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United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1940

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1,088,838
  
838,122

Start date
  
November 5, 1940

55.61%
  
42.83%

Winner
  
David I Walsh

The United States Senate election of 1940 in Massachusetts was held on November 5, 1940, with Democratic incumbent David I. Walsh defeating his challengers.

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Democratic

  • David I. Walsh, US Senator since 1926 and from 1919-1925. Governor of Massachusetts from 1914-1916.

    • Republican

  • Henry Parkman, Jr., Corporation Counsel for the City of Boston. Former member of the Massachusetts Senate and Boston City Council.

    • Prohibition

  • George L. Thompson, Candidate for Governor of Massachusetts in 1938.

    • Communist

  • Philip Frankfeld

    • Socialist

  • George Lyman Paine, Episcopal priest. Son of philanthropist Robert Treat Paine.

    • Socialist Labor

  • Horace I. Hillis, Candidate for Massachusetts Auditor in 1938, Governor of Massachusetts in 1936, and Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts in 1934.

    • References

    United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1940 Wikipedia
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