United States Senate special election in Massachusetts, 1926

United States Senate special election in Massachusetts, 1926

1922 ←

November 2, 1926

→ 1932



Nominee	David I. Walsh	William M. Butler
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	818,055	693,563
Percentage	53.65%	45.48%

Senator before election

David I. Walsh
Democratic

Elected Senator

David I. Walsh
Democratic

The United States Senate special election of 1926 in Massachusetts was held on November 2, 1926, with Democratic David I. Walsh defeating his challengers.

Contents

1 Candidates
2 References

Candidates

Democratic

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

Republican

William M. Butler, United States Senator since November 13, 1924. Appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Henry Cabot Lodge.

Workers'

John J. Ballam, Founding member of the Communist Party of America, candidate for Governor of Massachusetts in 1924.

Modification of Volstead Act

Washington Cook, Independent candidate for the United States Senate in 1922.

Socialist

Alfred B. Lewis

General election

United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1928^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	David I. Walsh	525,303	52.01
	Republican	William M. Butler	469,989	46.54
	Workers Party	John J. Ballam	5,167	0.51
	Modification of Volstead Act	Washington Cook	4,766	0.47
	Socialist	Alfred B. Lewis	4,730	0.47

References

^ Office of the Secretary of Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1926). Number of assessed polls, registered voters and persons who voted in each voting precinct in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at the state, city and town elections. pp. 175. http://www.archive.org/stream/numberofassessed19251926mass#page/174/mode/2up.

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See also: Political party strength in Massachusetts