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1940 United States Congressional Elections – Massachusetts

United States Senate – DEM Hold

David I. Walsh (D-inc) – 1,088,83855.64%

Henry Parkman, Jr. (R) – 838,12242.82%

George L. Thompson (Proh.) – 9,6320.49%

Philip Frankfeld (Comm.) – 9,4650.48%

George Lyman Paine (S) – 6,8760.35%

Horace I. Hillis (SL) – 4,1330.21%

Scattering – 230.00%

Total Votes – 1,957,089100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 1 – GOP Hold

Allen T. Treadway (R-inc) – 72,75057.11%

Clifford J. Akey (D) – 54,63442.89%

Scattering – 30.00%

Total Votes – 127,387100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 2 – GOP Hold

Charles R. Clason (R-inc) – 76,37358.39%

Patrick A. Doyle (D) – 54,42841.61%

Total Votes – 130,801100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 3 – DEM Hold

Joseph E. Casey (D-inc) – 72,83954.55%

Edward T. Simoneau (R) – 60,67645.44%

Scattering – 40.00%

Total Votes – 133,519100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 4 – GOP Hold

Pehr G. Holmes (R-inc) – 70,54253.18%

Frank J. McGrail (D) – 60,98845.97%

Helen P. Nylen (Proh.) – 1,1300.85%

Total Votes – 132,660100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 5 – GOP Hold

Edith Nourse Rogers (R-inc) – 120,43576.21%

Francis J. Roane (D) – 37,59323.79%

Total Votes – 158,028100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 6 – GOP Hold

George J. Bates (R-inc) – 88,83471.61%

James D. Burns (D) – 35,21428.39%

Total Votes – 124,048100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 7 – DEM Hold

Lawrence J. Connery (D-inc) – 89,96662.11%

William Henry Haskell (R) – 52,70136.38%

Thaxter Eaton (Proh.) – 2,1941.51%

Total Votes – 144,861100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 8 – DEM Hold

Arthur D. Healey (D-inc) – 71,12755.42%

John J. Irwin (R) – 57,21744.58%

Scattering – 10.00%

Total Votes – 128,345100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 9 – DEM Gain

Thomas H. Eliot (D) – 81,52352.11%

Robert Luce (R-inc) – 74,92247.89%

Scattering – 10.00%

Total Votes – 156,446100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 10 – GOP Hold

George Holden Tinkham (R-inc) – 78,02959.06%

David M. Owens (D) – 54,09340.94%

Scattering – 20.00%

Total Votes – 132,124100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 11 – DEM Hold

Thomas A. Flaherty (D-inc) – 68,04183.77%

Benjamin J. Green (R) – 13,17616.22%

Scattering – 30.00%

Total Votes – 81,220100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 12 – DEM Hold

John William McCormack (D-inc) – 97,58878.14%

Henry J. Allen (R) – 27,30221.86%

Total Votes – 124,890100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 13 – GOP Hold

Richard B. Wigglesworth (R-inc) – 92,65165.04%

Francis G. O’Neill (D) – 48,60634.12%

Freeman Putney, Jr. (Proh.) – 1,1870.83%

Scattering – 40.00%

Total Votes – 142,448100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 14 – GOP Hold

Joseph William Martin, Jr. (R-inc) – 65,78054.35%

Harold E. Cole (D) – 55,24145.65%

Total Votes – 121,021100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 15 – GOP Hold

Charles L. Gifford (R-inc) – 73,35857.79%

George F. Backus (D) – 53,58142.21%

Scattering – 10.00%

Total Votes – 126,940100.00%

Source: Office of the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives