The 1948 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1948. Democrat Paul A. Dever defeated Republican incumbent Robert F. Bradford, Socialist Labor candidate Horace Hillis, and Prohibition candidate Mark R. Shaw.
1948, massachusetts, gubernatorial, election, held, november, 1948, democrat, paul, dever, defeated, republican, incumbent, robert, bradford, socialist, labor, candidate, horace, hillis, prohibition, candidate, mark, shaw, 1946, november, 1948, 1950, nominee, . The 1948 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 2 1948 Democrat Paul A Dever defeated Republican incumbent Robert F Bradford Socialist Labor candidate Horace Hillis and Prohibition candidate Mark R Shaw 1948 Massachusetts gubernatorial election 1946 November 2 1948 1950 Nominee Paul A Dever Robert F Bradford Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 1 239 247 849 895 Percentage 59 03 40 49 County ResultsMunicipality ResultsDever 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 Bradford 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 90 100 Governor before election Robert F Bradford Republican Elected Governor Paul A Dever Democratic Contents 1 Republican primary 1 1 Candidates 1 2 Results 2 Democratic primary 2 1 Candidates 2 1 1 Withdrew 2 2 Results 3 General election 3 1 Results 4 See also 5 ReferencesRepublican primary editCandidates edit Robert F Bradford incumbent Governor 1 Edward Rowe State Senator 1 Results edit 1948 Republican gubernatorial primary 1 Party Candidate Votes Republican Robert F Bradford incumbent 210 574 82 86 Republican Edward Rowe 43 545 17 14 Total votes 254 119 100 00 Democratic primary editCandidates edit Paul Dever former Attorney General and candidate for Lieutenant Governor in 1946 2 Withdrew edit Maurice Tobin former Governor withdrew to become United States Secretary of Labor 2 Results edit Democratic gubernatorial primary 1948 2 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Paul A Dever 221 727 76 65 Democratic Maurice J Tobin 67 555 23 35 General election editResults edit Massachusetts gubernatorial election 1948 3 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Paul A Dever 1 239 247 59 03 Republican Robert F Bradford incumbent 849 895 40 49 Socialist Labor Horace Hillis 7 259 0 35 Prohibition Mark R Shaw 2 841 0 14 See also edit1948 Massachusetts general election 1947 1948 Massachusetts legislatureReferences edit a b c Election Statistics The Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1948 a b c Election Statistics The Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1948 Election Statistics The Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1948 nbsp nbsp This Massachusetts elections related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1948 Massachusetts gubernatorial election amp oldid 1217715395, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
