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Parents > United States > Massachusetts > Senate Class I
OfficeSenate
Type General Election
Filing Deadline May 01, 1946 - 12:00pm
Polls Open November 05, 1946 - 06:00am
Polls Close November 05, 1946 - 07:00pm
Term Start January 03, 1947 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 1953 - 12:00pm
Turnout 38.50% Total Population
ContributorU Ole Polecat
Last ModifiedRBH May 24, 2009 01:13am
Data SourcesMassachusetts Election Statistics 1946, p. 259
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LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/05/1940
NameDavid Ignatius Walsh Votes1,088,838 (55.64%)
Term01/03/1941 - 01/03/1947 Margin250,716 (+12.81%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/04/1952
NameJohn F. Kennedy Votes1,211,984 (51.35%)
Term01/03/1953 - 01/03/1959 Margin70,737 (+3.00%)
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Name Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (I) Sen. David Ignatius Walsh Henning A. Blomen Mark R. Shaw (W) Others  
PartyRepublican Democratic Socialist Labor Prohibition Other  
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Certified Votes989,736 (59.55%) 660,200 (39.72%) 9,221 (0.56%) 2,898 (0.17%) 8 (0.00%)  
Margin0 (0.00%) -329,536 (-19.83%) -980,515 (-58.99%) -986,838 (-59.37%) -989,728 (-59.55%)  
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R Rockefeller Republican
 

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