1942 Massachusetts elections

none February 2026 September 2023 1942 Massachusetts general election parliamentary Massachusetts 1940 Massachusetts general election 1940 1944 Massachusetts general election 1944 November 3, 1942 Part of the1942 United States elections The 1942 Massachusetts general election was held on November 3, 1942, throughout Massachusetts. Primary elections took place on September 15. At the federal level, Republican Incumbent Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. was reelected to the United States Senate over Democratic U.S. Representative Joseph E. Casey and Republicans won ten of fourteen seats in the United States House of Representatives. In the race for Governor, Republican incumbent Leverett Saltonstall defeated Democrat Roger Putnam. Overall, Republicans won four of the six elected state-wide offices and both houses of the Massachusetts General Court. Governor 1942 Massachusetts gubernatorial election Republican Incumbent Leverett Saltonstall defeated Democratic Mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts Roger Putnam. Lieutenant governor In the race for lieutenant governor, Republican incumbent Horace T. Cahill defeated Democratic Mayor of Medford John C. Carr. Both were unopposed in their parties’ primaries. General election Massachusetts Lt. gubernatorial election, 1942Election Statistics; The Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1942 3 https://archive.org/details/electionstatisti1942mass/page/2/mode/2up?view=theater Republican Party (United States) Horace T. Cahill (incumbent) 732,474 54.04% Democratic Party (United States) John C. Carr 609,193 44.94% Socialist Labor Party of America George L. McGlynn 8,293 0.61% Prohibition Party E. Frank Searle 5,406 0.39% Secretary of the Commonwealth Eleven-term Republican Incumbent Frederic W. Cook ran unopposed in the primary and defeated Democrat Joseph J. Buckley in the general election for Secretary of the Commonwealth. Democratic primary Joseph J. Buckley, a former WPA employee and a virtual unknown in politics, defeated Leo A. Gosselin in the Democratic primary.Another Buckley Wins Nomination for State Office The Boston Daily Globe September 16, 1942 1942 Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth Democratic PrimaryMassachusetts Election Statistics 1942 134 https://archive.org/details/electionstatisti1942mass/page/134/mode/2up?view=theater Democratic Party (US) Joseph J. Buckley 136,678 85.64% Democratic Party (US) Leo A. Gosselin 22,909 14.35% Write-in All others 1 0.00% 159,558 100.00% General election 1942 Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth Election Republican Party (US) Frederic W. Cook (incumbent) 696,755 51.57% Democratic Party (US) Joseph J. Buckey 627,900 46.47% Socialist Labor Party of America Bernard J. Kelly 16,347 1.21% Socialist Party of America Peter Wartiainen Jr. 5,595 0.41% Prohibition Party Abbie L. Tebbets 4,362 0.32% Write-in All others 2 0.00% 1,350,961 100.00% Treasurer and Receiver-General Incumbent Republican Treasurer and Receiver-General William E. Hurley was constitutionally prevented from running for a fourth consecutive term.Harris John G. Politics and Politicians: Which Democrats Will Seek Office? The Boston Daily Globe March 1, 1942 Democrat Francis X. Hurley defeated Republican Laurence Curtis to succeed Hurley. Republican primary State senator Laurence Curtis defeated former state senator Sybil Holmes, attorney Edgar A. French, Perennial candidate Wallace E. Stearns, and Boston finance commissioner Richard E. Johnston for the Republican nomination. 