The 1950 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1950. Democratic incumbent
Paul A. Dever defeated Republican
Arthur W. Coolidge, Socialist Labor candidate Horace Hillis, and Prohibition candidate
Mark R. Shaw.
Democratic primary
Paul Dever ran unopposed for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination.
Republican primary
Candidates
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Clarence A. Barnes, former Massachusetts Attorney General
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Arthur W. Coolidge, former Lieutenant Governor
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Louis E. Denfeld, U.S. Navy Admiral
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Frankland W. L. Miles, Justice of the Roxbury District Court
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Daniel Needham
Daniel Needham (May 2, 1891 – June 20, 1971) was an American attorney, political figure, and Massachusetts National Guard officer who served as commander of the Yankee Division and Massachusetts Commissioner of Public Safety.
Early life
Needh ...
, former Commander of the
Massachusetts National Guard and Public Safety Commissioner
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Edward Rowe, former State Senator from
Cambridge
Cambridge ( ) is a College town, university city and the county town in Cambridgeshire, England. It is located on the River Cam approximately north of London. As of the 2021 United Kingdom census, the population of Cambridge was 145,700. Cam ...
Results
General election
Results
See also
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1949–1950 Massachusetts legislature
The 156th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1949 and 1950 during the Governor of Massachusetts, governorship of Paul A. Dever. Chester A. Dolan Jr. and Harri ...
References
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1950
Events January
* January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed.
* January 5 – Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 crashes in a snowstorm. All 19 ...
Massachusetts governor
The governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the chief executive officer of the government of Massachusetts. The governor is the head of the state cabinet and the commander-in-chief of the commonwealth's military forces.
Massachuset ...
Governor
A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...
November 1950 events in the United States