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Election
1944 United States Senate special election in Massachusetts
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County Results
Municipality Results
Saltonstall
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50?60%
60?70%
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Corcoran
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60?70%
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The
1944 United States Senate special election in Massachusetts
was held on November 7, 1944. Republican Governor
Leverett Saltonstall
was elected to finish the term of
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
, who had resigned from the Senate to serve in
World War II
.
Primary elections were held on July 10; Saltonstall was unopposed for the Republican nomination, while
John H. Corcoran
won a highly competitive race for the Democratic nomination, in which all four candidates came from
Boston
or
Cambridge
.
Background
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Incumbent
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
resigned from the Senate on February 3, 1944 to return to active duty in the
U.S. Army
during
World War II
.
Despite initial reporting that Governor
Leverett Saltonstall
would resign so that Lieutenant Governor
Horace T. Cahill
could appoint him to the vacant seat, he chose not to.
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Instead, on February 8, Saltonstall appointed
Sinclair Weeks
, whom Lodge had narrowly defeated at the party convention in 1936.
A special election was scheduled on November 7, concurrent with the regularly scheduled elections to state and national office.
Republican primary
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Governor Saltonstall was unopposed for the Republican nomination.
Democratic primary
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General election
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Candidates
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Though he was entitled to be seated immediately upon the certification of the election, Saltonstall did not take office until January 4, 1945, when his term as Governor ended.
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