Massachusetts gubernatorial election[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Channing H. Cox 464,873 52.24%  14.78
Democratic John F. Fitzgerald 404,192 45.42%  15.20
Socialist Walter S. Hutchins 9,205 1.03%  1.06
Prohibition John B. Lewis 6,870 0.77%  0.77
Socialist Labor Henry Hess 4,713 0.53%  0.13
Write-in All others 10 0.00%  

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Election Statistics 1922, p. 6.
  2. ^ Election Statistics 1922, p. 12.
  3. ^ Election Statistics 1922, p. 148.
  4. ^ "Democratic Candidate for Lieutenant Governor Young and "Silver-Tongued," According to Martin Lomasney". The Boston Globe. September 14, 1922. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
  5. ^ Election Statistics 1922, p. 156.
  6. ^ "MA Governor, 1920". Our Campaigns. Retrieved August 21, 2019.
  7. ^ Election Statistics 1922, p. 272.

Bibliography edit

Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth (1922). Election Statistics, 1922. Boston, MA.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)