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 upon Harding's death.
Republican primary Governor Candidates Calvin Coolidge, incumbent governor
Governor Coolidge was unopposed for re-nomination.
Results
Lt. 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 U.S. representative Eugene Foss, former governor Richard H. Long, nominee for governor in 1918 George F. Monahan, former state senator
Results
Lt. governor Candidates John 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
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