1908 Massachusetts Senate election
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Elections to the Massachusetts Senate were held on November 4, 1908, to elect 40 State Senators to the 130th Massachusetts General Court. Candidates were elected at the district level, with many districts covering multiple towns or counties.
Results summary
[edit]Parties | Seats | Popular vote | |||
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1908 | Strength | Vote | % | ||
Republican Party | 34 | 85.0% | 294,676 | 60.6% | |
Democratic Party | 6 | 15.0% | 175,085 | 36.0% | |
Independence League | — | — | 10,795 | 2.2% | |
Socialist Party | — | — | 5,035 | 1.0% | |
Prohibition Party | — | — | 547 | 0.1% | |
Independent | — | — | 468 | 0.1% | |
Others | — | — | 47 | 0.0% | |
Totals | 40 | 100.0% | 486,653 | 100.0% |
District results
[edit]Berkshire
[edit]Apportionment
[edit]This district contained the following towns:
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | William Turtle | 6,208 | 57.12% | {{{change}}} | |
Democratic | John F. Prindle | 4,346 | 39.99% | ||
Independence | Frank Fitzsimmons | 314 | 2.89% | ||
Total votes | 10,868 | 100.00% |
Berkshire, Hampshire, and Hampden
[edit]Apportionment
[edit]This district contained the following towns:
- Agawam
- Alford
- Becket
- Blandford
- Chester
- Cummington
- East Longmeadow
- Easthampton
- Egremont
- Goshen
- Granville
- Great Barrington
- Hatfield
- Huntington
- Lee
- Lenox
- Longmeadow
- Middlefield
- Monterey
- Montgomery
- Mount Washington
- New Marlborough
- Northampton
- Otis
- Plainfield
- Richmond
- Russell
- Sandisfield
- Sheffield
- Southampton
- Southwick
- Stockbridge
- Tolland
- Tyringham
- Washington
- West Stockbridge
- Westhampton
- Williamsburg
- Worthington
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Allen T. Treadway | 5,896 | 63.63% | {{{change}}} | |
Democratic | Cecil S. Cutler | 3,568 | 38.51% | ||
Independence | John J. Prokop | 436 | 4.71% | ||
Prohibition | Wilbur M. Purrington | 366 | 3.95% | ||
Total votes | 9,266 | 100.00% |
First Bristol
[edit]Apportionment
[edit]This district contained the following towns:
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | William M. Dean | 5,914 | 64.90% | {{{change}}} | |
Republican | Albert G. Godfrey (write-in) | 2,150 | 23.59% | ||
Independence | Michael Joseph Brohen | 1,049 | 11.51% | ||
Write-in | All others | 1 | 0.00% | {{{change}}} | |
Total votes | 9,114 | 100.00% |
Second Bristol
[edit]Apportionment
[edit]This district contained the following towns:
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Joseph Turner | 6,870 | 58.00% | {{{change}}} | |
Democratic | William Moran | 4,496 | 37.96% | ||
Independence | Michael Bushnell | 478 | 4.04% | ||
Total votes | 11,844 | 100.00% |
Third Bristol
[edit]Apportionment
[edit]This district contained the following towns:
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Samuel Ross | 4,651 | 46.60% | {{{change}}} | |
Republican | Nathaniel P. Sowle (write-in) | 3,637 | 36.44% | ||
Democratic | Charles G. Wood | 1,688 | 16.91% | ||
Write-in | All others | 5 | 0.01% | {{{change}}} | |
Total votes | 9,981 | 100.00% |
Cape
[edit]Apportionment
[edit]This district contained the following towns:
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Eben S. Keith | 4,070 | 84.67% | {{{change}}} | |
Democratic | Clarkson P. Bearse | 728 | 15.14% | ||
Write-in | All others | 9 | 0.19% | {{{change}}} | |
Total votes | 4,807 | 100.00% |
First Essex
[edit]Apportionment
[edit]This district contained the following towns:
- Lynn (Wards 1–7)
- Nahant
- Swampscott
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | William R. Salter | 6,915 | 73.37% | {{{change}}} | |
Democratic | Charles Allen Taber | 2,510 | 26.63% | ||
Total votes | 9,425 | 100.00% |
Second Essex
[edit]Apportionment
[edit]This district contained the following towns:
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Clifford B. Bray | 6,683 | 66.57% | {{{change}}} | |
Democratic | Andrew H. Paton | 3,356 | 33.43% | ||
Total votes | 10,039 | 100.00% |
Third Essex
[edit]Apportionment
[edit]This district contained the following towns:
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | James F. Shaw | 4,868 | 55.63% | {{{change}}} | |
Democratic | Charles D. Smith | 3,822 | 43.68% | ||
Independence | William H. Adams | 611 | 6.98% | ||
Total votes | 8,751 | 100.00% |
Fourth Essex
[edit]Apportionment
[edit]This district contained the following towns:
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Harry P. Morse | 6,673 | 78.10% | {{{change}}} | |
Democratic | Jason Spofford | 1,871 | 21.90% | ||
Total votes | 8,544 | 100.00% |
Fifth Essex
[edit]Apportionment
[edit]This district contained the following towns:
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | George Bunting | 6,399 | 52.56% | {{{change}}} | |
Democratic | Dennis E. Halley | 5,338 | 43.84% | ||
Socialist | Louis B. Talbot | 438 | 3.60% | ||
Total votes | 12,175 | 100.00% |
Franklin and Hampshire
[edit]Apportionment
[edit]This district contained the following towns:
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Dennis E. Farley | 6,321 | 68.47% | {{{change}}} | |
Democratic | Albert J. Amstein | 2,405 | 26.05% | ||
Independence | George I. Varney | 506 | 5.48% | ||
Write-in | All others | 2 | 0.00% | {{{change}}} | |
Total votes | 9,234 | 100.00% |
First Hampden
[edit]Apportionment
[edit]This district contained the city of Springfield.
