1950 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 December 2024 1950 Massachusetts gubernatorial election Massachusetts 1908 presidential no 1948 Massachusetts gubernatorial election 1948 1952 Massachusetts gubernatorial election 1952 November 7, 1950 x150px PaulADever (3x4a).jpg Paul A. Dever Democratic Party (United States) 1,074,570 56.26% 1945 Arthur Coolidge senator Massachusetts (3x4a).jpg Arthur W. Coolidge Republican Party (United States) 824,069 43.14% 300px County results 300px| Municipality results 1 250px Dever: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933E5 80–90%Coolidge: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% #C21B18 80–90% Governor Paul A. Dever Democratic Party (United States) Paul A. Dever Democratic Party (United States) The 1950 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1950. Democratic incumbent Paul A. Dever defeated Republican Arthur W. Coolidge, Socialist Labor candidate Horace Hillis, and Prohibition candidate Mark R. Shaw. Democratic primary Paul Dever ran unopposed for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. Republican primary Candidates Clarence A. Barnes, former Massachusetts attorney general Arthur W. Coolidge, former lieutenant governor Louis E. Denfeld, U.S. Navy admiral Frankland W. L. Miles, justice of the Roxbury District Court Daniel Needham, former commander of the Massachusetts National Guard and Public Safety commissioner Edward Rowe, former state senator from Cambridge Results 1950 Republican gubernatorial primaryElection Statistics; The Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1950 https://archive.org/stream/electionstatisti19501951mass#page/138/mode/2up Republican Party (United States) Arthur W. Coolidge 130,061 35.79% Republican Party (United States) Louis E. Denfeld 68,560 18.87% Republican Party (United States) Clarence A. Barnes 60,927 16.77% Republican Party (United States) Daniel Needham 57,773 15.90% Republican Party (United States) Frankland W. L. Miles 37,452 10.31% Republican Party (United States) Edward Rowe 8,609 2.37% 363,382 100.00% General election Results Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 1950Election Statistics; The Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1950 https://archive.org/stream/electionstatisti19501951mass#page/234/mode/2up Democratic Party (United States) Paul A. Dever (incumbent) 1,074,570 56.26% Republican Party (United States) Arthur W. Coolidge 824,069 43.14% Socialist Labor Party of America Horace Hillis 7,806 0.41% Prohibition Party Mark R. Shaw 3,716 0.20% 1,910,161 100.00% See also 1949–1950 Massachusetts legislature References 1950 Massachusetts governor Governor Category:November 1950 in the United States