1948 United States Senate election in Massachusetts

none March 2026 September 2023 1948 United States Senate election in Massachusetts Massachusetts 1908 presidential no 1944 United States Senate special election in Massachusetts 1944 (special) 1954 United States Senate election in Massachusetts 1954 November 2, 1948 150x150px LeverettSaltonstall.jpg Leverett Saltonstall Republican Party (US) 1,088,475 52.95% 1923 John I Fitzgerald Massachusetts House of Representatives (3x4a).png John I. Fitzgerald Democratic Party (US) 954,398 46.43% Senator Leverett Saltonstall Republican Party (US) Leverett Saltonstall Republican Party (US) 300px County results 300px| Municipality results 1 250px Saltonstall: #E27F7F 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #D72F30 70–80% #C21B18 80–90% #A80000 >90% Fitzgerald: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% The United States Senate election of 1948 in Massachusetts was held on November 2, 1948. Republican incumbent Leverett Saltonstall was re-elected to a second term in office over John I. Fitzgerald. Republican primary Candidates Leverett Saltonstall, incumbent U.S. senator since 1945 Results Senator Saltonstall was unopposed for renomination. Democratic primary Candidates John I. Fitzgerald, former Boston fire commissioner and member of the Boston City Council Francis D. Harrigan, Boston attorney and candidate for governor in 1946 Joseph A. Langone Jr., Boston election commissioner and former state senator John D. Lynch, member of the Cambridge City Council and former mayor of Cambridge Richard M. Russell, former U.S. representative and mayor of Cambridge Results Democratic primary http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=619850 Our Campaigns - MA US Senate - D Primary Race - Sep 14, 1948 Democratic Party (US) John I. Fitzgerald 79,663 30.26% Democratic Party (US) Richard M. Russell 64,191 24.39% Democratic Party (US) Francis D. Harrigan 44,395 16.87% Democratic Party (US) John D. Lynch 42,087 15.98% Democratic Party (US) Joseph A. Langone, Jr. 32,895 12.50% 263,231 100.00% General election Candidates Henning A. Blomen, perennial candidateHenning A. Blomen at ourcampaigns.com (Socialist Labor) John I. Fitzgerald, former Boston fire commissioner and member of the Boston City Council (Democratic) Leverett Saltonstall, incumbent U.S. senator since 1945 (Republican) E. Tallmadge Root, nominee for Senate in 1944 and governor in 1940 (Prohibition) Results General election Republican Party (US) Leverett Saltonstall (incumbent) 1,088,475 52.95% 11.34 Democratic Party (US) John I. Fitzgerald 954,398 46.43% 11.53 Socialist Labor Party of America Henning A. Blomen 9,266 0.44% 0.20 Prohibition Party E. Tallmadge Root 3,652 0.18% 0.01 2,055,791 100.00% See also United States Senate elections, 1948 and 1949 References Massachusetts 1948 Category:1948 Massachusetts elections