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Francke W. Dickinson | 6,185 | 60.28% | {{{change}}} | |
Democratic | Richard A. Hennessey[a] | 3,390 | 33.04% | ||
Socialist | Samuel M. Jones | 685 | 6.68% | ||
Total votes | 10,260 | 100.00% |
- ^ Hennessey was also endorsed by the Independence League.
Second Hampden
[edit]Apportionment
[edit]This district contained the following towns:
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Daniel D. Mahoney | 6,062 | 51.34% | {{{change}}} | |
Republican | Frederick Childs | 5,199 | 44.03% | ||
Socialist | John R. Kirwin | 546 | 4.62% | ||
Total votes | 11,807 | 100.00% |
First Middlesex
[edit]Apportionment
[edit]This district contained the following towns:
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Henry C. Mulligan | 7,477 | 55.13% | {{{change}}} | |
Democratic | Martin T. Hall | 6,084 | 44.87% | ||
Total votes | 13,561 | 100.00% |
Second Middlesex
[edit]Apportionment
[edit]This district contained Wards 5 through 11 of Cambridge.
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Thorndike Spalding | 5,180 | 60.61% | {{{change}}} | |
Democratic | J. Joseph Foley | 2,989 | 34.97% | ||
Independence | Albin M. Richards | 378 | 4.42% | ||
Total votes | 8,547 | 100.00% |
Third Middlesex
[edit]Apportionment
[edit]This district contained the city of Somerville.
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Elmer A. Stevens | 6,765 | 70.59% | {{{change}}} | |
Democratic | William H. Flynn | 2,238 | 23.35% | ||
Independence | George E. Gookin | 581 | 6.06% | ||
Total votes | 9,584 | 100.00% |
Fourth Middlesex
[edit]Apportionment
[edit]This district contained the cities of Everett, Malden, and Melrose.
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Wilmot R. Evans | 8,200 | 70.59% | {{{change}}} | |
Democratic | Charles Burleigh | 2,883 | 23.35% | ||
Write-in | All others | 1 | 0.00% | {{{change}}} | |
Total votes | 11,084 | 100.00% |
Fifth Middlesex
[edit]Apportionment
[edit]This district contained the following towns:
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | John L. Harvey | 7,111 | 58.60% | {{{change}}} | |
Democratic | John J. Burns | 4,401 | 36.27% | ||
Independence | John J. Burns | 622 | 5.13% | ||
Write-in | All others | 1 | 0.00% | {{{change}}} | |
Total votes | 12,135 | 100.00% |
Sixth Middlesex
[edit]Apportionment
[edit]This district contained the following towns:
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | J. Howell Crosby | 6,933 | 68.43% | {{{change}}} | |
Democratic | John J. Butler | 3,198 | 31.56% | ||
Write-in | All others | 1 | 0.00% | {{{change}}} | |
Total votes | 10,132 | 100.00% |
Seventh Middlesex
[edit]Apportionment
[edit]This district contained the following towns:
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | James Wilson Grimes | 5,276 | 55.54% | {{{change}}} | |
Democratic | Isaac E. Graves | 3,581 | 37.69% | ||
Independence | William H. Brown | 642 | 6.76% | ||
Write-in | All others | 1 | 0.00% | {{{change}}} | |
Total votes | 9,500 | 100.00% |
Eighth Middlesex
[edit]Apportionment
[edit]This district contained the following towns:
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Joseph H. Hibbard | 6,236 | 50.06% | {{{change}}} | |
Democratic | James E. O'Donnell | 5,830 | 46.80% | ||
Socialist | William J. Carroll | 235 | 1.89% | ||
Independence | Hugh Gallagher | 156 | 1.25% | ||
Total votes | 12,457 | 100.00% |
First Norfolk
[edit]Apportionment
[edit]This district contained the following towns:
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Eugene Hultman | 7,873 | 64.40% | {{{change}}} | |
