1908 Massachusetts Senate elections

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Majority party Minority party   Party Republican Democratic Seats won 34 6 Seat change 3 3 Popular vote 294,676 175,085 Percentage 60.6% 36.0%

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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.

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%

This district contained the following towns:

1908 Berkshire Senate election^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	William Turtle	6,208	57.12%	{{{change}}}
	Democratic	John F. Prindle	4,346	39.99%
	Independence	Frank Fitzsimmons	314	2.89%
Total votes			10,868	100.00%

This district contained the following towns:

1908 Berkshire, Hampshire, and Hampden Senate election^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Allen T. Treadway	5,896	63.63%	{{{change}}}
	Democratic	Cecil S. Cutler	3,568	38.51%
	Independence	John J. Prokop	436	4.71%
	Prohibition	Wilbur M. Purrington	366	3.95%
Total votes			9,266	100.00%

This district contained the following towns:

1908 First Bristol Senate election^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	William M. Dean	5,914	64.90%	{{{change}}}
	Republican	Albert G. Godfrey (write-in)	2,150	23.59%
	Independence	Michael Joseph Brohen	1,049	11.51%
	Write-in	All others	1	0.00%	{{{change}}}
Total votes			9,114	100.00%

This district contained the following towns:

1908 Second Bristol Senate election^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Joseph Turner	6,870	58.00%	{{{change}}}
	Democratic	William Moran	4,496	37.96%
	Independence	Michael Bushnell	478	4.04%
Total votes			11,844	100.00%

This district contained the following towns:

1908 Third Bristol Senate election^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Samuel Ross	4,651	46.60%	{{{change}}}
	Republican	Nathaniel P. Sowle (write-in)	3,637	36.44%
	Democratic	Charles G. Wood	1,688	16.91%
	Write-in	All others	5	0.01%	{{{change}}}
Total votes			9,981	100.00%

This district contained the following towns:

1908 Cape District Senate election^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Eben S. Keith	4,070	84.67%	{{{change}}}
	Democratic	Clarkson P. Bearse	728	15.14%
	Write-in	All others	9	0.19%	{{{change}}}
Total votes			4,807	100.00%

This district contained the following towns:

1908 First Essex Senate election^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	William R. Salter	6,915	73.37%	{{{change}}}
	Democratic	Charles Allen Taber	2,510	26.63%
Total votes			9,425	100.00%

This district contained the following towns:

1908 Second Essex Senate election^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Clifford B. Bray	6,683	66.57%	{{{change}}}
	Democratic	Andrew H. Paton	3,356	33.43%
Total votes			10,039	100.00%

This district contained the following towns:

1908 Third Essex Senate election^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	James F. Shaw	4,868	55.63%	{{{change}}}
	Democratic	Charles D. Smith	3,822	43.68%
	Independence	William H. Adams	611	6.98%
Total votes			8,751	100.00%

This district contained the following towns:

1908 Fourth Essex Senate election^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Harry P. Morse	6,673	78.10%	{{{change}}}
	Democratic	Jason Spofford	1,871	21.90%
Total votes			8,544	100.00%

This district contained the following towns:

1908 Fifth Essex Senate election^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	George Bunting	6,399	52.56%	{{{change}}}
	Democratic	Dennis E. Halley	5,338	43.84%
	Socialist	Louis B. Talbot	438	3.60%
Total votes			12,175	100.00%

This district contained the following towns:

1908 Franklin and Hampshire Senate election^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Dennis E. Farley	6,321	68.47%	{{{change}}}
	Democratic	Albert J. Amstein	2,405	26.05%
	Independence	George I. Varney	506	5.48%
	Write-in	All others	2	0.00%	{{{change}}}
Total votes			9,234	100.00%

This district contained the city of Springfield.

