United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1940

United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1940

1934 ←

November 5, 1940

→ 1946



Nominee	David I. Walsh	Henry Parkman, Jr.
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	1,088,838	838,122
Percentage	55.61%	42.83%

Senator before election

David I. Walsh
Democratic

Elected Senator

David I. Walsh
Democratic

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

Contents

1 Candidates
2 Results
3 General election
4 References

Candidates

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.

Results

General election

United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1940^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	David I. Walsh	1,088,838	55.64
	Republican	Henry Parkman, Jr.	838,122	42.38
	Prohibition	George L. Thompson	9,632	0.49
	Communist	Philip Frankfeld	9,465	0.48
	Socialist	George Lyman Paine	6,876	0.35
	Socialist Labor	Horace I. Hillis	4,133	0.21

References

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Recent Elections in Massachusetts

General	1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012

Mass. Senate	2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012

Mass. House	2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012

Governor (with winners)	1839 (Morton), …, 1948 (Dever), 1950 (Dever), 1952 (Herter), 1954 (Herter), 1956 (Furcolo), 1958 (Furcolo), 1960 (Volpe), 1962 (Peabody), 1964 (Volpe), 1966 (Volpe), 1970 (Sargent), 1974 (Dukakis), 1978 (King), 1982 (Dukakis), 1986 (Dukakis), 1990 (Weld), 1994 (Weld), 1998 (Cellucci), 2002 (Romney), 2006 (Patrick), 2010 (Patrick), 2014

Gov. Council	2002, 2006, 2010, 2012

U.S. President	1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012

U. S. Senate (with winners)	Class 1: 1875 (Dawes), 1881 (Dawes), 1887 (Dawes), 1893 (Lodge Sr.), 1898 (Lodge Sr.), 1904 (Lodge Sr.), 1910 (Lodge Sr.), 1916 (Lodge Sr.), 1922 (Lodge Sr.), 1926 [sp] (Walsh), 1928 (Walsh), 1934 (Walsh), 1940 (Walsh), 1946 (Lodge Jr.), 1952 (J. Kennedy), 1958 (J. Kennedy), 1962 [sp] (T. Kennedy), 1964 (T. Kennedy), 1970 (T. Kennedy), 1976 (T. Kennedy), 1982 (T. Kennedy), 1988 (T. Kennedy), 1994 (T. Kennedy), 2000 (T. Kennedy), 2006 (T. Kennedy), 2010 [sp] (Brown), 2012 Class 2: 1918 (Walsh), 1924 (Gillett), 1930 (Coolidge), 1936 (Lodge Jr.), 1942 (Lodge Jr.), 1944 [sp] (Saltonstall), 1948 (Saltonstall), 1954 (Saltonstall), 1960 (Saltonstall), 1966 (Brooke), 1972 (Brooke), 1978 (Tsongas), 1984 (Kerry), 1990 (Kerry), 1996 (Kerry), 2002 (Kerry), 2008 (Kerry), 2014

U. S. House	2001 [sp: 9th dist.], 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007 [sp: 5th dist.], 2008, 2010, 2012

See also: Political party strength in Massachusetts