1913 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
The 1913 Massachusetts gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 1913. Democratic [Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts|Governor of Massachusetts|Lieutenant Governor] David I. Walsh defeated the Progressive, Republican and independent candidates Charles S. Bird, Representative Augustus Peabody Gardner and incumbent Governor Eugene Foss with 39.77% of the vote. Suffolk County was the only county to give more than 50% of its vote to a candidate and had given Walsh 53.98% of its vote.
Democratic primary
Candidates
Withdrew
- Eugene Foss, incumbent governor
Results
Following Governor Foss's exit from the Democratic Party, Lieutenant Governor Walsh was unopposed for the nomination.Republican primary
Candidates
- Everett Chamberlin Benton, candidate for governor in 1912
- Augustus Peabody Gardner, U.S. Representative from Hamilton
Failed to qualify
- Eugene Foss, incumbent governor
Progressive primary
Candidates
- Charles Sumner Bird, proprietor of Bird and Son Paper Company and nominee for governor in 1912
Declined
- Eugene Foss, incumbent governor
Results
Bird was unopposed for the nomination.General election
Candidates
- Charles Sumner Bird, proprietor of Bird and Son Paper Company and nominee for governor in 1912
- Alfred H. Evans
- Eugene Foss, incumbent governor of Massachusetts
- Augustus Peabody Gardner, U.S. Representative from Hamilton
- Arthur Reimer, candidate for President of the United States in 1912
- David Walsh, Lieutenant Governor
- George H. Wrenn
Results by county
| County | Walsh | Votes | Bird | Votes | Gardner | Votes | Foss | Votes | Others | Votes |
| Barnstable | 19.09% | 840 | 34.29% | 1,509 | 34.31% | 1,510 | 10.59% | 466 | 1.73% | 76 |
| Berkshire | 37.98% | 5,769 | 25.59% | 3,887 | 27.25% | 4,139 | 4.71% | 715 | 4.48% | 681 |
| Bristol | 34.88% | 12,253 | 25.86% | 9,082 | 30.55% | 10,732 | 5.23% | 1,838 | 3.47% | 1,219 |
| Dukes | 17.02% | 137 | 29.94% | 241 | 40.25% | 324 | 11.93% | 96 | 0.87% | 7 |
| Essex | 32.39% | 20,694 | 24.63% | 15,732 | 36.79% | 23,501 | 2.55% | 1,627 | 3.64% | 2,328 |
| Franklin | 27.45% | 1,799 | 26.85% | 1,760 | 35.20% | 2,307 | 5.77% | 378 | 4.73% | 310 |
| Hampden | 42.32% | 11,828 | 22.63% | 6,325 | 23.40% | 6,540 | 7.22% | 2,018 | 4.43% | 1,237 |
| Hampshire | 36.75% | 3,252 | 17.73% | 1,569 | 32.16% | 2,846 | 8.62% | 763 | 4.73% | 419 |
| Middlesex | 37.66% | 37,376 | 33.02% | 32,773 | 23.17% | 23,985 | 3.49% | 3,461 | 1.66% | 1,652 |
| Nantucket | 27.27% | 147 | 21.34% | 115 | 34.14% | 184 | 14.29% | 77 | 2.97% | 16 |
| Norfolk | 32.77% | 9,325 | 33.57% | 9,552 | 27.29% | 7,765 | 4.25% | 1,208 | 2.13% | 605 |
| Plymouth | 31.39% | 6,978 | 38.57% | 8,609 | 21.05% | 4,679 | 4.41% | 980 | 4.41% | 981 |
| Suffolk | 53.98% | 49,775 | 23.71% | 21,863 | 16.21% | 14,946 | 3.90% | 3,599 | 2.20% | 2,024 |
| Worcester | 41.69% | 23,094 | 26.60% | 14,738 | 23.91% | 13,247 | 5.32% | 2,945 | 2.49% | 1,377 |