1952 Massachusetts elections

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A Massachusetts general election was held on November 4, 1952 in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Primary elections took place on September 16.

Governor

Republican Christian Herter was elected over Democratic incumbent Paul A. Dever, Peace Progressive candidate Florence H. Luscomb, Socialist Labor candidate Lawrence Gilfedder, and Prohibition candidate Guy S. Williams.

Lieutenant governor

Republican Sumner G. Whittier was elected lieutenant governor over Democratic incumbent Charles F. Sullivan, Socialist Labor candidate Francis A. Votano, and Prohibition candidate William R. Ferry.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Thomas B. Brennan, Middlesex County Commissioner
Edward C. Carroll, former State Senator
Thomas J. Kurey, businessman
C. Gerald Lucey, mayor of Brockton
Joseph L. Murphy, former State Senator
Charles F. Sullivan, incumbent Lieutenant Governor

Results

1952 Democratic Lt. gubernatorial primary^[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Charles F. Sullivan (incumbent)	192,945	45.70%
Democratic	C. Gerald Lucey	68,914	16.32%
Democratic	Joseph L. Murphy	55,546	13.16%
Democratic	Thomas B. Brennan	44,239	10.48%
Democratic	Edward C. Carroll	42,361	10.03%
Democratic	Thomas J. Kurey	18,166	4.30%

Republican primary

Candidates

Sumner Whittier, State Senator

Results

Sumner Whittier ran unopposed for the Republican nomination for Lt. Governor.

Independents and third parties

Prohibition

William R. Ferry

Socialist Labor

Francis A. Votano

General election

1952 Massachusetts Lt. gubernatorial election ^[2]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Sumner G. Whittier	1,194,966	51.88%
Democratic	Charles F. Sullivan (incumbent)	1,087,865	47.23%
Socialist Labor	Francis A. Votano	13,602	0.59%
Prohibition	William R. Ferry	7,013	0.30%

Attorney General

Republican George Fingold was elected Attorney General over Democratic incumbent Francis E. Kelly, Socialist Workers candidate Arthur W. Blomen, and Prohibition candidate Howard B. Rand in the general election.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Robert T. Capeless
Francis E. Kelly, incumbent Attorney General
George Leary
John V. Moran

Results

1952 Attorney General Democratic primary^[3]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Francis E. Kelly (incumbent)	204,155	46.35%
Democratic	Robert T. Capeless	87,968	19.97%
Democratic	John V. Moran	75,252	17.09%
Democratic	George Leary	73,082	16.59%
Write-in	All others	4	0.00%

General election

1952 Massachusetts Attorney General election^[4]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	George Fingold	1,305,185	57.40%
Democratic	Francis E. Kelly (incumbent)	950,351	41.80%
Socialist Workers	Arthur W. Blomen	9,501	0.42%
Prohibition	Howard B. Rand	8,795	0.39%
Write-in		11	0.00%

Secretary of the Commonwealth

Incumbent Secretary of the Commonwealth Edward J. Cronin defeated Republican Beatrice Hancock Mullaney, Socialist Labor candidate Fred M. Ingersoll, and Prohibition candidate Alice M. Ferry in the general election.

General election

Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth election, 1952^[4]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Edward J. Cronin (incumbent)	1,147,881	50.75%
Republican	Beatrice Hancock Mullaney	1,088,629	48.13%
Socialist Workers	Fred M. Ingersoll	13,499	0.60%
Prohibition	Alice M. Ferry	11,926	0.53%
Write-in	All others	2	0.00%

Treasurer and Receiver-General

Incumbent Treasurer and Receiver-General Foster Furcolo defeated Republican Roy C. Papalia, Socialist Labor candidate Henning A. Blomen, and Prohibition candidate Harold J. Ireland in the general election.

Democratic primary

Candidates

William R. Conley, former State Senator
Cornelius P. Cronin, former Chair of the Boston Housing Authority
James E.V. Donelan, state public works employee
Foster Furcolo, incumbent Treasurer and Receiver-General
John Francis Kennedy, Gillette stockroom supervisor
Jeremiah F. Murphy Jr.
Alexander F. Sullivan, former State Representative

Results

Massachusetts Treasurer and Receiver-General Democratic primary, 1952^[5]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Foster Furcolo (incumbent)	169,156	39.30%
Democratic	John Francis Kennedy	86,536	20.11%
Democratic	Cornelius P. Cronin	66,337	15.41%
Democratic	William R. Conley	34,205	7.95%
Democratic	Alexander F. Sullivan	30,708	7.14%
Democratic	James E. V. Donelan	26,389	6.13%
Democratic	Jeremiah F. Murphy Jr.	18,077	3.97%
Write-in	All others	3	0.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

Fred J. Burrell, former Treasurer and Receiver-General
Roy C. Papalia, Watertown selectman

Results

1952 Massachusetts Treasurer Republican primary^[6]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Republican	Roy C. Papalia	234,841	58.79%	17.8
Republican	Fred J. Burrell	164,582	41.20%	17.8
Write-in	All others	5	0.00%

General election

1952 Massachusetts Treasurer and Receiver-General election^[4]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Democratic	Foster Furcolo (incumbent)	1,154,057	51.03%	9.24
Republican	Roy C. Papalia	1,083,530	47.91%	9.46
Prohibition	Harold J. Ireland	13,037	0.58%	0.03
Socialist Workers	Henning A. Blomen	10,824	0.48%	0.13
Write-in	All others	4	0.00%

Auditor

Incumbent Auditor Thomas J. Buckley defeated Republican David J. Mintz, Socialist Labor candidate Anthony Martin, and Prohibition candidate Robert A. Simmons in the general election.

General election

Massachusetts Auditor election, 1952^[4]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Thomas J. Buckley (incumbent)	1,206,665	53.32%
Republican	David J. Mintz	1,037,597	45.85%
Socialist Workers	Anthony Martin	11,735	0.52%
Prohibition	Robert A. Simmons	7,086	0.31%
Write-in	All others	2	0.00%

United States Senate

Democrat John F. Kennedy was elected over Republican incumbent Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., Socialist Labor candidate Thelma Ingersoll, and Prohibition candidate Mark R. Shaw.

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[1] election Statistics; The Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1952.

[2] election Statistics; The Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1952.

[3] Massachusetts election Statistics 1952. p. 163.

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[5] Massachusetts election Statistics 1952. p. 155.

[6] Massachusetts election Statistics 1952. p. 242.

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1952 Massachusetts elections

Contents

Governor

Lieutenant governor

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Independents and third parties

Prohibition

Socialist Labor

General election

Attorney General

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

General election

Secretary of the Commonwealth

General election

Treasurer and Receiver-General

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

General election

Auditor

General election

United States Senate

See also

Related Research Articles

References