Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 1952

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Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 1952
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Nominee Christian Herter Paul A. Dever
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote1,175,9551,161,499
Percentage49.90%49.29%
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Municipal Results
Governor before election

Paul A. Dever
Democratic

Elected Governor

Christian Herter
Republican

The 1952 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1952. Republican Christian Herter defeated Democratic incumbent Paul A. Dever, Socialist Labor candidate Lawrence Gilfedder, Peace Progressive candidate Florence H. Luscomb, and Prohibition candidate Guy S. Williams.

Christian Herter American politician

Christian Archibald Herter was an American politician who was the 59th Governor of Massachusetts from 1953 to 1957 and United States Secretary of State from 1959 to 1961.

Paul A. Dever American politician

Paul Andrew Dever was an American Democratic politician from Boston, Massachusetts. He served as the 58th Governor of Massachusetts and was its youngest-ever Attorney General.

Contents

In the race for Lieutenant Governor, Republican Sumner G. Whittier defeated Democrat Charles F. Sullivan, Prohibition candidate William R. Ferry, and Socialist Labor candidate Francis A. Votano.

Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts position

The Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts is the first in the line to discharge the powers and duties of the office of governor following the incapacitation of the Governor of Massachusetts. The constitutional honorific title for the office is His, or Her, Honor.

Sumner G. Whittier American politician

Sumner Gage Whittier was an American politician who served two two-year terms as the 58th Lieutenant Governor for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1953 to 1957. He was the Republican candidate for Governor in 1956, but lost to Democrat Foster Furcolo. He was then appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to head the U.S. Veterans Administration, a position he held until 1961. Thereafter he headed SSI at the Social Security Administration in Baltimore and worked there until age 80.

Charles F. "Jeff" Sullivan was an American politician who served as the 57th Lieutenant Governor for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1949 to 1953. Sullivan was also a member of the Worcester, Massachusetts Common Council, a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, a Massachusetts State Senator and the Mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts from 1946 to 1949.

Primaries

Christian Herter and Paul Dever ran unopposed for their respective nominations. Sumner Whittier ran unopposed for the Republican nomination for Lt. Governor.

Charles F. "Jeff" Sullivan defeated Brockton Mayor C. Gerald Lucey, Middlesex County Commissioner Thomas B. Brennan, businessman Thomas J. Kurey, and former State Senators Edward C. Carroll and Joseph L. Murphy for the Democratic nomination for Lt. Governor.

Brockton, Massachusetts City in Massachusetts

Brockton is a city in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States; the population was 95,314 in the 2015 Census. Brockton, along with Plymouth, are the county seats of Plymouth County. Brockton is the seventh largest city in Massachusetts and is sometimes referred to as the "City of Champions", due to the success of native boxers Rocky Marciano and Marvin Hagler, as well as its successful Brockton High School sports programs. Two of the villages within the city are Montello and Campello, both have the distinction of having their own MBTA Commuter Rail Stations and post offices. Campello is the smallest neighborhood in the city, but also the most populous. Brockton hosts a baseball team, the Brockton Rox. Brockton is one of the windiest cities in the United States, with an average wind speed of 14.3 mph.

C. Gerald Lucey was an American politician who served as Mayor of Brockton, Massachusetts and was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.

Middlesex County, Massachusetts County in the United States

Middlesex County is a county in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in the United States. As of 2016, the estimated population was 1,589,774, making it the twenty-first most populous county in the United States, and the most populous county in both Massachusetts and New England. As part of the 2010 national census, the Commonwealth's mean center of population for that year was geo-centered in Middlesex County, in the town of Natick at. Middlesex County is included in the Census Bureau’s Boston–Cambridge–Newton, MA–NH Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Democratic Lt. gubernatorial primary, 1952 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Democratic Charles F. Sullivan 192,94545.70%
Democratic C. Gerald Lucey 68,91416.32%
Democratic Joseph L. Murphy 55,54613.16%
Democratic Thomas B. Brennan 44,23910.48%
Democratic Edward C. Carroll 42,36110.03%
Democratic Thomas J. Kurey 18,1664.30%

General election

Governor

Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 1952 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Republican Christian Herter 1,175,95549.90%
Democratic Paul A. Dever 1,161,49949.29%
Peace Progressive Florence H. Luscomb 7,5020.32%
Socialist Labor Lawrence Gilfedder6,1590.26%
Prohibition Guy S. Williams5,1630.22%

Lieutenant Governor

Massachusetts Lt. gubernatorial election, 1952 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Republican Sumner G. Whittier 1,194,96651.88%
Democratic Charles F. Sullivan 1,087,86547.23%
Socialist Labor Francis A. Votano13,6020.59%
Prohibition William R. Ferry 7,0130.30%

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References

  1. ↑ Election Statistics; The Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1952.
  2. 1 2 Election Statistics; The Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1952.
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