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.
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Results summary
editParties | Seats | Popular vote | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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
editBerkshire
editApportionment
editThis district contained the following towns:
Results
editParty | 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
editApportionment
editThis 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
editParty | 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
editApportionment
editThis district contained the following towns:
Results
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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
editApportionment
editThis district contained the following towns:
Results
editParty | 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
editApportionment
editThis district contained the following towns:
Results
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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
editApportionment
editThis district contained the following towns:
Results
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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
editApportionment
editThis district contained the following towns:
- Lynn (Wards 1–7)
- Nahant
- Swampscott
Results
editParty | 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
editApportionment
editThis district contained the following towns:
Results
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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
editApportionment
editThis district contained the following towns:
Results
editParty | 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
editApportionment
editThis district contained the following towns:
Results
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Harry P. Morse | 6,673 | 78.10% | {{{change}}} | |
Democratic | Jason Spofford | 1,871 | 21.90% | ||
Total votes | 8,544 | 100.00% |
Fifth Essex
editApportionment
editThis district contained the following towns:
Results
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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
editApportionment
editThis district contained the following towns:
Results
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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
editApportionment
editThis district contained the city of Springfield.
Results
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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
editApportionment
editThis district contained the following towns:
Results
editParty | 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
editApportionment
editThis district contained the following towns:
Results
editParty | 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
editApportionment
editThis district contained Wards 5 through 11 of Cambridge.
Results
editParty | 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
editApportionment
editThis district contained the city of Somerville.
Results
editParty | 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
editApportionment
editThis district contained the cities of Everett, Malden, and Melrose.
Results
editParty | 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
editApportionment
editThis district contained the following towns:
Results
editParty | 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
editApportionment
editThis district contained the following towns:
Results
editParty | 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
editApportionment
editThis district contained the following towns:
Results
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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
editApportionment
editThis district contained the following towns:
Results
editParty | 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
editApportionment
editThis district contained the following towns:
Results
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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
editApportionment
editThis district contained the following towns:
Results
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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
editApportionment
editThis district contained the following towns:
Results
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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
editApportionment
editThis district contained the following towns:
Results
editParty | 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
editApportionment
editThis district contained the following towns:
Results
editParty | 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
editApportionment
editThis district contained Wards 2–5 of Boston and Wards 1-3 of Cambridge.
Results
editParty | 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
editApportionment
editThis district contained Wards 6–8 of Boston and Ward 4 of Cambridge.
Results
editParty | 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
editApportionment
editThis district contained Wards 9, 12, and 17 of Boston.
Results
editParty | 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
editApportionment
editThis district contained Wards 10, 11, and 25 of Boston.
Results
editParty | 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
editApportionment
editThis district contained Wards 13 through 16 of Boston.
Results
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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
editApportionment
editThis district contained Wards 18, 19, and 22 of Boston.
Results
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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
editApportionment
editThis district contained Wards 20 and 21 of Boston.
Results
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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
editApportionment
editThis district contained Wards 23 and 24 of Boston.
Results
editParty | 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
editApportionment
editThis district contained Wards 4 through 10 of Worcester.
Results
editParty | 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
editApportionment
editThis district contained the following towns:
Results
editParty | 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
editApportionment
editThis district contained the following towns:
Results
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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
editApportionment
editThis district contained the following towns:
Results
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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
editApportionment
editThis district contained the following towns:
Results
editParty | 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
editBibliography
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.