Democratic | James E. Foley | 3,711 | 30.36% | ||
Socialist | John J. Gallagher | 641 | 5.24% | ||
Total votes | 12,225 | 100.00% |
Second Norfolk
[edit]Apportionment
[edit]This district contained the following towns:
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Bradley M. Rockwood | 8,669 | 72.71% | {{{change}}} | |
Democratic | James M. Lynch | 3,245 | 27.22% | ||
Write-in | All others | 8 | 0.07% | {{{change}}} | |
Total votes | 11,922 | 100.00% |
First Plymouth
[edit]Apportionment
[edit]This district contained the following towns:
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Melvin S. Nash | 5,696 | 66.67% | {{{change}}} | |
Democratic | Benjamin F. Peterson | 1,733 | 20.28% | ||
Socialist | Thomas H. Dunn | 468 | 5.48% | ||
Independence | Elmer L. Smith | 466 | 5.45% | ||
Prohibition | Orion L. Griswold | 181 | 2.12% | ||
Total votes | 8,544 | 100.00% |
Second Plymouth
[edit]Apportionment
[edit]This district contained the following towns:
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Roland M. Keith | 6,032 | 52.39% | {{{change}}} | |
Democratic | Edward Gilmore | 4,592 | 39.89% | ||
Socialist | Joseph M. Coldwell | 889 | 7.72% | ||
Total votes | 11,513 | 100.00% |
First Suffolk
[edit]Apportionment
[edit]This district contained the following towns:
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Lewis Burnham | 7,224 | 68.30% | {{{change}}} | |
Democratic | Peter Maguire | 3,353 | 31.70% | ||
Total votes | 10,577 | 100.00% |
Second Suffolk
[edit]Apportionment
[edit]This district contained Wards 2–5 of Boston and Wards 1-3 of Cambridge.
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Richard S. Teeling | 6,601 | 65.18% | {{{change}}} | |
Democratic | George F. Monahan (write-in) | 1,669 | 16.48% | ||
Republican | Henry A.H. Gifford | 1,533 | 15.14% | ||
Independence | Harry E. Waldstein | 325 | 3.21% | ||
Total votes | 10,128 | 100.00% |
Third Suffolk
[edit]Apportionment
[edit]This district contained Wards 6–8 of Boston and Ward 4 of Cambridge.
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Edward W. Dixon | 4,545 | 69.44% | {{{change}}} | |
Republican | Eben S. Johnson | 1,711 | 26.14% | ||
Independence | Kristian N. Skauen | 289 | 4.42% | ||
Total votes | 6,545 | 100.00% |
Fourth Suffolk
[edit]Apportionment
[edit]This district contained Wards 9, 12, and 17 of Boston.
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | James H. Doyle | 4,289 | 47.42% | {{{change}}} | |
Democratic | Michael J. McEttrick (inc.) (write-in) | 2,357 | 26.06% | ||
Republican | Charles H. Clark | 2,093 | 23.14% | ||
Independence | Daniel W. Healy | 213 | 2.35% | ||
Republican | Chester R. Lawrence (write-in) | 93 | 1.03% | ||
Total votes | 9,045 | 100.00% |
Fifth Suffolk
[edit]Apportionment
[edit]This district contained Wards 10, 11, and 25 of Boston.
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Charles D.B. Fisk | 6,922 | 80.91% | {{{change}}} | |
Independence | William C. Johnson | 1,630 | 26.06% | ||
Write-in | All others | 3 | 0.03% | {{{change}}} | |
Total votes | 8,555 | 100.00% |
Sixth Suffolk
[edit]Apportionment
[edit]This district contained Wards 13 through 16 of Boston.
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Patrick H. O'Connor | 8,191 | 69.64% | {{{change}}} | |
Republican | Joseph W. Cullen | 2,973 | 25.23% | ||
Independence | John T. Dobbyn | 394 | 3.35% | ||
Socialist | John F. Molloy | 203 | 1.73% | ||
Write-in | All others | 1 | 0.00% | {{{change}}} | |
Total votes | 11,762 | 100.00% |
Seventh Suffolk
[edit]Apportionment
[edit]This district contained Wards 18, 19, and 22 of Boston.
