1916 United States Senate election in Massachusetts

The 1916 United States Senate election in Massachusetts was held on November 7, 1916. Republican incumbent Henry Cabot Lodge defeated Democratic Mayor of Boston John F. Fitzgerald to win election to a fifth term.

1916 United States Senate election in Massachusetts

November 7, 1916
 
Nominee Henry Cabot Lodge John F. Fitzgerald
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 267,177 234,238
Percentage 51.68% 45.31%

County results
Lodge:      50–60%      60–70%
Fitzgerald:      50–60%

Senator before election

Henry Cabot Lodge
Republican

Elected Senator

Henry Cabot Lodge
Republican

This was the first United States Senate election in Massachusetts decided by popular vote, as required by the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

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