1918 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

The 1918 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1918.

Candidates

 * Calvin Coolidge, incumbent lieutenant governor

Declined

 * Samuel W. McCall, incumbent governor (to run for U.S. Senate)

Lieutenant Governor Coolidge was unopposed for the Republican nomination.

Candidates

 * Channing H. Cox, Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
 * Guy Andrews Ham, former Governor's Councilor and candidate for lieutenant governor in 1915

Declined

 * Edwin U. Curtis, former Mayor of Boston
 * Alvan T. Fuller, United States Representative

Candidates

 * Edward P. Barry, former lieutenant governor
 * William A. Gaston, nominee for governor in 1902 and 1903
 * Richard H. Long, Framingham businessman

Withdrew

 * Frederick Mansfield, former Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts and nominee for governor in 1916 and 1917 (endorsed Gaston)

Candidates

 * Joseph H. O'Neil, former United States Representative

O'Neil was unopposed for the Democratic nomination.

Candidates

 * Calvin Coolidge, incumbent lieutenant governor (Republican)
 * Richard H. Long, car dealer from Framingham (Democratic)
 * Sylvester McBride (Socialist)
 * Ingvar Paulsen (Socialist Labor)