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1944 United States Senate special election in Massachusetts

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1944 United States Senate special election in Massachusetts

← 1942 November 7, 1944 1948 →
 
Nominee Leverett Saltonstall John H. Corcoran
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 1,228,754 667,086
Percentage 64.29% 34.90%


U.S. senator before election

Sinclair Weeks
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Leverett Saltonstall
Republican

The 1944 United States Senate special election in Massachusetts was held on November 7, 1944. Republican Governor Leverett Saltonstall was elected to finish the term of Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., who had resigned from the Senate to serve in World War II.

Primary elections were held on July 10; Saltonstall was unopposed for the Republican nomination, while John H. Corcoran won a highly competitive race for the Democratic nomination, in which all four candidates came from Boston or Cambridge.

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Transcription

Background

Incumbent Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. resigned from the Senate on February 3, 1944 to return to active duty in the U.S. Army during World War II.

Despite initial reporting that Governor Leverett Saltonstall would resign so that Lieutenant Governor Horace T. Cahill could appoint him to the vacant seat, he chose not to.[1] Instead, on February 8, Saltonstall appointed Sinclair Weeks, whom Lodge had narrowly defeated at the party convention in 1936.

A special election was scheduled on November 7, concurrent with the regularly scheduled elections to state and national office.

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Governor Saltonstall was unopposed for the Republican nomination.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John H. Corcoran 62,537 33.90%
Democratic Joseph Lee 47,514 25.76%
Democratic Richard M. Russell 47,080 25.52%
Democratic Joseph A. Langone Jr. 27,317 14.82%
Total votes 184,448 100.00%

General election

Candidates

Results

General election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Leverett Saltonstall 1,228,754 64.29% Increase11.85
Democratic John H. Corcoran 667,086 34.90% Decrease11.71
Socialist Labor Bernard G. Kelly 12,296 0.64% Increase0.29
Prohibition E. Tallmadge Root 3,269 0.17% Decrease0.09
Total votes 1,911,405 100.00%

Though he was entitled to be seated immediately upon the certification of the election, Saltonstall did not take office until January 4, 1945, when his term as Governor ended.

See also

References

  1. ^ "LODGE RESIGNS TO REJOIN ARMY; SALTONSTALL SEEN AS SUCCESSOR". The Fitchburg Sentinel. Washington. Associated Press. February 4, 1944. p. 1. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
  2. ^ "Our Campaigns - MA US Senate - Special D Primary Race - Jul 11, 1944".
  3. ^ Bernard G. Kelly at ourcampaigns.com


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