United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1940

1934 ←

November 5, 1940

→ 1946



Nominee	David I. Walsh	Henry Parkman, Jr.
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	1,088,838	838,122
Percentage	55.61%	42.83%

Senator before election

David I. Walsh
Democratic

Elected Senator

David I. Walsh
Democratic

The United States Senate election of 1940 in Massachusetts was held on November 5, 1940, with Democratic incumbent David I. Walsh defeating his challengers.

1 Candidates
2 Results
3 General election
4 References

Candidates [edit]

Democratic [edit]

David I. Walsh, US Senator since 1926 and from 1919-1925. Governor of Massachusetts from 1914-1916.

Republican [edit]

Henry Parkman, Jr., Corporation Counsel for the City of Boston. Former member of the Massachusetts Senate and Boston City Council.

Prohibition [edit]

George L. Thompson, Candidate for Governor of Massachusetts in 1938.

Communist [edit]

Philip Frankfeld

Socialist [edit]

George Lyman Paine, Episcopal priest. Son of philanthropist Robert Treat Paine.

Socialist Labor [edit]

Horace I. Hillis, Candidate for Massachusetts Auditor in 1938, Governor of Massachusetts in 1936, and Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts in 1934.

Results [edit]

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General election [edit]

United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1940^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	David I. Walsh	1,088,838	55.64
	Republican	Henry Parkman, Jr.	838,122	42.38
	Prohibition	George L. Thompson	9,632	0.49
	Communist	Philip Frankfeld	9,465	0.48
	Socialist	George Lyman Paine	6,876	0.35
	Socialist Labor	Horace I. Hillis	4,133	0.21

References [edit]

^ http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=147416

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