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 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 | % | ±% | |
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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 | % | ±% | |
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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 | % | ±% | |
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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 | % | ±% | |
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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:
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | % | ±% | |
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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 | % | ±% | |
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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 | % | ±% | |
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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 | % | ±% | |
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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 | % | ±% | |
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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 | % | ±% | |
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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 | % | ±% | |
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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 | % | ±% | |
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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 | % | ±% | |
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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 | % | ±% | |
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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 | % | ±% | |
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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 | % | ±% | |
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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 | % | ±% | |
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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 | % | ±% | |
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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 | % | ±% | |
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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 | % | ±% | |
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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 | % | ±% | |
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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 | % | ±% | |
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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.