1942 United States Senate election in Massachusetts

none March 2026 September 2023 1942 United States Senate election in Massachusetts Massachusetts 1908 presidential no 1936 United States Senate election in Massachusetts 1936 1944 United States Senate special election in Massachusetts 1944 (special) November 3, 1942 150x150px HenryCabotLodgeJr (1).jpg Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. Republican Party (US) 721,239 52.44% JosephECasey (cropped).jpg Joseph E. Casey Democratic Party (US) 641,042 46.61% 300px County results 300px| Municipality results 1 250px Lodge: #FFB2B2 40–50% #E27F7F 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #D72F30 70–80% #C21B18 80–90% #A80000 >90%Casey: #A5B0FF 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. Republican Party (US) Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. Republican Party (US) The United States Senate election of 1942 in Massachusetts was held on November 3, 1942. Republican incumbent Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. was re-elected to a second term in office over Democratic U.S. Representative Joseph E. Casey. Republican primary Candidates Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., incumbent US Senator since 1937 Courtenay Crocker, former Boston City Councilor (1909–1910) and State Representative (1910–1914) Campaign Crocker, who left the Republican Party in 1920 over the party's opposition to the League of Nations and Treaty of Versailles, returned and announced his candidacy for the United States Senate against Senator Lodge, whose grandfather led the 1920 charge against the League and Treaty. Massachusetts Secretary of State Frederic W. Cook ruled that Crocker was ineligible to run in the Republican primary because he did not register as a Republican at least 30 days before filing his nomination papers. However, Suffolk Superior Court Judge John V. Spalding ordered Cook to place Crocker on the ballot.Ely and Crocker File for Senate The Boston Daily Globe July 28, 1942 Results Republican primary https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=619835 Our Campaigns - MA US Senate - D Primary Race - Sep 15, 1942 www.ourcampaigns.com Republican Party (US) Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (incumbent) 174,401 88.12% Republican Party (US) Courtenay Crocker 23,503 11.88% 8 0.00% 197,912 100.00% None Blank votes 24,652 — 222,564 After losing the primary, Crocker supported Democratic nominee Joseph E. Casey in the general election.Harris John G. Courtenay Crocker Bolts Lodge, Will Support Casey for Senator The Boston Daily Globe October 25, 1942 Democratic primary Candidates Joseph E. Casey, U.S. Representative from Clinton Daniel H. Coakley, former member of the Massachusetts Executive Council John F. Fitzgerald, former U.S. Representative and Mayor of Boston Joseph Lee, former member of the Boston School Committee Results Democratic primary Democratic Party (US) Joseph E. Casey 108,251 45.47% Democratic Party (US) John F. Fitzgerald 80,456 33.79% Democratic Party (US) Joseph Lee 32,260 13.55% Democratic Party (US) Daniel H. Coakley 17,105 7.18% 18 0.00% 238,090 100.00% None Blank 31,528 — 269,618 General election Candidates Joseph E. Casey, U.S. Representative from Canton (Democratic) Horace Hillis, candidate for Governor in 1936 and Senate in 1940 (Socialist Labor) Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., incumbent Senator since 1937 (Republican) George Lyman Paine, candidate for Senate in 1940 (Socialist) George Thompson, candidate for Governor in 1936 and Senate in 1940 (Prohibition) Campaign Casey attempted to make an issue of Lodge's pre-war isolationism, although he had voted for the Lend-Lease Act in 1941. Lodge countered that his isolationism had been rooted in concerns over the nation's lack of military preparedness.Kennedy versus Lodge: The 1952 United States Senate Election in Massachusetts Whalen Thomas J. 2000 Northeastern University Press 47 9781555534622 https://archive.org/details/kennedyversuslod0000whal/page/38/mode/1up Lodge, an Army reservist himself, was briefly unable to campaign after he enlisted and was sent to Libya for training. While there, he inadvertently took part in a major Allied defeat when Erwin Rommel launched a surprise attack on Lodge's training position in Tobruk.Whalen 2000 47 He returned to Massachusetts in July, when President Roosevelt required all members of Congress be relieved from active duty. When Casey attempted to portray his service as a mere "Cook's tour of the Libyan desert," Lodge angrily refuted him.Whalen 2000 48 Late in the campaign, Lodge drew criticism from U.S. Representative John W. McCormack and Secretary of War Henry Stimson for citing a letter from Stimson commending his military service in his campaign. Lodge responded that the use of the letter was only made in response to Casey's and McCormack's earlier "slurs on men in the armed forces."LODGE IS ACCUSED OF MISUSING LETTER 3 Nov 1942 The New York Times 14 https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1942/11/03/96559149.html?pageNumber=14 Results General election Republican Party (US) Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (incumbent) 721,239 52.44 3.91 Democratic Party (US) Joseph E. Casey 641,042 46.61 5.62 Socialist Party of America George Lyman Paine 4,802 0.35 0.19 Socialist Labor Party of America Horace I. Hillis 4,781 0.35 0.35 Prohibition Party George L. Thompson 3,577 0.26 0.26 1,375,441 100.00% See also United States Senate elections, 1942 References Massachusetts 1942 Category:1942 Massachusetts elections