United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1964

United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1964

1962 ← November 3, 1964 → 1970

Nominee Ted Kennedy Howard J. Whitmore, Jr. Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 1,716,907 587,663 Percentage 74.26% 25.42%

County Results

Senator before election Ted Kennedy Democratic Elected Senator Ted Kennedy Democratic

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The United States Senate election of 1964 in Massachusetts was held on November 3, 1964 with the incumbent Democratic Senator Ted Kennedy defeating his challengers. Much of the campaign-appearance burden on behalf of Ted Kennedy fell on his wife, Joan, because of Ted's serious back injury in a plane crash.

Candidates

Democratic

• Ted Kennedy - Incumbent Senator elected in 1962 to the unexpired term of John F. Kennedy.

Republican

• Howard J. Whitmore, Jr. - Member of Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1947–53 and mayor of Newton, Massachusetts from 1954-60. Served in the United States Army Air Forces in World War II.

Socialist Workers

• Lawrence Gilfedder - Candidate for Lt. Governor in 1948. Ran for Governor in 1952 and 1954. Ran for Senate in 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, and 1970.

Prohibition

• Grace F. Luder - Candidate for the Massachusetts's 9th congressional district seat in 1950 and Massachusetts's 14th congressional district seat in 1952.

Results

General election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Edward M. Kennedy	1,716,907	74.26	+21.3
	Republican	Howard J. Whitmore, Jr.	587,663	25.42	-19.08
	Socialist Labor	Lawrence Gilfedder	4,745	0.21	-0.03
	Prohibition	Grace F. Luder	2,700	0.12	+0.05

External links and reference

• Race details at ourcampaigns.com

• Campaigning from a Hospital Bed Recordings of Telephone Calls between Edward Kennedy and President Lyndon Johnson during the 1964 campaign