United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1936

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The Massachusetts United States Senate election of 1936 conincided with the landslide re-election of Democratic incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt over Republican candidate Alf Landon (who won just two states against Roosevelt's 46).

The same year Democrats won six United States Senate seats from the Republicans, which gave them one of the largest Senate majorities ever. The Republicans retained just 16 seats.

The Massachusetts election was notable because this was the only state in which Republicans won a seat from Democrats in this election.

1 Democratic nomination
2 Republican nomination
3 Union nomination
4 Election
5 References

[edit] Democratic nomination

Democratic one-term incumbent Marcus A. Coolidge dediced to not seek re-election, which left contest open.

Governor and former (and future) Mayor of Boston James Michael Curley became democratic nominee.

President Roosevelt declined to endorse Curley, which may affected a final results.

[edit] Republican nomination

A grandson of former Massachusetts Senator and first Senate Majority Leader Henry Cabot Lodge - Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., who never held any office before, became Republican nominee.

Lodge, a moderate-to-liberal Republican, was viewed, despite his lack of experience, as better candidate to defeat a Democrat in years of big great victory, than more conservative.

[edit] Union nomination

The newly-created Union Party, whose Presidential candidate, North Dakota Representative William Lemke finished third in the Presidential race, nominated Thomas C. O'Brien for Senate from Massachusetts.

[edit] Election

Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (R) - 875,160 (48.53%)
James Michael Curley (D) - 739,751 (41.02%)
Thomas C. O'Brien (U) - 134,245 (7.44%)
Alonzo B. Cook (Economy) - 11,519 (0.64%)
Guy M. Gray (Social Justice) - 9,906 (0.55%)
Albert Sprague Coolidge (Socialist) - 9,763 (0.54%)
Moses H. Gulesian - 7,408 (0.41%)
Ernest L. Dodge (Socialist Labor) - 7,091 (0.39%)
Charles Flaherty (Communist) - 4,821 (0.27%)
Wilbur D. Moon (Prohibition) - 3,677 (0.20%)
Write-ins - 16 (0.00%)

[edit] References

Race detail

v • d • e Recent Elections in Massachusetts (with winners)
General		2002, 2004, 2006, 2008
State	State Senate	2002, 2004, 2006, 2008
	State House	2002, 2004, 2006, 2008
	Governor	1982 (Dukakis), 1986 (Dukakis), 1990 (Weld), 1994 (Weld), 1998 (Cellucci), 2002 (Romney), 2006 (Patrick), 2010
	Council	2002, 2004, 2006, 2008
Federal	U.S. Senate	Class 1: 1964 (T. Kennedy), 1970 (T. Kennedy), 1976 (T. Kennedy), 1982 (T. Kennedy), 1988 (T. Kennedy), 1994 (T. Kennedy), 2000 (T. Kennedy), 2006 (T. Kennedy), 2012 Class 2: 1936 (Lodge), …, 1966 (Brooke), 1972 (Brooke), 1978 (Tsongas), 1984 (Kerry), 1990 (Kerry), 1996 (Kerry), 2002 (Kerry), 2008
	U.S. House	2002, 2004, 2006, 2007 (5th), 2008
	President	2000, 2004, 2008 (D prim), (R prim)