1908 Massachusetts Senate elections
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All 40 seats in the Massachusetts Senate
21 seats needed for a majority
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Party Republican Democratic
Seats won 34 6
Seat change Increase 3 Decrease 3
Popular vote 294,676 175,085
Percentage 60.6% 36.0%
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Elections to the Massachusetts Senate were held on November 4, 1908 to elect 40 State Senators to the 130th Massachusetts General Court. Candidates were elected at the district level, with many districts covering multiple towns or counties.

Results summary

Senate districts as apportioned in 1906
Parties Seats Popular vote
1908 Strength Vote %
  Republican Party 34 85.0% 294,676 60.6%
  Democratic Party 6 15.0% 175,085 36.0%
  Independence League — — 10,795 2.2%
Socialist Party — — 5,035 1.0%
Prohibition Party — — 547 0.1%
  Independent — — 468 0.1%
  Others — — 47 0.0%
Totals 40 100.0% 486,653 100.0%

District results

Berkshire

Apportionment

This district contained the following towns:

Results

1908 Berkshire Senate election[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican William Turtle 6,208 57.12% (({change))}
Democratic John F. Prindle 4,346 39.99%
Independence Frank Fitzsimmons 314 2.89%
Total votes 10,868 100.00%

Berkshire, Hampshire, and Hampden

Apportionment

This district contained the following towns:

Results

1908 Berkshire, Hampshire, and Hampden Senate election[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Allen T. Treadway 5,896 63.63% (({change))}
Democratic Cecil S. Cutler 3,568 38.51%
Independence John J. Prokop 436 4.71%
Prohibition Wilbur M. Purrington 366 3.95%
Total votes 9,266 100.00%

First Bristol

Apportionment

This district contained the following towns:

Results

1908 First Bristol Senate election[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican William M. Dean 5,914 64.90% (({change))}
Republican Albert G. Godfrey (write-in) 2,150 23.59%
Independence Michael Joseph Brohen 1,049 11.51%
Write-in All others 1 0.00% (({change))}
Total votes 9,114 100.00%

Second Bristol

Apportionment

This district contained the following towns:

Results

1908 Second Bristol Senate election[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Joseph Turner 6,870 58.00% (({change))}
Democratic William Moran 4,496 37.96%
Independence Michael Bushnell 478 4.04%
Total votes 11,844 100.00%

Third Bristol

Apportionment

This district contained the following towns:

Results

1908 Third Bristol Senate election[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Samuel Ross 4,651 46.60% (({change))}
Republican Nathaniel P. Sowle (write-in) 3,637 36.44%
Democratic Charles G. Wood 1,688 16.91%
Write-in All others 5 0.01% (({change))}
Total votes 9,981 100.00%

Cape

Apportionment

This district contained the following towns:

Results

1908 Cape District Senate election[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Eben S. Keith 4,070 84.67% (({change))}
Democratic Clarkson P. Bearse 728 15.14%
Write-in All others 9 0.19% (({change))}
Total votes 4,807 100.00%

First Essex

Apportionment

This district contained the following towns:

Results

1908 First Essex Senate election[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican William R. Salter 6,915 73.37% (({change))}
Democratic Charles Allen Taber 2,510 26.63%
Total votes 9,425 100.00%

Second Essex

Apportionment

This district contained the following towns:

Results

1908 Second Essex Senate election[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Clifford B. Bray 6,683 66.57% (({change))}
Democratic Andrew H. Paton 3,356 33.43%
Total votes 10,039 100.00%

Third Essex

Apportionment

This district contained the following towns:

Results

1908 Third Essex Senate election[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican James F. Shaw 4,868 55.63% (({change))}
Democratic Charles D. Smith 3,822 43.68%
Independence William H. Adams 611 6.98%
Total votes 8,751 100.00%

Fourth Essex

Apportionment

This district contained the following towns:

Results

1908 Fourth Essex Senate election[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Harry P. Morse 6,673 78.10% (({change))}
Democratic Jason Spofford 1,871 21.90%
Total votes 8,544 100.00%

Fifth Essex

Apportionment

This district contained the following towns:

Results

1908 Fifth Essex Senate election[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican George Bunting 6,399 52.56% (({change))}
Democratic Dennis E. Halley 5,338 43.84%
Socialist Louis B. Talbot 438 3.60%
Total votes 12,175 100.00%

Franklin and Hampshire

Apportionment

This district contained the following towns:

Results

1908 Franklin and Hampshire Senate election[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Dennis E. Farley 6,321 68.47% (({change))}
Democratic Albert J. Amstein 2,405 26.05%
Independence George I. Varney 506 5.48%
Write-in All others 2 0.00% (({change))}
Total votes 9,234 100.00%

First Hampden

Apportionment

This district contained the city of Springfield.

Results

1908 First Hampden Senate election[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Francke W. Dickinson 6,185 60.28% (({change))}
Democratic Richard A. Hennessey[a] 3,390 33.04%
Socialist Samuel M. Jones 685 6.68%
Total votes 10,260 100.00%
  1. ^ Hennessey was also endorsed by the Independence League.

