The 1919 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1919. This was the last gubernatorial election before the governor's term was extended to two years and the first election following the passage of the
Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which granted women the right to vote.
Governor Calvin Coolidge was re-elected over Framingham businessman Richard Long in a landslide. This was a rematch of the previous year's contest. Coolidge would be elected Vice President of the United States in
1920 and succeed President
Warren Harding
Warren Gamaliel Harding (November 2, 1865 – August 2, 1923) was the 29th president of the United States, serving from 1921 until his death in 1923. A member of the Republican Party, he was one of the most popular sitting U.S. presidents. A ...
upon Harding's death.
Republican primary
Governor
Candidates
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Calvin Coolidge, incumbent Governor
Governor Coolidge was unopposed for re-nomination.
Results
Lieutenant Governor
Candidates
*
Channing H. Cox, incumbent Lieutenant Governor
Lieutenant Governor Cox was unopposed for the re-nomination.
Results
Democratic primary
Governor
Candidates
*
Frederick Simpson Deitrick, former United States Representative
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Eugene Foss
Eugene Noble Foss (September 24, 1858 – September 13, 1939) was an American politician and manufacturer from Massachusetts. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives and served as a three-term governor of Massachusetts.
E ...
, former Governor
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Richard H. Long, nominee for Governor in
1918
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George F. Monahan, former State Senator
Results
Lieutenant Governor
Candidates
* Joseph F. J. Herbert, World War I veteran and former managing editor of the Worcester Evening Post
Herbert was unopposed for the Democratic nomination.
General election
Results
See also
*
1919 Massachusetts legislature
The 140th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1919.
Senators
Representatives
See also
* 1919 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
* 66th United States Cong ...
References
Bibliography
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1919
Events
January
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November 1919 events