1908 First Hampden Senate election^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Francke W. Dickinson	6,185	60.28%	{{{change}}}
	Democratic	Richard A. Hennessey[a]	3,390	33.04%
	Socialist	Samuel M. Jones	685	6.68%
Total votes			10,260	100.00%

This district contained the following towns:

1908 Second Hampden Senate election^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Daniel D. Mahoney	6,062	51.34%	{{{change}}}
	Republican	Frederick Childs	5,199	44.03%
	Socialist	John R. Kirwin	546	4.62%
Total votes			11,807	100.00%

This district contained the following towns:

1908 First Middlesex Senate election^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Henry C. Mulligan	7,477	55.13%	{{{change}}}
	Democratic	Martin T. Hall	6,084	44.87%
Total votes			13,561	100.00%

This district contained Wards 5 through 11 of Cambridge.

1908 Second Middlesex Senate election^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Thorndike Spalding	5,180	60.61%	{{{change}}}
	Democratic	J. Joseph Foley	2,989	34.97%
	Independence	Albin M. Richards	378	4.42%
Total votes			8,547	100.00%

This district contained the city of Somerville.

1908 Third Middlesex Senate election^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Elmer A. Stevens	6,765	70.59%	{{{change}}}
	Democratic	William H. Flynn	2,238	23.35%
	Independence	George E. Gookin	581	6.06%
Total votes			9,584	100.00%

This district contained the cities of Everett, Malden, and Melrose.

1908 Fourth Middlesex Senate election^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Wilmot R. Evans	8,200	70.59%	{{{change}}}
	Democratic	Charles Burleigh	2,883	23.35%
	Write-in	All others	1	0.00%	{{{change}}}
Total votes			11,084	100.00%

This district contained the following towns:

1908 Fifth Middlesex Senate election^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	John L. Harvey	7,111	58.60%	{{{change}}}
	Democratic	John J. Burns	4,401	36.27%
	Independence	John J. Burns	622	5.13%
	Write-in	All others	1	0.00%	{{{change}}}
Total votes			12,135	100.00%

This district contained the following towns:

1908 Sixth Middlesex Senate election^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	J. Howell Crosby	6,933	68.43%	{{{change}}}
	Democratic	John J. Butler	3,198	31.56%
	Write-in	All others	1	0.00%	{{{change}}}
Total votes			10,132	100.00%

This district contained the following towns:

1908 Seventh Middlesex Senate election^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	James Wilson Grimes	5,276	55.54%	{{{change}}}
	Democratic	Isaac E. Graves	3,581	37.69%
	Independence	William H. Brown	642	6.76%
	Write-in	All others	1	0.00%	{{{change}}}
Total votes			9,500	100.00%

This district contained the following towns:

1908 Eighth Middlesex Senate election^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Joseph H. Hibbard	6,236	50.06%	{{{change}}}
	Democratic	James E. O'Donnell	5,830	46.80%
	Socialist	William J. Carroll	235	1.89%
	Independence	Hugh Gallagher	156	1.25%
Total votes			12,457	100.00%

This district contained the following towns:

1908 First Norfolk Senate election^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Eugene Hultman	7,873	64.40%	{{{change}}}
	Democratic	James E. Foley	3,711	30.36%
	Socialist	John J. Gallagher	641	5.24%
Total votes			12,225	100.00%

This district contained the following towns:

1908 Second Norfolk Senate election^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Bradley M. Rockwood	8,669	72.71%	{{{change}}}
	Democratic	James M. Lynch	3,245	27.22%
	Write-in	All others	8	0.07%	{{{change}}}
Total votes			11,922	100.00%

This district contained the following towns:

1908 First Plymouth Senate election^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Melvin S. Nash	5,696	66.67%	{{{change}}}
	Democratic	Benjamin F. Peterson	1,733	20.28%
	Socialist	Thomas H. Dunn	468	5.48%
	Independence	Elmer L. Smith	466	5.45%
	Prohibition	Orion L. Griswold	181	2.12%
Total votes			8,544	100.00%

This district contained the following towns:

1908 Second Plymouth Senate election^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Roland M. Keith	6,032	52.39%	{{{change}}}
	Democratic	Edward Gilmore	4,592	39.89%
	Socialist	Joseph M. Coldwell	889	7.72%
Total votes			11,513	100.00%

This district contained the following towns:

1908 First Suffolk Senate election^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Lewis Burnham	7,224	68.30%	{{{change}}}
	Democratic	Peter Maguire	3,353	31.70%
Total votes			10,577	100.00%

This district contained Wards 2–5 of Boston and Wards 1-3 of Cambridge.

