Elections to the Massachusetts Senate
1908 Massachusetts Senate elections
Majority party
Minority party
Party
Republican
Democratic
Seats won
34
6
Popular vote
294,676
175,085
Percentage
60.6%
36.0%
Elections to the Massachusetts Senate were held on November 4, 1908 to elect 40 State Senators to the 130th Massachusetts General Court. Candidates were elected at the district level, with many districts covering multiple towns or counties.
Results summary [ ]
Senate districts as apportioned in 1906
Parties
Seats
Popular vote
1908
Strength
Vote
%
Republican Party
34
85.0%
294,676
60.6%
Democratic Party
6
15.0%
175,085
36.0%
Independence League
—
—
10,795
2.2%
Socialist Party
—
—
5,035
1.0%
Prohibition Party
—
—
547
0.1%
Independent
—
—
468
0.1%
Others
—
—
47
0.0%
Totals
40
100.0%
486,653
100.0%
District results [ ]
Berkshire [ ]
Apportionment [ ]
This district contained the following towns:
Adams
Cheshire
Clarksburg
Dalton
Florida
Hancock
Hinsdale
Lanesboro
New Ashford
North Adams
Peru
Pittsfield
Savoy
Williamstown
Windsor
Results [ ]
Berkshire, Hampshire, and Hampden [ ]
Apportionment [ ]
This district contained the following towns:
Agawam
Alford
Becket
Blandford
Chester
Cummington
East Longmeadow
Easthampton
Egremont
Goshen
Granville
Great Barrington
Hatfield
Huntington
Lee
Lenox
Longmeadow
Middlefield
Monterey
Montgomery
Mount Washington
New Marlborough
Northampton
Otis
Plainfield
Richmond
Russell
Sandisfield
Sheffield
Southampton
Southwick
Stockbridge
Tolland
Tyringham
Washington
West Stockbridge
Westhampton
Williamsburg
Worthington
Results [ ]
First Bristol [ ]
Apportionment [ ]
This district contained the following towns:
Attleboro
Berkley
Dighton
Easton
Mansfield
North Attleborough
Norton
Raynham
Rehoboth
Seekonk
Taunton
Results [ ]
Second Bristol [ ]
Apportionment [ ]
This district contained the following towns:
Fall River
Somerset
Swansea
Results [ ]
Third Bristol [ ]
Apportionment [ ]
This district contained the following towns:
Acushnet
Dartmouth
Fairhaven
Freetown
New Bedford
Westport
Results [ ]
Cape [ ]
Apportionment [ ]
This district contained the following towns:
Barnstable
Bourne
Brewster
Chatham
Chilmark
Dennis
Eastham
Edgartown
Falmouth
Gay Head
Gosnold
Harwich
Mashpee
Nantucket
Oak Bluffs
Orleans
Provincetown
Sandwich
Tisbury
Truro
Wellfleet
West Tisbury
Yarmouth
Results [ ]
First Essex [ ]
Apportionment [ ]
This district contained the following towns:
Lynn (Wards 1–7)
Nahant
Swampscott
Results [ ]
Second Essex [ ]
Apportionment [ ]
This district contained the following towns:
Beverly
Danvers
Marblehead
Salem
Results [ ]
Third Essex [ ]
Apportionment [ ]
This district contained the following towns:
Essex
Gloucester
Hamilton
Ipswich
Manchester
Newbury
Newburyport
Rockport
Rowley
Salisbury
Topsfield
Wenham
West Newbury
Results [ ]
Fourth Essex [ ]
Apportionment [ ]
This district contained the following towns:
Amesbury
Boxford
Georgetown
Groveland
Haverhill
Merrimac
Middleton
Peabody
Results [ ]
Fifth Essex [ ]
Apportionment [ ]
This district contained the following towns:
Andover
Lawrence
Methuen
North Andover
Results [ ]
Franklin and Hampshire [ ]
Apportionment [ ]
This district contained the following towns:
Amherst
Ashfield
Belchertown
Bernardston
Buckland
Charlemont
Colrain
Conway
Deerfield
Enfield
Erving
Gill
Granby
Greenfield
Hadley
Hawley
Heath
Leverett
Leyden
Monroe
Montague
New Salem
Northfield
Orange
Pelham
Prescott
Rowe
Shelburne
Shutesbury
South Hadley
Sunderland
Ware
Warwick
Wendell
Whately
Results [ ]
First Hampden [ ]
Apportionment [ ]
This district contained the city of Springfield .
