1912 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

← 1911

November 5, 1912 (1912-11-05)

1913 →


Nominee	Eugene Foss	Joseph H. Walker	Charles Sumner Bird
Party	Democratic	Republican	Progressive
Popular vote	193,184	143,597	126,102
Percentage	40.31%	29.96%	26.31%

Governor before election

Eugene Foss
Democratic

Elected Governor

Eugene Foss
Democratic

Federal government

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The Massachusetts gubernatorial election of 1912 took place on November 4, 1912. Democratic Governor Eugene Foss defeated the Republican candidate Joseph H. Walker and Progressive candidate Charles S. Bird.

General election

Results

Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 1912^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Eugene Foss (incumbent)	193,184	40.31%
	Republican	Joseph H. Walker	143,597	29.96%
	Progressive	Charles Sumner Bird	126,102	26.31%
	Socialist	Roland D. Sawyer	11,493	2.42%
	Prohibition	Alfred H. Evans	2,702	0.57%
	Socialist Labour	Arthur Elmer Reimer	2,212	0.47%
Total votes			475,792	100.00%

References

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