The Political Graveyard: Massachusetts: Governors, 1950s

Massachusetts: Governors, 1950s

Governors of Massachusetts, 1950-59 (may be incomplete!)
Paul A. Dever 1949-53 Christian A. Herter 1953-57 Foster Furcolo 1957-61

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

Governors of Massachusetts: Events and Candidates of the 1950's (may be incomplete!)

1950 Sep 19: Paul A. Dever (Dem), nominated unopposed.
1950 Sep 19: Arthur W. Coolidge (Rep), nominated; Louis E. Denfeld (Rep), defeated in primary; Clarence A. Barnes (Rep), defeated in primary; Daniel Needham (Rep), defeated in primary; Frankland W. L. Miles (Rep), defeated in primary; Edward M. Rowe (Rep), defeated in primary.
1950 Nov 7: Paul A. Dever (Dem), elected; Arthur W. Coolidge (Rep), defeated; Horace I. Hillis (Socialist Labor), defeated; Mark R. Shaw (Prohibition), defeated.
1952 Nov 4: Christian A. Herter (Rep), elected; Paul A. Dever (Dem), defeated; Florence H. Luscomb (Peace Progressive), defeated; Lawrence Gilfedder (Socialist Labor), defeated; Guy S. Williams (Prohibition), defeated.
1954 Nov 2: Christian A. Herter (Rep), elected; Robert F. Murphy (Dem), defeated; Lawrence Gilfedder (Socialist Labor), defeated; Guy S. Williams (Prohibition), defeated.
1956: Thomas H. Buckley (Dem), defeated in primary.
1956 Nov 6: Foster Furcolo (Dem), elected; Sumner G. Whittier (Rep), defeated; Henning A. Blomen (Socialist Labor), defeated; Mark R. Shaw (Prohibition), defeated.
1958 Nov 4: Foster Furcolo (Dem), elected; Charles Gibbons (Rep), defeated; Henning A. Blomen (Socialist Labor), defeated; Guy S. Williams (Prohibition), defeated.

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