1942 Massachusetts elections

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1942 Massachusetts general election
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The 1942 Massachusetts general election was held on November 3, 1942, throughout Massachusetts. Primary elections took place on September 15.

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At the federal level, Republican Incumbent Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. was reelected to the United States Senate over Democratic U.S. Representative Joseph E. Casey and Republicans won ten of fourteen seats in the United States House of Representatives.

In the race for Governor, Republican incumbent Leverett Saltonstall defeated Democrat Roger Putnam. Overall, Republicans won four of the six elected state-wide offices and both houses of the Massachusetts General Court.

Governor

Republican Incumbent Leverett Saltonstall defeated Democratic Mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts Roger Putnam.

Lieutenant governor

In the race for lieutenant governor, Republican incumbent Horace T. Cahill defeated Democratic Mayor of Medford John C. Carr. Both were unopposed in their parties’ primaries.

General election

Massachusetts Lt. gubernatorial election, 1942 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Horace T. Cahill (incumbent)732,47454.04%
Democratic John C. Carr 609,19344.94%
Socialist Labor George L. McGlynn8,2930.61%
Prohibition E. Frank Searle5,4060.39%

Secretary of the Commonwealth

Eleven-term Republican Incumbent Frederic W. Cook ran unopposed in the primary and defeated Democrat Joseph J. Buckley in the general election for Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Democratic primary

Joseph J. Buckley, a former WPA employee and a virtual unknown in politics, defeated Leo A. Gosselin in the Democratic primary. [2]

1942 Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth Democratic Primary [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Joseph J. Buckley 136,678 85.64%
Democratic Leo A. Gosselin22,90914.35%
Write-inAll others10.00%
Total votes159,558 100.00%

General election

1942 Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth Election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Frederic W. Cook (incumbent) 696,755 51.57%
Democratic Joseph J. Buckey627,90046.47%
Socialist Labor Bernard J. Kelly16,3471.21%
Socialist Peter Wartiainen Jr.5,5950.41%
Prohibition Abbie L. Tebbets4,3620.32%
Write-inAll others20.00%
Total votes1,350,961 100.00%

Treasurer and Receiver-General

Incumbent Republican Treasurer and Receiver-General William E. Hurley was constitutionally prevented from running for a fourth consecutive term. [4] Democrat Francis X. Hurley defeated Republican Laurence Curtis to succeed Hurley.

Republican primary

State senator Laurence Curtis defeated former state senator Sybil Holmes, attorney Edgar A. French, Perennial candidate Wallace E. Stearns, and Boston finance commissioner Richard E. Johnston for the Republican nomination.

1942 Massachusetts Treasurer and Receiver-General Republican Primary [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Laurence Curtis 89,100 47.90%
Republican Sybil Holmes 40,14021.57%
Republican Edgar A. French26,15514.06%
Republican Wallace E. Stearns16,2028.71%
Republican Richard E. Johnston14,4067.74%
Write-inAll others40.00%
Total votes186,007 100.00%

Democratic primary

Attorney and former Massachusetts Auditor Francis X. Hurley defeated former state representative Thomas E. Barry, Boston City Councilor William F. Hurley, and state auditor Thomas J. Buckley’s former confidential secretary John F. Welch to win the Democratic primary. Francis X. Hurley was the third consecutive person in 12 years named Hurley to be elected state treasurer, following Charles F. Hurley and William E. Hurley. [6]

1942 Massachusetts Treasurer and Receiver-General Democratic Primary [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Francis X. Hurley 106,703 48.23%
Democratic Thomas E. Barry 53,65924.25%
Democratic William F. Hurley40,06318.11%
Democratic John F. Welch20,7679.38%
Write-inAll others40.00%
Total votes221,196 100.00%

General election

1942 Massachusetts Treasurer and Receiver-General Election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Francis X. Hurley 669,223 49.82%
Republican Laurence Curtis 653,83848.68%
Socialist Anders H. Swenson7,3770.54%
Socialist Labor Gote Elvel Palmquist6,5820.49%
Prohibition Martha E. Geer6,0610.45%
Write-inAll others10.00%
Total votes1,343,081 100.00%

Auditor

Incumbent Democratic Auditor Thomas J. Buckley defeated his predecessor, Republican Russell A. Wood in the general election.

Democratic primary

Incumbent Thomas J. Buckley defeated assistant director of Boston’s Bureau of Americanization Leo D. Walsh in the Democratic primary.

1942 Massachusetts Auditor Democratic Primary [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Thomas J. Buckley (incumbent) 162,302 73.01%
Democratic Leo D. Walsh59,99326.98%
Write-inAll others10.00%

General election

1942 Massachusetts Auditor Election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Thomas J. Buckley (incumbent) 684,317 51.43%
Republican Russell A. Wood 628,74247.25%
Socialist Labor Herbert Crabtree11,5680.86%
Prohibition Ethel J. Prince5,7740.43%
Write-inAll others10.00%
Total votes1,864,764 100.00%

Attorney general

Incumbent attorney general Robert T. Bushnell (R) defeated former Boston city councilor and Massachusetts Fish and Game Commissioner James E. Agnew (D) to win reelection. Both won their parties’ nominations unopposed.

General election

1942 Massachusetts Attorney General Election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Robert T. Bushnell (incumbent) 740,275 55.51%
Democratic James E. Agnew 575,30143.13%
Socialist Labor Fred E. Oelcher6,3700.47%
Prohibition Charles F. Danforth5,9250.44%
Socialist Howard Penley5,6980.42%
Write-inAll others10.00%
Total votes1,333,570 100.00%

United States Senate

Republican Incumbent Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. defeated Democratic U.S. Representative Joseph E. Casey to win his second term.

General election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (incumbent) 721,239 52.44 Increase2.svg3.91
Democratic Joseph E. Casey 641,04246.61Increase2.svg5.62
Socialist George Lyman Paine4,8020.35Decrease2.svg0.19
Socialist Labor Horace I. Hillis4,7810.35Increase2.svg0.35
Prohibition George L. Thompson3,5770.26Increase2.svg0.26
Total votes1,375,441 100.00%

United States House of Representatives

All of Massachusetts' fourteen seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 1942. Republicans won 10 of the 14. Due to the loss of one congressional seat, the districts of Democrats, Thomas A. Flaherty and Thomas H. Eliot, were combined. Flaherty retired and Elliot lost renomination in the new Boston-based 11th congressional district to James Michael Curley. The Republicans gained a seat when Angier Goodwin won the seat previously held by Democrat Arthur Daniel Healey, who resigned when he was appointed to the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Two other incumbents (Democrat Joseph E. Casey and Republican George H. Tinkham) also did not run for reelection and they were succeeded by members of their own party (Philip J. Philbin succeeded Casey in the Worcester County-based 3rd district and Christian Herter succeed Tinkham in the Boston-based 10th district).

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Election Statistics; The Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1942. p. 3.
  2. ↑ "Another Buckley Wins Nomination for State Office". The Boston Daily Globe. September 16, 1942.
  3. ↑ Massachusetts Election Statistics 1942. p. 134.
  4. ↑ Harris, John G. (March 1, 1942). "Politics and Politicians: Which Democrats Will Seek Office?". The Boston Daily Globe.
  5. ↑ Massachusetts Election Statistics 1942. p. 50.
  6. ↑ Harris, John J. (August 2, 1942). "Politics and Politicians: Senatorial Race Holds Spotlight in Massachusetts". The Boston Daily Globe.
  7. ↑ Massachusetts Election Statistics 1942. p. 140.
  8. ↑ Massachusetts Election Statistics 1942. p. 143.
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