Results [ ]
^ Hennessey was also endorsed by the Independence League.
Second Hampden [ ]
Apportionment [ ]
This district contained the following towns:
Chicopee
Holyoke
West Springfield
Westfield
Results [ ]
First Middlesex [ ]
Apportionment [ ]
This district contained the following towns:
Ashland
Framingham
Holliston
Hopkinton
Natick
Newton
Sherborn
Watertown
Weston
Results [ ]
Second Middlesex [ ]
Apportionment [ ]
This district contained Wards 5 through 11 of Cambridge .
Results [ ]
Third Middlesex [ ]
Apportionment [ ]
This district contained the city of Somerville .
Results [ ]
Fourth Middlesex [ ]
Apportionment [ ]
This district contained the cities of Everett , Malden , and Melrose .
Results [ ]
Fifth Middlesex [ ]
Apportionment [ ]
This district contained the following towns:
Belmont
Concord
Hudson
Lexington
Lincoln
Marlboro
Maynard
Stow
Sudbury
Waltham
Wayland
Results [ ]
Sixth Middlesex [ ]
Apportionment [ ]
This district contained the following towns:
Arlington
Medford
Stoneham
Wakefield
Winchester
Woburn
Results [ ]
Seventh Middlesex [ ]
Apportionment [ ]
This district contained the following towns:
Acton
Ayer
Bedford
Billerica
Boxboro
Burlington
Carlisle
Littleton
Lowell (Wards 5 & 9)
Lynn (Ward 6)
Lynnfield
North Reading
Reading
Saugus
Tewksbury
Westford
Wilmington
Results [ ]
Eighth Middlesex [ ]
Apportionment [ ]
This district contained the following towns:
Ashby
Chelmsford
Dracut
Dunstable
Groton
Lowell (Wards 1–4, 6–8)
Pepperell
Shirley
Townsend
Tyngsboro
Results [ ]
First Norfolk [ ]
Apportionment [ ]
This district contained the following towns:
Braintree
Canton
Holbrook
Hyde Park
Milton
Quincy
Randolph
Weymouth
Results [ ]
Second Norfolk [ ]
Apportionment [ ]
This district contained the following towns:
Avon
Bellingham
Brookline
Dedham
Dover
Foxboro
Franklin
Medfield
Medway
Millis
Needham
Norfolk
Norwood
Plainville
Sharon
Stoughton
Walpole
Wellesley
Westwood
Wrentham
Results [ ]
First Plymouth [ ]
Apportionment [ ]
This district contained the following towns:
Abington
Carver
Cohasset
Duxbury
East Bridgewater
Halifax
Hanover
Hanson
Hingham
Hull
Kingston
Marshfield
Norwell
Pembroke
Plymouth
Plympton
Rockland
Scituate
Whitman
Results [ ]
Second Plymouth [ ]
Apportionment [ ]
This district contained the following towns:
Bridgewater
Brockton
Lakeville
Marion
Mattapoisett
Middleboro
Rochester
Wareham
West Bridgewater
Results [ ]
First Suffolk [ ]
Apportionment [ ]
This district contained the following towns:
Boston (Ward 1)
Chelsea
Revere
Winthrop
Results [ ]
Second Suffolk [ ]
Apportionment [ ]
This district contained Wards 2–5 of Boston and Wards 1-3 of Cambridge .