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | John J. Butler | 4,329 | 40.70% | {{{change}}} | |
Democratic | Timothy F. Murphy (write-in) | 3,231 | 30.38% | ||
Republican | Israel Mostowitz | 2,459 | 23.12% | ||
Independence | William P. Sawyer | 617 | 5.80% | ||
Total votes | 10636 | 100.00% |
Eighth Suffolk
[edit]Apportionment
[edit]This district contained Wards 20 and 21 of Boston.
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | W. Prentiss Parker | 7,091 | 55.52% | {{{change}}} | |
Democratic | John J. Cummings | 4,684 | 36.67% | ||
Independence | Washington A. Coles | 529 | 4.14% | ||
Independent | John A.W. Silver | 468 | 3.66% | ||
Total votes | 12,772 | 100.00% |
Ninth Suffolk
[edit]Apportionment
[edit]This district contained Wards 23 and 24 of Boston.
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Gideon B. Abbott | 5,365 | 54.09% | {{{change}}} | |
Democratic | Michael J. Murray | 3,852 | 38.83% | ||
Independence | James C. Christian | 560 | 5.65% | ||
Socialist | Charles F. Claus | 140 | 1.41% | ||
Write-in | All others | 2 | 3.66% | {{{change}}} | |
Total votes | 9,919 | 100.00% |
First Worcester
[edit]Apportionment
[edit]This district contained Wards 4 through 10 of Worcester.
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Elmer C. Potter | 7,180 | 59.11% | {{{change}}} | |
Democratic | Louis B. Glixman | 4,967 | 40.89% | ||
Total votes | 12,147 | 100.00% |
Second Worcester
[edit]Apportionment
[edit]This district contained the following towns:
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Edward A. Cowee | 6,030 | 99.92% | {{{change}}} | |
Write-in | All others | 5 | 0.08% | {{{change}}} | |
Total votes | 6,035 | 100.00% |
Third Worcester
[edit]Apportionment
[edit]This district contained the following towns:
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Levi H. Greenwood | 6,656 | 64.60% | {{{change}}} | |
Democratic | Guy H. Chase | 2,856 | 27.72% | ||
Socialist | James D. Ryan | 790 | 7.67% | ||
Write-in | All others | 1 | 0.00% | {{{change}}} | |
Total votes | 10,303 | 100.00% |
Fourth Worcester
[edit]Apportionment
[edit]This district contained the following towns:
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | George F. Birch | 5,259 | 50.40% | {{{change}}} | |
Democratic | John F. Meaney | 5,170 | 49.54% | ||
Write-in | All others | 6 | 0.06% | {{{change}}} | |
Total votes | 10,435 | 100.00% |
Worcester and Hampden
[edit]Apportionment
[edit]This district contained the following towns:
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Arthur D. Norcross | 5,986 | 65.68% | {{{change}}} | |
Democratic | George W. Wheelwright | 3,128 | 34.32% | ||
Total votes | 9,114 | 100.00% |
See also
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- Number of assessed polls, registered voters and persons who voted in each voting precinct in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at the state, city and town elections. Boston, MA: Office of the Secretary of State. 1908. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Number of assessed polls, registered voters and persons who voted in each voting precinct in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at the state, city and town elections 1908, p. 182.
- ^ a b c d Number of assessed polls, registered voters and persons who voted in each voting precinct in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at the state, city and town elections 1908, p. 183.
- ^ a b c d Number of assessed polls, registered voters and persons who voted in each voting precinct in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at the state, city and town elections 1908, p. 184.
- ^ a b c Number of assessed polls, registered voters and persons who voted in each voting precinct in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at the state, city and town elections 1908, p. 185.
- ^ a b c d e Number of assessed polls, registered voters and persons who voted in each voting precinct in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at the state, city and town elections 1908, p. 186.
- ^ a b c Number of assessed polls, registered voters and persons who voted in each voting precinct in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at the state, city and town elections 1908, p. 187.
- ^ a b c Number of assessed polls, registered voters and persons who voted in each voting precinct in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at the state, city and town elections 1908, p. 188.
- ^ a b c d e Number of assessed polls, registered voters and persons who voted in each voting precinct in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at the state, city and town elections 1908, p. 189.
- ^ a b c d e f Number of assessed polls, registered voters and persons who voted in each voting precinct in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at the state, city and town elections 1908, p. 190.
- ^ a b c d Number of assessed polls, registered voters and persons who voted in each voting precinct in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at the state, city and town elections 1908, p. 191.