1934 United States Senate election in Massachusetts

none March 2026 September 2023 1934 United States Senate election in Massachusetts Massachusetts 1908 presidential no 1928 United States Senate election in Massachusetts 1928 1940 United States Senate election in Massachusetts 1940 November 6, 1934 150x150px Senator David Walsh (3x4 cropped).jpg David I. Walsh Democratic Party (US) 852,776 59.39% File:1915 Robert Washburn Massachusetts House of Representatives (cropped).png Robert M. Washburn Republican Party (US) 536,692 37.38% 300px County results 300px| Municipality results 1 300px Walsh: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90%Washburn: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% #c21b18 80–90% #a80000 100% Senator David I. Walsh Democratic Party (US) David I. Walsh Democratic Party (US) The 1934 United States Senate election in Massachusetts was held on November 6, 1934. Democratic incumbent David I. Walsh was re-elected to a second consecutive term, the first Democrat ever to do so in the state, in a landslide over Republican Robert M. Washburn. Democratic primary Candidates Edward P. Barry, former Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (1914–15) William Donahoe, former State Representative from Boston David I. Walsh, incumbent Senator Results 1934 Democratic U.S. Senate primary Election Statistics, 1933–34 Frederic W. Cook, Secretary of the Commonwealth 1934 Boston, MA http://www.archive.org/stream/electionstatisti19331934mass Election Statistics 1934 Democratic Party (United States) David I. Walsh (incumbent) 270,242 66.79% Democratic Party (United States) Edward P. Barry 102,863 25.42% Democratic Party (United States) William Donahoe 31,474 7.78% 12 0.00% 404,591 100.00% Republican primary Candidates Robert M. Washburn, writer and candidate for Senate in 1928 Results 1934 Democratic U.S. Senate primaryElection Statistics 1934 186 Republican Party (United States) Robert M. Washburn 295,849 99.99% 20 0.01% 295,869 100.00% General election Candidates Albert Sprague Coolidge, candidate for Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth in 1930 and 1932 (Socialist) Barnard Smith (Prohibition) David I. Walsh, incumbent Senator since 1926 (Democratic) Robert M. Washburn, writer and candidate for Senate in 1928 (Republican) Albert L. Waterman, candidate for Secretary of the Commonwealth in 1932 and Treasurer in 1920 (Socialist Labor) Paul C. Wicks, candidate for U.S. House in 1932 (Communist) Results 1934 U.S. Senate election in Massachusettshttp://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=268000 Our Campaigns - MA US Senate Race - Nov 06, 1934 Democratic Party (United States) David I. Walsh (incumbent) 852,776 59.39% 5.83 Republican Party (United States) Robert M. Washburn 536,692 37.38% 8.10 Socialist Party USA Albert Sprague Coolidge 22,092 1.54% 1.04 Prohibition Party (United States) Barnard Smith 10,363 0.72% 0.72 Socialist Labor Party of America Albert L. Waterman 8,245 0.57% 0.57 Communist Party USA Paul C. Wicks 5,757 0.40% 0.03 1,435,925 100.00% References 1934 Massachusetts Category:1934 Massachusetts elections