United States Senate special election in Massachusetts, 1944
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The United States Senate special election of 1944 in Massachusetts was held on November 7, 1944 with Republican
Leverett Saltonstall
defeating his challengers.
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
Leverett Saltonstall
Leverett Saltonstall
Leverett A. Saltonstall was an American Republican politician who served as the 55th Governor of Massachusetts and as a United States Senator .-Biography:...
defeating his challengers.
Democratic
- John H. CorcoranJohn H. CorcoranJohn Hubert Corcoran, Jr. was a Massachusetts politician who served on the Cambridge, Massachusetts City Council and as the Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts.Corcoran's father, John Hubert Corcoran, Sr...
, Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts since 1942. - Joseph A. Langone, Jr. - Former member of the Massachusetts SenateMassachusetts SenateThe Massachusetts Senate is the upper house of the Massachusetts General Court, the bicameral state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Senate comprises 40 elected members from 40 single-member senatorial districts in the state...
. - Joseph Lee - former member of the Boston School Committee.
- Richard M. RussellRichard M. RussellRichard Manning Russell was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. He was born in Cambridge on March 3, 1891. He attended the Middlesex School in Concord...
, member of the United States House of RepresentativesUnited States House of RepresentativesThe United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
from Massachusetts's 9th congressional districtMassachusetts's 9th congressional districtMassachusetts's 9th congressional district is in eastern Massachusetts, including part of Boston and some of its southern suburbs. It is currently represented by Stephen Lynch, who has served the district since 2001. It has subsumed much of the former 11th District in the south suburbs of Boston...
from 1935-1937 and the Mayor of Cambridge from 1930-1936.
Socialist Workers
- Bernard G. Kelly - Candidate for Massachusetts Secretary of the CommonwealthMassachusetts Secretary of the CommonwealthThe Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth is the principal public information officer of the state government of the U.S...
in 1942 and Massachusetts AuditorMassachusetts AuditorThe Massachusetts State Auditor is a statewide elected office in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The current auditor is Suzanne Bump.-List of state auditors of Massachusetts:-External links:*...
in 1940.
Prohibition
- E. Tallmadge Root - Prohibition Party candidate for Governor of Massachusetts in 1940.