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.
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.Candidates
Declared
- Henry Cabot Lodge, incumbent Senator
Results
Democratic primary
Candidates
Declared
- John F. Fitzgerald, former Mayor of Boston and U.S. Representative
Results
Socialist
- William N. McDonald
General election
Results
