1940 United States Senate election in Massachusetts

1940 United States Senate election in Massachusetts

November 5, 1940

Nominee David I. Walsh Henry Parkman Jr. Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 1,088,838 838,122 Percentage 55.61% 42.83%

Senator before election David I. Walsh Democratic Elected Senator David I. Walsh Democratic

The United States Senate election of 1940 in Massachusetts was held on November 5, 1940, with Democratic incumbent David I. Walsh defeating his challengers.

Candidates

Democratic

• David I. Walsh, US Senator since 1926 and from 1919–1925. Governor of Massachusetts from 1914–1916.

Republican

• Henry Parkman Jr., Corporation Counsel for the City of Boston. Former member of the Massachusetts Senate and Boston City Council.

Prohibition

• George L. Thompson, Candidate for Governor of Massachusetts in 1938.

Communist

• Philip Frankfeld

Socialist

• George Lyman Paine, Episcopal priest. Son of philanthropist Robert Treat Paine.

Socialist Labor

• Horace I. Hillis, Candidate for Massachusetts Auditor in 1938, Governor of Massachusetts in 1936, and Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts in 1934.

General election

United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1940

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	David I. Walsh	1,088,838	55.64
	Republican	Henry Parkman Jr.	838,122	42.38
	Prohibition	George L. Thompson	9,632	0.49
	Communist	Philip Frankfeld	9,465	0.48
	Socialist	George Lyman Paine	6,876	0.35
	Socialist Labor	Horace I. Hillis	4,133	0.21