The 1913 United States Senate election in Massachusetts was held during January 1913. Incumbent Republican Senator Winthrop Crane retired and was succeeded by Republican John Wingate Weeks.
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At the time, Massachusetts elected United States senators by a majority vote of the combined houses of the Massachusetts General Court.
Republican caucus
editCandidates
edit- Eben Sumner Draper, former governor of Massachusetts
- Curtis Guild Jr., U.S. Ambassador to Russia and former governor of Massachusetts
- George P. Lawrence, U.S. Representative from North Adams
- Robert Luce, Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
- Samuel Walker McCall, U.S. Representative from Winchester
- John Wingate Weeks, U.S. Representative and former mayor of Newton
Results
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | John W. Weeks | 97 | 60.25% | |
Republican | Samuel Walker McCall | 57 | 35.40% | |
Republican | Curtis Guild Jr. | 5 | 3.11% | |
Republican | George P. Lawrence | 1 | 0.62% | |
Republican | Robert Luce | 1 | 0.62% | |
Total votes | 161 | 100.00% |
After winning the caucus nomination on the thirty-first ballot, Weeks's support was made unanimous by acclamation on a motion by McCall supporter Claude L. Allen. The motion was seconded by Guild supporter John L. Sherburne.[1]
General election
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | John W. Weeks | 26 | 66.67% | |
Democratic | Sherman L. Whipple | 11 | 28.21% | |
Democratic | John A. Keliher | 1 | 2.56% | |
Democratic | Joseph C. Pelletier | 1 | 2.56% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | John W. Weeks | 134 | 57.51% | |
Democratic | Sherman L. Whipple | 69 | 29.61% | |
Progressive | John Graham Brooks | 5 | 2.15% | |
Democratic | John F. Meaney | 3 | 1.29% | |
Democratic | James B. Carroll | 3 | 1.29% | |
Democratic | Charles A. DeCourey | 3 | 1.29% | |
Democratic | Charles Sumner Hamlin | 2 | 0.86% | |
Democratic | John A. Thayer | 2 | 0.86% | |
Democratic | John F. Fitzgerald | 2 | 0.86% | |
Republican | Curtis Guild Jr. | 1 | 0.43% | |
Republican | Robert Luce | 1 | 0.43% | |
Democratic | Philip J. O'Connell | 1 | 0.43% | |
Democratic | Richard Olney II | 1 | 0.43% | |
Democratic | Joseph Henry O'Neil | 1 | 0.43% | |
Democratic | Andrew J. Peters | 1 | 0.43% | |
Democratic | Harvey H. Pratt | 1 | 0.43% | |
Socialist | Roland D. Sawyer | 1 | 0.43% | |
Democratic | John P. Sweeney | 1 | 0.43% | |
Democratic | George Fred Williams | 1 | 0.43% |
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "REPUBLICANS READY TO ELECT MR. WEEKS BAY STATE SENATOR". The Christian Science Monitor. January 14, 1913. p. 1.
- ^ a b "Our Campaigns - MA US Senate Race - Jan 14, 1913".
- ^ a b Rhoades, Henry Eckford; McPherson, Edward; Schem, A. J.; Ottarson, F. J.; Cleveland, John Fitch; Greeley, Horace (1913). "United States Senators Chosen, 1912". The Tribune Almanac and Political Register 1913. New York: The Tribune Association. p. 457 – via Hathi Trust Digital Library.