1942 Massachusetts Treasurer and Receiver-General Republican PrimaryMassachusetts Election Statistics 1942 50 https://archive.org/details/electionstatisti1942mass/page/50/mode/2up?view=theater Republican Party (US) Laurence Curtis 89,100 47.90% Republican Party (US) Sybil Holmes 40,140 21.57% Republican Party (US) Edgar A. French 26,155 14.06% Republican Party (US) Wallace E. Stearns 16,202 8.71% Republican Party (US) Richard E. Johnston 14,406 7.74% Write-in All others 4 0.00% 186,007 100.00% Democratic primary Attorney and former Massachusetts Auditor Francis X. Hurley defeated former state representative Thomas E. Barry, Boston City Councilor William F. Hurley, and state auditor Thomas J. Buckley’s former confidential secretary John F. Welch to win the Democratic primary. Francis X. Hurley was the third consecutive person in 12 years named Hurley to be elected state treasurer, following Charles F. Hurley and William E. Hurley.Harris John J. Politics and Politicians: Senatorial Race Holds Spotlight in Massachusetts The Boston Daily Globe August 2, 1942 1942 Massachusetts Treasurer and Receiver-General Democratic PrimaryMassachusetts Election Statistics 1942 140 https://archive.org/details/electionstatisti1942mass/page/140/mode/2up?view=theater Democratic Party (US) Francis X. Hurley 106,703 48.23% Democratic Party (US) Thomas E. Barry 53,659 24.25% Democratic Party (US) William F. Hurley 40,063 18.11% Democratic Party (US) John F. Welch 20,767 9.38% Write-in All others 4 0.00% 221,196 100.00% General election 1942 Massachusetts Treasurer and Receiver-General Election Democratic Party (US) Francis X. Hurley 669,223 49.82% Republican Party (US) Laurence Curtis 653,838 48.68% Socialist Party of America Anders H. Swenson 7,377 0.54% Socialist Labor Party of America Gote Elvel Palmquist 6,582 0.49% Prohibition Party Martha E. Geer 6,061 0.45% Write-in All others 1 0.00% 1,343,081 100.00% Auditor Incumbent Democratic Auditor Thomas J. Buckley defeated his predecessor, Republican Russell A. Wood in the general election. Democratic primary Incumbent Thomas J. Buckley defeated assistant director of Boston’s Bureau of Americanization Leo D. Walsh in the Democratic primary. 1942 Massachusetts Auditor Democratic PrimaryMassachusetts Election Statistics 1942 143 https://archive.org/details/electionstatisti1942mass/page/142/mode/2up?view=theater Democratic Party (US) Thomas J. Buckley (incumbent) 162,302 73.01% Democratic Party (US) Leo D. Walsh 59,993 26.98% Write-in All others 1 0.00% General election 1942 Massachusetts Auditor Election Democratic Party (US) Thomas J. Buckley (incumbent) 684,317 51.43% Republican Party (US) Russell A. Wood 628,742 47.25% Socialist Labor Party of America Herbert Crabtree 11,568 0.86% Prohibition Party Ethel J. Prince 5,774 0.43% Write-in All others 1 0.00% 1,864,764 100.00% Attorney general Incumbent attorney general Robert T. Bushnell (R) defeated former Boston city councilor and Massachusetts Fish and Game Commissioner James E. Agnew (D) to win reelection. Both won their parties’ nominations unopposed. General election 1942 Massachusetts Attorney General Election Republican Party (US) Robert T. Bushnell (incumbent) 740,275 55.51% Democratic Party (US) James E. Agnew 575,301 43.13% Socialist Labor Party of America Fred E. Oelcher 6,370 0.47% Prohibition Party Charles F. Danforth 5,925 0.44% Socialist Party of America Howard Penley 5,698 0.42% Write-in All others 1 0.00% 1,333,570 100.00% United States Senate 1942 United States Senate election in Massachusetts Republican Incumbent Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. defeated Democratic U.S. Representative Joseph E. Casey to win his second term. 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% United States House of Representatives 1942 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts All of Massachusetts' fourteen seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 1942. Republicans won 10 of the 14. Due to the loss of one congressional seat, the districts of Democrats, Thomas A. Flaherty and Thomas H. Eliot, were combined. Flaherty retired and Elliot lost renomination in the new Boston-based 11th congressional district to James Michael Curley. The Republicans gained a seat when Angier Goodwin won the seat previously held by Democrat Arthur Daniel Healey, who resigned when he was appointed to the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Two other incumbents (Democrat Joseph E. Casey and Republican George H. Tinkham) also did not run for reelection and they were succeeded by members of their own party (Philip J. Philbin succeeded Casey in the Worcester County-based 3rd district and Christian Herter succeed Tinkham in the Boston-based 10th district). See also 153rd Massachusetts General Court (1943–1944) References 30em External links Massachusetts