1913 United States Senate election in Massachusetts

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.

At the time, Massachusetts elected United States senators by a majority vote of the combined houses of the Massachusetts General Court.

Republican caucus

Candidates

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

1913 Republican nominating caucus^[1]
Party		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

Massachusetts legislative vote (in Massachusetts Senate)^[2]^[3]
	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%

Massachusetts legislative vote (in Massachusetts House of Representatives)^[2]^[3]
	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

^ 26 Senate votes, 134 House votes
^ 11 Senate votes, 69 House votes

References

^ ^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.

[1] 26 Senate votes, 134 House votes

[2] 11 Senate votes, 69 House votes

[caucus1-3] "REPUBLICANS READY TO ELECT MR. WEEKS BAY STATE SENATOR". The Christian Science Monitor. January 14, 1913. p. 1.

[MassOurC-4] "Our Campaigns - MA US Senate Race - Jan 14, 1913".

[Tribune-5] 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.

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