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  MA Lt. Governor
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Parents > United States > Massachusetts > Lieutenant Governor
OfficeLieutenant Governor
HonorificLieutenant Governor - Abbr: Lt. Gov.
Type General Election
Filing Deadline 00, 1940 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open November 05, 1940 - 07:00am Central
Polls Close November 05, 1940 - 03:00pm Central
Term Start January 01, 1941 - 12:00am
Term End December 31, 1942 - 12:00am
ContributorRMF
Last ModifiedRMF October 18, 2009 10:59pm
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Description Term dates speculative.
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/08/1938
NameHorace T. Cahill Votes921,786 (53.32%)
Term01/01/1939 - 12/31/1940 Margin148,203 (+8.57%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/03/1942
NameHorace T. Cahill Votes732,474 (53.70%)
Term01/03/1943 - 01/03/1945 Margin123,311 (+9.04%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Sep 17, 1940 MA Lt. Governor - D Primary
Owen A. Gallagher
D 340,560

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Name (I) Lt. Gov. Horace T. Cahill St. Sen. Owen A. Gallagher Guy S. Williams Hugo DeGregory Walter S. Hutchins George L. McGlynn Others
PartyRepublican Democratic Prohibition Communist Socialist Socialist Labor Independent
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Certified Votes 985,884 (50.58%) 928,739 (47.65%) 11,339 (0.58%) 9,827 (0.50%) 8,212 (0.42%) 5,022 (0.26%) 8 (0.00%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -57,145 (-2.93%) -974,545 (-50.00%) -976,057 (-50.08%) -977,672 (-50.16%) -980,862 (-50.33%) -985,876 (-50.58%)
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