Second Hampden

Apportionment

This district contained the following towns:

Results

1908 Second Hampden Senate election[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Daniel D. Mahoney 6,062 51.34% (({change))}
Republican Frederick Childs 5,199 44.03%
Socialist John R. Kirwin 546 4.62%
Total votes 11,807 100.00%

First Middlesex

Apportionment

This district contained the following towns:

Results

1908 First Middlesex Senate election[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Henry C. Mulligan 7,477 55.13% (({change))}
Democratic Martin T. Hall 6,084 44.87%
Total votes 13,561 100.00%

Second Middlesex

Apportionment

This district contained Wards 5 through 11 of Cambridge.

Results

1908 Second Middlesex Senate election[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Thorndike Spalding 5,180 60.61% (({change))}
Democratic J. Joseph Foley 2,989 34.97%
Independence Albin M. Richards 378 4.42%
Total votes 8,547 100.00%

Third Middlesex

Apportionment

This district contained the city of Somerville.

Results

1908 Third Middlesex Senate election[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Elmer A. Stevens 6,765 70.59% (({change))}
Democratic William H. Flynn 2,238 23.35%
Independence George E. Gookin 581 6.06%
Total votes 9,584 100.00%

Fourth Middlesex

Apportionment

This district contained the cities of Everett, Malden, and Melrose.

Results

1908 Fourth Middlesex Senate election[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Wilmot R. Evans 8,200 70.59% (({change))}
Democratic Charles Burleigh 2,883 23.35%
Write-in All others 1 0.00% (({change))}
Total votes 11,084 100.00%

Fifth Middlesex

Apportionment

This district contained the following towns:

Results

1908 Fifth Middlesex Senate election[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican John L. Harvey 7,111 58.60% (({change))}
Democratic John J. Burns 4,401 36.27%
Independence John J. Burns 622 5.13%
Write-in All others 1 0.00% (({change))}
Total votes 12,135 100.00%

Sixth Middlesex

Apportionment

This district contained the following towns:

Results

1908 Sixth Middlesex Senate election[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican J. Howell Crosby 6,933 68.43% (({change))}
Democratic John J. Butler 3,198 31.56%
Write-in All others 1 0.00% (({change))}
Total votes 10,132 100.00%

Seventh Middlesex

Apportionment

This district contained the following towns:

Results

1908 Seventh Middlesex Senate election[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican James Wilson Grimes 5,276 55.54% (({change))}
Democratic Isaac E. Graves 3,581 37.69%
Independence William H. Brown 642 6.76%
Write-in All others 1 0.00% (({change))}
Total votes 9,500 100.00%

Eighth Middlesex

Apportionment

This district contained the following towns:

Results

1908 Eighth Middlesex Senate election[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Joseph H. Hibbard 6,236 50.06% (({change))}
Democratic James E. O'Donnell 5,830 46.80%
Socialist William J. Carroll 235 1.89%
Independence Hugh Gallagher 156 1.25%
Total votes 12,457 100.00%

First Norfolk

Apportionment

This district contained the following towns:

Results

1908 First Norfolk Senate election[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Eugene Hultman 7,873 64.40% (({change))}
Democratic James E. Foley 3,711 30.36%
Socialist John J. Gallagher 641 5.24%
Total votes 12,225 100.00%

Second Norfolk

Apportionment

This district contained the following towns:

Results

1908 Second Norfolk Senate election[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Bradley M. Rockwood 8,669 72.71% (({change))}
Democratic James M. Lynch 3,245 27.22%
Write-in All others 8 0.07% (({change))}
Total votes 11,922 100.00%

First Plymouth

Apportionment

This district contained the following towns:

Results

1908 First Plymouth Senate election[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Melvin S. Nash 5,696 66.67% (({change))}
Democratic Benjamin F. Peterson 1,733 20.28%
Socialist Thomas H. Dunn 468 5.48%
Independence Elmer L. Smith 466 5.45%
Prohibition Orion L. Griswold 181 2.12%
Total votes 8,544 100.00%

Second Plymouth

Apportionment

This district contained the following towns:

Results

1908 Second Plymouth Senate election[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Roland M. Keith 6,032 52.39% (({change))}
Democratic Edward Gilmore 4,592 39.89%
Socialist Joseph M. Coldwell 889 7.72%
Total votes 11,513 100.00%

First Suffolk

Apportionment

This district contained the following towns:

Results

1908 First Suffolk Senate election[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Lewis Burnham 7,224 68.30% (({change))}
Democratic Peter Maguire 3,353 31.70%
Total votes 10,577 100.00%

Second Suffolk

Apportionment

This district contained Wards 2–5 of Boston and Wards 1-3 of Cambridge.

Results

1908 Second Suffolk Senate election[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Richard S. Teeling 6,601 65.18% (({change))}
Democratic George F. Monahan (write-in) 1,669 16.48%
Republican Henry A.H. Gifford 1,533 15.14%
Independence Harry E. Waldstein 325 3.21%
Total votes 10,128 100.00%

Third Suffolk

Apportionment

This district contained Wards 6–8 of Boston and Ward 4 of Cambridge.

