1922 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

Gubernatorial elections were held in Massachusetts on November 7, 1922.

1922 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

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

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

Declared

Results

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%
Declared

Results

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

Declared

Results

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

Results

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%

Independents and third parties

Prohibition

  • John B. Lewis

Socialist

  • Walter S. Hutchins, nominee for Governor in 1920

Socialist Labor

  • Henry Hess

General election

Results

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%

References

Bibliography

Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth (1922). Election Statistics, 1922. Boston, MA.

See also

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