1960 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1960 Massachusetts gubernatorial election Massachusetts 1908 presidential no 1958 Massachusetts gubernatorial election 1958 1962 Massachusetts gubernatorial election 1962 November 8, 1960 150x150px John Volpe (1970).jpg John A. Volpe Republican Party (United States) 1,269,295 52.51% File:1953 Joseph Ward Massachusetts House of Representatives.png Joseph D. Ward Democratic Party (United States) 1,130,810 46.79% 300px County results 300px| Municipality results 1 250px Volpe: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% #C21B18 80–90%Ward: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% Governor Foster Furcolo Democratic Party (United States) John A. Volpe Republican Party (United States) The 1960 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1960. John A. Volpe was elected governor of Massachusetts to replace Foster Furcolo. Volpe defeated Democrat Joseph D. Ward in the race. Also running were Henning A. Blomen of the Socialist Labor Party of America and Guy S. Williams of the Prohibition Party. In the race for lieutenant governor, Democrat Edward F. McLaughlin, Jr., defeated Republican Augustus Gardner Means, Prohibition candidate Thomas Maratea, and Socialist Labor candidate Francis A. Votano. Democratic primary Candidates Francis E. Kelly, attorney general John Francis Kennedy, treasurer and receiver-general Alfred Magaletta, realtor Endicott Peabody, former member of the Massachusetts Governor's Council Gabriel Piemonte, former Boston city councilor Joseph D. Ward, Massachusetts secretary of the Commonwealth Declined Foster Furcolo, incumbent governor (to run for US Senate) Results Massachusetts Democratic gubernatorial primary, 1960Election Statistics https://archive.org/stream/electionstatisti19591960mass#page/158/mode/2up Democratic Party (United States) Joseph D. Ward 180,848 30.23% Democratic Party (United States) Endicott Peabody 152,762 26.53% Democratic Party (United States) Francis E. Kelly 98,107 16.40% Democratic Party (United States) Robert F. Murphy 76,577 12.80% Democratic Party (United States) John Francis Kennedy 52,972 8.85% Democratic Party (United States) Gabriel Piemonte 28,199 4.71% Democratic Party (United States) Alfred Magaletta 8,826 1.48% Write-in All others 3 0.00% 598,294 100.00% Republican primary Candidates John Volpe, former Massachusetts commissioner of public works and administrator of the Federal Highway Administration Withdrew following convention Frank S. Giles, minority leader of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Philip A. Graham, state senator from Hamilton Howard J. Whitmore, Jr., former mayor of Newton Results Following his endorsement at the state convention, Volpe was unopposed for the Republican nomination. General election Results Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 1960 Republican Party (United States) John A. Volpe 1,269,295 52.51% Democratic Party (United States) Joseph D. Ward 1,130,810 46.79% Socialist Labor Party of America Henning A. Blomen 9,474 0.39% Prohibition Party Guy S. Williams 7,396 0.31% 2,416,975 100.00% Results by county County John VolpeRepublican Joseph WardDemocratic All others Margin Total votes # % # % # % # % Barnstable 23,006 70.0% 9,702 29.5% 147 0.5% 13,304 40.5% 32,855 Berkshire 36,038 53.9% 30,512 45.6% 338 0.5% 5,526 8.3% 66,888 Bristol 77,902 40.8% 111,851 58.6% 1,103 0.6% -33,949 -17.8% 190,856 Dukes 2,223 69.5% 951 29.7% 23 0.7% 20,219 39.8% 3,197 Essex 153,786 53.1% 133,567 46.1% 2,299 0.8% 20,219 7.0% 289,652 Franklin 16,933 61.1% 10,673 38.5% 108 0.4% 6,260 22.6% 27,714 Hampden 108,696 57.5% 79,146 41.9% 1,210 0.6% 29,550 15.6% 189,052 Hampshire 25,136 56.5% 19,091 42.9% 264 0.5% 6,045 13.6% 44,491 Middlesex 334,956 56.5% 253,854 42.8% 4,528 0.8% 81,102 13.7% 593,338 Nantucket 1,334 72.6% 497 27.0% 7 0.4% 837 45.6% 1,838 Norfolk 153,267 60.6% 97,889 38.7% 1,783 0.7% 55,378 21.9% 252,939 Plymouth 70,412 60.4% 45,380 39.0% 696 0.6% 25,032 21.4% 116,488 Suffolk 133,480 41.1% 189,367 58.3% 2,121 0.6% -55,887 17.2% 324,968 Worcester 132,126 46.7% 148,330 52.5% 2,243 0.8% -16,204 -5.8% 282,699Totals1,269,29552.5%1,130,81046.8%17,0280.7%138,4855.7%2,417,133 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Berkshire Essex Hampden Hampshire Middlesex See also 1959–1960 Massachusetts legislature References A Manual for the Use of the General Court for 1961–1962 Hayden Irving N. Grove Lawrence R. 1961 Wright & Potter Printing Company Boston 286–99 https://archive.org/stream/manualforuseofge196162mass#page/286/mode/2up September 23, 2010 1960 Gubernatorial Category:1960 United States gubernatorial elections Category:November 1960 in the United States