Results [ ]
Third Suffolk [ ]
Apportionment [ ]
This district contained Wards 6–8 of Boston and Ward 4 of Cambridge .
Results [ ]
Fourth Suffolk [ ]
Apportionment [ ]
This district contained Wards 9, 12, and 17 of Boston .
Results [ ]
Fifth Suffolk [ ]
Apportionment [ ]
This district contained Wards 10, 11, and 25 of Boston .
Results [ ]
Sixth Suffolk [ ]
Apportionment [ ]
This district contained Wards 13 through 16 of Boston .
Results [ ]
Seventh Suffolk [ ]
Apportionment [ ]
This district contained Wards 18, 19, and 22 of Boston .
Results [ ]
Eighth Suffolk [ ]
Apportionment [ ]
This district contained Wards 20 and 21 of Boston .
Results [ ]
Ninth Suffolk [ ]
Apportionment [ ]
This district contained Wards 23 and 24 of Boston .
Results [ ]
First Worcester [ ]
Apportionment [ ]
This district contained Wards 4 through 10 of Worcester .
Results [ ]
Second Worcester [ ]
Apportionment [ ]
This district contained the following towns:
Berlin
Bolton
Boylston
Clinton
Harvard
Holden
Lancaster
Sterling
West Boylston
Worcester (Wards 1–3)
Results [ ]
Third Worcester [ ]
Apportionment [ ]
This district contained the following towns:
Berlin
Bolton
Boylston
Clinton
Harvard
Holden
Lancaster
Sterling
West Boylston
Worcester (Wards 1–3)
Results [ ]
Fourth Worcester [ ]
Apportionment [ ]
This district contained the following towns:
Auburn
Blackstone
Douglas
Grafton
Hopedale
Mendon
Milford
Millbury
Northboro
Northbridge
Oxford
Shrewsbury
Southboro
Sutton
Upton
Uxbridge
Webster
Westboro
Results [ ]
Worcester and Hampden [ ]
Apportionment [ ]
This district contained the following towns:
Barre
Brimfield
Brookfield
Charlton
Dana
Dudley
Hampden
Hardwick
Holland
Hubbardston
Leicester
Ludlow
Monson
New Braintree
North Brookfield
Oakham
Palmer
Paxton
Petersham
Phillipston
Princeton
Rutland
Southbridge
Spencer
Sturbridge
Templeton
Wales
Warren
West Brookfield
Wilbraham
Results [ ]
See also [ ]
1909 Massachusetts legislature
List of former districts of the Massachusetts Senate
Bibliography [ ]
References [ ]
^ a b c Number of assessed polls, registered voters and persons who voted in each voting precinct in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at the state, city and town elections 1908 , p. 182.
^ a b c d Number of assessed polls, registered voters and persons who voted in each voting precinct in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at the state, city and town elections 1908 , p. 183.
^ a b c d Number of assessed polls, registered voters and persons who voted in each voting precinct in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at the state, city and town elections 1908 , p. 184.
^ a b c Number of assessed polls, registered voters and persons who voted in each voting precinct in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at the state, city and town elections 1908 , p. 185.
^ a b c d e Number of assessed polls, registered voters and persons who voted in each voting precinct in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at the state, city and town elections 1908 , p. 186.
^ a b c Number of assessed polls, registered voters and persons who voted in each voting precinct in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at the state, city and town elections 1908 , p. 187.
^ a b c Number of assessed polls, registered voters and persons who voted in each voting precinct in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at the state, city and town elections 1908 , p. 188.
^ a b c d e Number of assessed polls, registered voters and persons who voted in each voting precinct in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at the state, city and town elections 1908 , p. 189.
^ a b c d e f Number of assessed polls, registered voters and persons who voted in each voting precinct in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at the state, city and town elections 1908 , p. 190.
^ a b c d Number of assessed polls, registered voters and persons who voted in each voting precinct in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at the state, city and town elections 1908 , p. 191.
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