1915 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
The 1915 Massachusetts gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 1915. The Republican nominee, Samuel W. McCall defeated the incumbent Democratic Governor David I. Walsh, with 46.97% of the vote.
Image: Samuel Walker Mc Call circa 1920 (cropped)
Image: David I. Walsh (MA)
Samuel Walker McCall was an American Republican lawyer, politician, and writer from Massachusetts. He was for twenty years (1893–1913) a member of the United States House of Representatives, and the 47th Governor of Massachusetts, serving three one-year terms (1916–1919). He was a moderately progressive Republican who sought to counteract the influence of money in politics.
McCall circa 1920
Governor McCall in 1916
Governor McCall speaking in Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts, with Lt. Governor Calvin Coolidge in background (1918)
McCall viewing reconstruction efforts in visiting Halifax, Nova Scotia, after the Halifax Explosion (November 1918)