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United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1942

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721,239
  
641,042

Start date
  
November 3, 1942

52.44%
  
46.61%

United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1942

Winner
  
Henry Cabot Lo

The United States Senate election of 1942 in Massachusetts was held on November 3, 1942, with Republican incumbent Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. defeating his challengers.

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Democratic

  • Joseph E. Casey, Member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district since 1935.
  • Daniel H. Coakley, Member of the Massachusetts Executive Council. Impeached during campaign.
  • John F. Fitzgerald - former member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 10th congressional district (1919), Mayor of Boston (1910–1914, 1906-1910), member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 9th congressional district (1895–1901), Member of the Massachusetts Senate (1892–1894), and member of the Boston Common Council (1891–1892)
  • Joseph Lee - former member of the Boston School Committee.

    • Republican

  • Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. - US Senator since 1937.
  • Courtenay Crocker - former member of the Boston Common Council and the Massachusetts House of Representatives.

    • Socialist

  • George Lyman Paine - Candidate for US Senate in 1940.

    • Socialist Workers

  • Horace I. Hillis - Candidate for Governor of Massachusetts in 1936 and United States Senator in 1940.

    • Prohibition

  • George L. Thompson - Candidate for Governor of Massachusetts in 1938 and United States Senator in 1940.

    • Primaries

    Republican primary

    References

    United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1942 Wikipedia
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