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Established January 03, 1789
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DescriptionVacancy Rules: Governor appoints a replacement. A special election is called 145-160 days after vacancy occurs.

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Date Type Results
Nov 05, 2024 General Election
  Democratic Primary Winner
0
0.00% 		  Republican Primary Winner
0
0.00% 		 Brandon J. Griffin
0
0.00%
Nov 06, 2018 General Election
 Elizabeth Warren(I)
1,633,371
60.34% 		 Geoff Diehl
979,210
36.17% 		 Shiva Ayyadurai
91,710
3.39% 		  Write-In (W)
2,799
0.10%
Nov 06, 2012 General Election
 Elizabeth Warren
1,696,346
53.74% 		 Scott Brown(I)
1,458,048
46.19% 		  Others (W)
2,159
0.07%
Jan 19, 2010 Special Election
 Scott Brown
1,168,178
51.86% 		 Martha Coakley
1,060,861
47.10% 		 Joseph L. "Joe" Kennedy
22,388
0.99% 		  Write-In
1,155
0.05%
Sep 25, 2009 Appointment
 Paul G. Kirk, Jr.
1
100.00%
Nov 07, 2006 General Election
 Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy(I)
1,500,738
69.30% 		 Kenneth G. Chase
661,532
30.55% 		  Others
3,220
0.15%
Nov 07, 2000 General Election
 Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy(I)
1,889,494
72.69% 		 Jack E. Robinson III
334,341
12.86% 		 Carla Howell
308,660
11.88% 		 Philip F. Lawler
42,113
1.62% 		 Dale E. Friedgen
13,687
0.53% 		 R. Philip Hyde
8,452
0.33% 		  Others (W)
2,473
0.10%
Nov 08, 1994 General Election
 Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy(I)
1,266,011
58.07% 		 Mitt Romney
894,005
41.01% 		 Lauraleigh Dozier
14,484
0.66% 		 William A. Ferguson, Jr.
4,776
0.22% 		  Write-In (W)
688
0.03%
Nov 08, 1988 General Election
 Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy(I)
1,693,344
64.97% 		 Joseph D. Malone
884,267
33.93% 		 Mary Fridley
15,208
0.58% 		 Freda Lee Nason
13,199
0.51% 		  Others
207
0.01%
Nov 02, 1982 General Election
 Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy(I)
1,247,084
60.81% 		 Raymond Shamie
784,602
38.26% 		 Howard S. Katz
18,878
0.92% 		  Write-In (W)
187
0.01%
Nov 02, 1976 General Election
 Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy(I)
1,726,657
69.31% 		 Michael S. Robertson
722,641
29.01% 		 Carol Henderson Evans
26,283
1.06% 		 H. Graham Lowry
15,517
0.62% 		  Write-In (W)
157
0.01%
Nov 03, 1970 General Election
 Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy(I)
1,202,856
62.14% 		 Josiah Spaulding
715,978
36.99% 		 Lawrence Gilfedder
10,378
0.54% 		 Mark R. Shaw
5,944
0.31% 		  Write-In (W)
451
0.02%
Nov 03, 1964 General Election
 Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy(I)
1,716,907
74.26% 		 Howard J. Whitmore, Jr.
587,663
25.42% 		 Lawrence Gilfedder
4,745
0.21% 		 Grace F. Luder
2,700
0.12% 		  Write-In (W)
13
0.00%
Nov 06, 1962 Special Election
 Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy
1,162,611
55.44% 		 George Cabot Lodge
877,669
41.85% 		 H. Stuart Hughes
50,013
2.38% 		 Lawrence Gilfedder
5,330
0.25% 		 Mark R. Shaw
1,439
0.07% 		  Write-In (W)
23
0.00%
Dec 27, 1960 Appointment
 Benjamin A. Smith, II
1
100.00%
Nov 04, 1958 General Election
 John F. Kennedy(I)
1,362,926
73.20% 		 Vincent J. Celeste
488,318
26.22% 		 Lawrence Gilfedder
5,457
0.29% 		 Mark R. Shaw
5,335
0.29% 		  Write-In (W)
5
0.00%
Nov 04, 1952 General Election
 John F. Kennedy
1,211,984
51.35% 		 Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.(I)
1,141,247
48.35% 		 Thelma Ingersoll
4,683
0.20% 		 Mark R. Shaw
2,508
0.11% 		 Unidentified Scattering
3
0.00%
Nov 05, 1946 General Election
 Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
989,736
59.55% 		 David I. Walsh(I)
660,200
39.72% 		 Henning A. Blomen
9,221
0.55% 		 Mark R. Shaw
2,898
0.17% 		  Others (W)
8
0.00%
Nov 05, 1940 General Election
 David I. Walsh(I)
1,088,838
55.64% 		 Henry Parkman, Jr.
