1940 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

1940 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
	County results; Saltonstall: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%; Dever: 50–60%
Governor before election; Leverett Saltonstall; Republican	Elected Governor ; Leverett Saltonstall; Republican

Gubernatorial elections were held in Massachusetts on November 5, 1940.

Republican primary

Governor

Incumbent Governor Leverett Saltonstall was unopposed for re-election.

Results

Republican Gubernatorial primary, 1940^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Leverett Saltonstall	304,689	99.98%
	Write-in	All others	62	0.02%

Lieutenant Governor

Incumbent Lieutenant Governor Horace Cahill was unopposed for re-election.

Results

Republican Lt. gubernatorial primary, 1940^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Horace T. Cahill	298,854	100.00%
	Write-in	All others	9	0.00%

Democratic primary

Governor

Candidates

Declared

Results

Democratic gubernatorial primary, 1940^[3]^[4]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Paul A. Dever	239,273	66.22%
Democratic	Francis E. Kelly	122,061	33.78%
Write-in	All others	10	0.00%

Lieutenant Governor

Candidates

Declared

John C. Carr, Mayor of Medford
Owen A. Gallagher, former State Senator
Francis P. Kelley
Michael P. McCarron
Charles E. O'Neil
Raymond A. Willett

Democratic Lt. gubernatorial primary, 1940^[5]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Owen A. Gallagher	122,884	36.08%
Democratic	John C. Carr	120,806	35.47%
Democratic	Francis P. Kelley	61,875	18.17%
Democratic	Michael P. McCarron	14,751	4.33%
Democratic	Charles E. O'Neil	10,945	3.21%
Democratic	Raymond A. Willett	9,286	2.73%
Write-in	All others	13	0.00%

Governor

Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 1940^[6]^[7]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Leverett Saltonstall	999,223	49.74%
Democratic	Paul A. Dever	993,635	49.46%
Communist	Otis Archer Hood	5,547	0.27%
Socialist	Jeffrey W. Campbell	4,623	0.23%
Socialist Labor	Henning A. Blomen	3,463	0.17%
Prohibition	E. Tallmadge Root	2,320	0.11%
Write-in	All others	9	0.00%
Republican hold		Swing

Lt. Governor

Massachusetts Lt. gubernatorial election, 1940^[6]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Horace T. Cahill	985,884	50.59%
Democratic	Owen A. Gallagher	928,739	47.65%
Prohibition	Guy S. Williams	11,339	0.58%
Communist	Hugo DeGregory	9,827	0.50%
Socialist	Walter S. Hutchins	8,212	0.42%
Socialist Labor	George L. McGlynn	5,022	0.26%
Write-in	All others	8	0.00%
Republican hold		Swing

References

^ Election Statistics 1940, p. 114.
^ Election Statistics 1940, p. 117.
^ Election Statistics 1940, p. 188.
^ "MA Governor, 1940 – D Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
^ Election Statistics 1940, p. 194.
^ ^a ^b Election Statistics 1940, p. 3.
^ "MA Governor, 1940". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 6 April 2019.

Bibliography

Frederic W. Cook, Secretary of the Commonwealth (1941). Election Statistics, 1940. Boston, MA.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[FOOTNOTEElection_Statistics1940114-1] Election Statistics 1940, p. 114.

[FOOTNOTEElection_Statistics1940117-2] Election Statistics 1940, p. 117.

[FOOTNOTEElection_Statistics1940188-3] Election Statistics 1940, p. 188.

[4] "MA Governor, 1940 – D Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 6 April 2019.

[FOOTNOTEElection_Statistics1940194-5] Election Statistics 1940, p. 194.

[FOOTNOTEElection_Statistics19403-6] Election Statistics 1940, p. 3.

[7] "MA Governor, 1940". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 6 April 2019.

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