1912 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

The 1912 Massachusetts gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 1912. Democratic Governor Eugene Foss defeated the Republican candidate Joseph H. Walker and Progressive candidate Charles S. Bird.

Candidates

 * Eugene Foss, incumbent Governor.
 * Joseph C. Pelletier, District Attorney of Suffolk County

Candidates

 * Joseph H. Walker, former Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
 * Everett Chamberlin Benton, businessman and former member of the Massachusetts Governor's Council.

Candidates

 * Charles Sumner Bird, paper manufacturer (Progressive)
 * Alfred H. Evans (Prohibition)
 * Eugene Foss, incumbent Governor (Democratic)
 * Arthur Elmer Reimer, 1912 nominee for President of the United States (Socialist Labor)
 * Roland D. Sawyer, Congregationalist pastor (Socialist)
 * Joseph H. Walker, former Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (Republican)