838,122
42.82% 		 George L. Thompson
9,632
0.49% 		 Philip Frankfeld
9,465
0.48% 		 George Lyman Paine
6,876
0.35% 		 Horace I. Hillis
4,133
0.21% 		  Others (W)
23
0.00%
Nov 06, 1934 General Election
 David I. Walsh(I)
852,776
59.39% 		 Robert M. Washburn
536,692
37.38% 		 Albert Sprague Coolidge
22,092
1.54% 		 W. Barnard Smith
10,363
0.72% 		 Albert L. Waterman
8,245
0.57% 		 Paul C. Wicks
5,757
0.40% 		  Write-In (W)
7
0.00%
Nov 06, 1928 General Election
 David I. Walsh(I)
818,055
53.64% 		 Benjamin L. Young
693,563
45.48% 		 Alfred B. Lewis
7,675
0.50% 		 John J. Ballam
5,621
0.37% 		  Write-In (W)
39
0.00%
Nov 02, 1926 Special Election
 David I. Walsh
525,303
52.01% 		 William M. Butler(I)
469,989
46.54% 		 John J. Ballam
5,167
0.51% 		 Washington Cook
4,766
0.47% 		 Alfred B. Lewis
4,730
0.47% 		  Write-In (W)
11
0.00%
Nov 12, 1924 Appointment
 William M. Butler
1
100.00%
Nov 07, 1922 General Election
 Henry Cabot Lodge(I)
414,130
47.59% 		 William Alexander Gaston
406,776
46.75% 		 John A. Nicholls
24,866
2.86% 		 John W. Sherman
11,678
1.34% 		 Washington Cook
7,836
0.90% 		 William E. Weeks
4,862
0.56% 		  Write-In (W)
9
0.00%
Nov 07, 1916 General Election
 Henry Cabot Lodge(I)
267,177
51.68% 		 John Francis "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald
234,238
45.31% 		 William N. McDonald
15,558
3.01% 		  Scattering
26
0.01%
Jan 18, 1911 General Election
 Henry Cabot Lodge(I)
146
52.33% 		 Sherman L. Whipple
121
43.37% 		 Butler Ames
7
2.51% 		 Abbott Lawrence Lowell
2
0.72% 		 John R. Thayer
1
0.36% 		 Sylvester J. McBride
1
0.36% 		 Curtis Guild, Jr.
1
0.36%
Jan 17, 1905 General Election
 Henry Cabot Lodge(I)
198
73.33% 		 William Alexander Gaston
72
26.67%
Jan 17, 1899 General Election
 Henry Cabot Lodge(I)
190
71.97% 		 Alexander B. Bruce
72
27.27% 		 Winfield P. Porter
2
0.76%
Jan 17, 1893 General Election
 Henry Cabot Lodge
190
70.11% 		 Patrick A. Collins
81
29.89%
Nov 03, 1886 General Election
 Henry Laurens Dawes(I)
1
100.00%
Nov 03, 1880 General Election
 Henry Laurens Dawes(I)
1
100.00%
Nov 03, 1874 General Election
 Henry Laurens Dawes
1
100.00%
Apr 16, 1874 Appointment
 William B. Washburn
1
100.00%
Jan 19, 1869 General Election
 Charles Sumner(I)
253
93.36% 		 Josiah Gardner Abbott
17
6.27% 		 Nathaniel P. Banks
1
0.37%
Jan 15, 1863 General Election
 Charles Sumner(I)
137
74.46% 		 Josiah Gardner Abbott
43
23.37% 		 Charles Francis Adams, Sr.
2
1.09% 		 Caleb Cushing
2
1.09%
Jan 14, 1857 General Election
 Charles Sumner(I)
373
96.88% 		 Robert C. Winthrop
3
0.78% 		 Nathaniel J. Lord
2
0.52% 		 George W. Gordon
1
0.26% 		 Erasmus D. Beach
1
0.26% 		 Otis P. Lord
1
0.26% 		 Edward Everett
1
0.26%
  Charles B. Goodrich
1
0.26% 		 William Appleton
1
0.26% 		 Rufus Choate
1
0.26%
Mar 01, 1851 General Election
 Charles Sumner
1
100.00%
Jan 31, 1851 Appointment
 Robert Rantoul
1
100.00%
Jul 26, 1850 Appointment
 Robert C. Winthrop
1
100.00%
Nov 01, 1844 General Election
 Daniel Webster
1
100.00%
Feb 01, 1841 Special Election
 Rufus Choate
1
100.00%
Jan 01, 1839 General Election
 Daniel Webster(I)
1
100.00%
Jan 01, 1833 General Election
 Daniel Webster(I)
1
100.00%
Jun 08, 1827 Special Election
 Daniel Webster
1
100.00%
Nov 03, 1820 General Election
 Elijah Hunt Mills(I)
1
100.00%
Jun 11, 1820 Appointment
 Elijah Hunt Mills
1
100.00%
Jun 04, 1818 Appointment
 Prentiss Mellen
1
100.00%
Jun 11, 1816 Appointment
 Eli Porter Ashmun
1
100.00%
Nov 03, 1814 General Election
 Christopher Gore(I)
1
100.00%
May 04, 1813 Appointment
 Christopher Gore
1
100.00%
Nov 03, 1808 General Election
 James Lloyd(I)
1
100.00%
Jun 08, 1808 Appointment
 James Lloyd
180
58.25% 		 William Gray
129
41.75%
Feb 17, 1803 General Election
 John Quincy Adams
86
33.46% 		 Timothy Pickering
79
30.74% 		 Thomson Joseph Skinner
71
27.63% 		 Nicholas Tillinghast
12
4.67% 		 Henry Knox
7
2.72% 		 William Ely
1
0.39% 		 Samuel Dexter
1
0.39%
Nov 13, 1800 Appointment
 Jonathon Mason
1
100.00%
Nov 03, 1796 General Election
 Benjamin Goodhue(I)
73
100.00% 		 Edward H. Robbins
0
0.00%
Jun 10, 1796 Appointment
 Benjamin Goodhue
1
100.00%
Nov 03, 1790 General Election
 George Cabot
87
59.18% 		 Nathaniel Gorham
36
24.49% 		 Charles Jarvis
20
13.61% 		 Samuel Holten
4
2.72%
Feb 03, 1789 General Election
 Tristam Dalton
78
53.79% 		  Scattering
67
46.21%

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