United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1954

United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1954

November 2, 1954

Nominee Leverett Saltonstall Foster Furcolo Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 956,605 927,899 Percentage 50.54% 49.03%

Senator before election Leverett Saltonstall Republican Elected Senator Leverett Saltonstall Republican

The United States Senate election of 1954 in Massachusetts was held on November 2, 1954, with Republican Incumbent Leverett Saltonstall defeating his challengers.

Candidates

Democratic

• Foster Furcolo - Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts since 1952 and member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district from 1949-1952.
• John I. Fitzgerald, former member of the Boston City Council. Democratic candidate for Senate in 1948.
• Joseph L. Murphy, former member of the Massachusetts Senate.

Republican

• Leverett Saltonstall - United States Senator since 1945. Governor of Massachusetts from 1939-1945.

Socialist Workers

• Thelma Ingersoll - Ran for Senate in 1952.^[1]

Prohibition

• Harold J. Ireland - was the Prohibition Party candidate for Treasurer and Receiver-General in 1948 and 1952.

Results

Primaries

Democratic primary [2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Foster Furcolo	207,232	59.13
	Democratic	Joseph L. Murphy	79,463	22.68
	Democratic	John I. Fitzgerald	63,752	18.19

General election

General election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Leverett Saltonstall	956,605	50.54	-2.41
	Democratic	Foster Furcolo	927,899	49.03	+2.60
	Socialist Labor	Thelma Ingersoll	5,353	0.28	-0.17
	Prohibition	Harold J. Ireland	2,832	0.15	-0.03

References

1. Thelma Ingersoll at ourcampaigns.com
2. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=29251