Results

1908 Third Suffolk Senate election[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Edward W. Dixon 4,545 69.44% (({change))}
Republican Eben S. Johnson 1,711 26.14%
Independence Kristian N. Skauen 289 4.42%
Total votes 6,545 100.00%

Fourth Suffolk

Apportionment

This district contained Wards 9, 12, and 17 of Boston.

Results

1908 Fourth Suffolk Senate election[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic James H. Doyle 4,289 47.42% (({change))}
Democratic Michael J. McEttrick (inc.) (write-in) 2,357 26.06%
Republican Charles H. Clark 2,093 23.14%
Independence Daniel W. Healy 213 2.35%
Republican Chester R. Lawrence (write-in) 93 1.03%
Total votes 9,045 100.00%

Fifth Suffolk

Apportionment

This district contained Wards 10, 11, and 25 of Boston.

Results

1908 Fifth Suffolk Senate election[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Charles D.B. Fisk 6,922 80.91% (({change))}
Independence William C. Johnson 1,630 26.06%
Write-in All others 3 0.03% (({change))}
Total votes 8,555 100.00%

Sixth Suffolk

Apportionment

This district contained Wards 13 through 16 of Boston.

Results

1908 Sixth Suffolk Senate election[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Patrick H. O'Connor 8,191 69.64% (({change))}
Republican Joseph W. Cullen 2,973 25.23%
Independence John T. Dobbyn 394 3.35%
Socialist John F. Molloy 203 1.73%
Write-in All others 1 0.00% (({change))}
Total votes 11,762 100.00%

Seventh Suffolk

Apportionment

This district contained Wards 18, 19, and 22 of Boston.

Results

1908 Seventh Suffolk Senate election[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic John J. Butler 4,329 40.70% (({change))}
Democratic Timothy F. Murphy (write-in) 3,231 30.38%
Republican Israel Mostowitz 2,459 23.12%
Independence William P. Sawyer 617 5.80%
Total votes 10636 100.00%

Eighth Suffolk

Apportionment

This district contained Wards 20 and 21 of Boston.

Results

1908 Eighth Suffolk Senate election[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican W. Prentiss Parker 7,091 55.52% (({change))}
Democratic John J. Cummings 4,684 36.67%
Independence Washington A. Coles 529 4.14%
Independent John A.W. Silver 468 3.66%
Total votes 12,772 100.00%

Ninth Suffolk

Apportionment

This district contained Wards 23 and 24 of Boston.

Results

1908 Ninth Suffolk Senate election[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Gideon B. Abbott 5,365 54.09% (({change))}
Democratic Michael J. Murray 3,852 38.83%
Independence James C. Christian 560 5.65%
Socialist Charles F. Claus 140 1.41%
Write-in All others 2 3.66% (({change))}
Total votes 9,919 100.00%

First Worcester

Apportionment

This district contained Wards 4 through 10 of Worcester.

Results

1908 First Worcester Senate election[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Elmer C. Potter 7,180 59.11% (({change))}
Democratic Louis B. Glixman 4,967 40.89%
Total votes 12,147 100.00%

Second Worcester

Apportionment

This district contained the following towns:

Results

1908 Second Worcester Senate election[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Edward A. Cowee 6,030 99.92% (({change))}
Write-in All others 5 0.08% (({change))}
Total votes 6,035 100.00%

Third Worcester

Apportionment

This district contained the following towns:

Results

1908 Third Worcester Senate election[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Levi H. Greenwood 6,656 64.60% (({change))}
Democratic Guy H. Chase 2,856 27.72%
Socialist James D. Ryan 790 7.67%
Write-in All others 1 0.00% (({change))}
Total votes 10,303 100.00%

Fourth Worcester

Apportionment

This district contained the following towns:

Results

1908 Third Worcester Senate election[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican George F. Birch 5,259 50.40% (({change))}
Democratic John F. Meaney 5,170 49.54%
Write-in All others 6 0.06% (({change))}
Total votes 10,435 100.00%

Worcester and Hampden

Apportionment

This district contained the following towns:

Results

1908 Worcester and Hampden Senate election[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Arthur D. Norcross 5,986 65.68% (({change))}
Democratic George W. Wheelwright 3,128 34.32%
Total votes 9,114 100.00%

See also

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ a b c Number of assessed polls, registered voters and persons who voted in each voting precinct in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at the state, city and town elections 1908, p. 182.
  2. ^ a b c d Number of assessed polls, registered voters and persons who voted in each voting precinct in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at the state, city and town elections 1908, p. 183.
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  8. ^ a b c d e Number of assessed polls, registered voters and persons who voted in each voting precinct in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at the state, city and town elections 1908, p. 189.
  9. ^ a b c d e f Number of assessed polls, registered voters and persons who voted in each voting precinct in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at the state, city and town elections 1908, p. 190.
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