United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1942

United States Senate special election in Massachusetts, 1942

November 3, 1942

Nominee Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. Joseph E. Casey Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 721,239 641,042 Percentage 52.44% 46.61%

Senator before election Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. Republican Elected Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. Republican

The United States Senate election of 1942 in Massachusetts was held on November 3, 1942, with Republican incumbent Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. defeating his challengers.

Candidates

Democratic

• Joseph E. Casey, Member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district since 1935.
• Daniel H. Coakley, Member of the Massachusetts Executive Council. Impeached during campaign.
• John F. Fitzgerald - former member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 10th congressional district (1919), Mayor of Boston (1910–1914, 1906-1910), member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 9th congressional district (1895–1901), Member of the Massachusetts Senate (1892–1894), and member of the Boston Common Council (1891–1892)
• Joseph Lee - former member of the Boston School Committee.

Republican

• Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. - US Senator since 1937.
• Courtenay Crocker - former member of the Boston Common Council and the Massachusetts House of Representatives.

Socialist

• George Lyman Paine - Candidate for US Senate in 1940.

Socialist Workers

• Horace I. Hillis - Candidate for Governor of Massachusetts in 1936 and United States Senator in 1940.

Prohibition

• George L. Thompson - Candidate for Governor of Massachusetts in 1938 and United States Senator in 1940.

Results

Primaries

Democratic primary [1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Joseph E. Casey	108,251	40.15
	Democratic	John F. Fitzgerald	80,456	29.84
	Democratic	Joseph Lee	32,260	11.97
	Democratic	Daniel H. Coakley	17,105	6.34

Republican primary [2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.	174,401	78.36
	Republican	Courtenay Crocker	23,503	10.56

General election

General election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.	721,239	52.44	+3.91
	Democratic	Joseph E. Casey	641,042	46.61	+5.62
	Socialist	George Lyman Paine	4,802	0.35	-0.19
	Socialist Labor	Horace I. Hillis	4,781	0.35	+0.35
	Prohibition	George L. Thompson	3,577	0.26	+0.26

References

1. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=619835
2. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=619835

 3.^ Election statistics: The Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1942)