United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1918

United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1918

November 5, 1918

Nominee David I. Walsh John W. Weeks Thomas W. Lawson Party Democratic Republican Independent Popular vote 207,478 188,287 21,985 Percentage 49.66% 45.06% 5.26%

Senator before election John W. Weeks Republican Elected Senator David I. Walsh Democratic

The United States Senate election of 1918 in Massachusetts was held on November 5, 1918 with Democrat David I. Walsh defeating incumbent John W. Weeks.

Candidates

Democratic

• David I. Walsh, Governor of Massachusetts from 1914-1916. He would become the first Irish-Catholic Senator from Massachusetts.

Republican

• John W. Weeks, United States Senator from 1913, Member of the United States House of Representatives from 1905 to 1913.

Independent

• Thomas W. Lawson, Businessman and author.

Results

General election [1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	David I. Walsh	207,478	49.66
	Republican	John W. Weeks	188,287	45.06
	Independent (politician)	Thomas W. Lawson	21,985	5.26

References

1. Office of the Secretary of State of Massachusetts (1918). Number of assessed polls, registered voters and persons who voted in each voting precinct in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at the state, city and town elections.