The 1946 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1946. Republican
Robert F. Bradford
Robert Fiske Bradford (December 15, 1902 – March 18, 1983) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as the List of Governors of Massachusetts, 57th Governor of Massachusetts, from 1947 to 1949.
Early years
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defeated Democratic incumbent
Maurice J. Tobin
Maurice Joseph Tobin (May 22, 1901July 19, 1953) was an American politician serving as Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts, the Governor of Massachusetts, and United States Secretary of Labor. He was a member of the Democratic Party and a liberal that ...
, Socialist Labor candidate Horace Hillis, and Prohibition candidate Guy S. Williams.
Democratic primary
Governor Tobin defeated Francis D. Harrigan, a senior partner with the law firm of Caulfield, Harrigan and Murray, associate editor of the
Association of Trial Lawyers of America's Law Journal, and a
World War I veteran, for the Democratic nomination.
Republican primary
Lieutenant Governor Robert F. Bradford won the Republican gubernatorial nomination unopposed.
General election
Results
See also
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1946 Massachusetts general election
The 1946 Massachusetts general election was held on November 5, 1946, throughout Massachusetts. Primary elections took place on June 18.
At the federal level, Republican Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. was elected to the United States Senate over incumb ...
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1945–1946 Massachusetts legislature
The 154th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1945 and 1946 during the governorship of Maurice J. Tobin. Arthur W. Coolidge served as president of the Senate ...
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November 1946 events in the United States