1924 United States Senate election in Massachusetts
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The United States Senate election of 1924 in Massachusetts was held on November 4, 1924 with Republican Frederick H. Gillett defeating incumbent David I. Walsh.
Contents
Democratic primary
Candidates
Declared
- David I. Walsh, incumbent Senator
Results
Senator Walsh was unopposed for renomination.
| 1924 Democratic U.S. Senate primary[1] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | David I. Walsh | 120,915 | 99.99 | |
| style="background-color: Template:Write-in/meta/color; width: 2px;" | | Write-in | All others | 8 | 0.01 |
| Total votes | 120,923 | 100.00 | ||
Republican primary
Candidates
Declared
- Louis A. Coolidge, former Assistant U.S. Treasury Secretary, founding president of Sentinels of the Republic, and former private secretary to Senator Henry Cabot Lodge
- Frederick W. Dallinger, U.S. Representative from Cambridge
- Frederick H. Gillett, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
Declined
- Channing Cox, Governor of Massachusetts[2]
- Benjamin Loring Young, Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives[3]
Campaign
The early campaign was dominated by President Calvin Coolidge's efforts to recruit a candidate aligned with his own re-election campaign. Louis A. Coolidge (no relation) was the first candidate to formally announce his campaign. He spent much of the early campaign criticizing the President and other national Republicans' efforts to "interfere" in the race.[3] President Coolidge's primary recruit was Governor Channing Cox, who had served as Lieutenant Governor when President Coolidge was Governor of Massachusetts.[3]
Governor Cox announced he was not a candidate in early May, and Speaker of the House Frederick H. Gillett immediately announced his campaign after consulting with President Coolidge's advisor Frank Stearns.[2] At the same time, U.S. Representative Frederick W. Dallinger made his informal campaign formal.[2]
One of the dividing issues in the campaign was Prohibition. Louis Coolidge announced his outright opposition to the Eighteenth Amendment. Dallinger explicitly supported Prohibition. Gillett, who had voted against the Amendment but in favor of the Volstead Act to enforce its provisions, was considered a moderate.[2]
Results
| 1924 Republican U.S. Senate primary[4] | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Frederick H. Gillett | 145,879 | 45.33% | |
| Republican | Louis A. Coolidge | 93,680 | 29.11% | |
| Republican | Frederick W. Dallinger | 82,251 | 25.56% | |
| style="background-color: Template:Write-in/meta/color; width: 2px;" | | Write-in | All others | 16 | 0.01% |
| Total votes | 321,826 | 100.00 | ||
General election
Candidates
- Frederick H. Gillett, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (Republican)
- Antoinette F. Konikow, physician and feminist activist (Workers')
- David I. Walsh, incumbent Senator since 1919 (Democratic)
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Republican | Frederick H. Gillett | 566,188 | 50.26% |  5.20 |
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| Democratic | David I. Walsh (incumbent) | 547,600 | 48.61% |  2.05 |
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| Workers Party | Antoinette F. Konikow | 12,716 | 1.13% | N/A | |
| Total votes | 1,126,504 | 100.00% | |||
References
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