1908 Second Suffolk Senate election^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Richard S. Teeling	6,601	65.18%	{{{change}}}
	Democratic	George F. Monahan (write-in)	1,669	16.48%
	Republican	Henry A.H. Gifford	1,533	15.14%
	Independence	Harry E. Waldstein	325	3.21%
Total votes			10,128	100.00%

This district contained Wards 6–8 of Boston and Ward 4 of Cambridge.

1908 Third Suffolk Senate election^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Edward W. Dixon	4,545	69.44%	{{{change}}}
	Republican	Eben S. Johnson	1,711	26.14%
	Independence	Kristian N. Skauen	289	4.42%
Total votes			6,545	100.00%

This district contained Wards 9, 12, and 17 of Boston.

1908 Fourth Suffolk Senate election^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	James H. Doyle	4,289	47.42%	{{{change}}}
	Democratic	Michael J. McEttrick (inc.) (write-in)	2,357	26.06%
	Republican	Charles H. Clark	2,093	23.14%
	Independence	Daniel W. Healy	213	2.35%
	Republican	Chester R. Lawrence (write-in)	93	1.03%
Total votes			9,045	100.00%

This district contained Wards 10, 11, and 25 of Boston.

1908 Fifth Suffolk Senate election^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Charles D.B. Fisk	6,922	80.91%	{{{change}}}
	Independence	William C. Johnson	1,630	26.06%
	Write-in	All others	3	0.03%	{{{change}}}
Total votes			8,555	100.00%

This district contained Wards 13 through 16 of Boston.

1908 Sixth Suffolk Senate election^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Patrick H. O'Connor	8,191	69.64%	{{{change}}}
	Republican	Joseph W. Cullen	2,973	25.23%
	Independence	John T. Dobbyn	394	3.35%
	Socialist	John F. Molloy	203	1.73%
	Write-in	All others	1	0.00%	{{{change}}}
Total votes			11,762	100.00%

This district contained Wards 18, 19, and 22 of Boston.

1908 Seventh Suffolk Senate election^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	John J. Butler	4,329	40.70%	{{{change}}}
	Democratic	Timothy F. Murphy (write-in)	3,231	30.38%
	Republican	Israel Mostowitz	2,459	23.12%
	Independence	William P. Sawyer	617	5.80%
Total votes			10636	100.00%

This district contained Wards 20 and 21 of Boston.

1908 Eighth Suffolk Senate election^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	W. Prentiss Parker	7,091	55.52%	{{{change}}}
	Democratic	John J. Cummings	4,684	36.67%
	Independence	Washington A. Coles	529	4.14%
	Independent	John A.W. Silver	468	3.66%
Total votes			12,772	100.00%

This district contained Wards 23 and 24 of Boston.

1908 Ninth Suffolk Senate election^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Gideon B. Abbott	5,365	54.09%	{{{change}}}
	Democratic	Michael J. Murray	3,852	38.83%
	Independence	James C. Christian	560	5.65%
	Socialist	Charles F. Claus	140	1.41%
	Write-in	All others	2	3.66%	{{{change}}}
Total votes			9,919	100.00%

This district contained Wards 4 through 10 of Worcester.

1908 First Worcester Senate election^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Elmer C. Potter	7,180	59.11%	{{{change}}}
	Democratic	Louis B. Glixman	4,967	40.89%
Total votes			12,147	100.00%

This district contained the following towns:

1908 Second Worcester Senate election^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Edward A. Cowee	6,030	99.92%	{{{change}}}
	Write-in	All others	5	0.08%	{{{change}}}
Total votes			6,035	100.00%

This district contained the following towns:

1908 Third Worcester Senate election^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Levi H. Greenwood	6,656	64.60%	{{{change}}}
	Democratic	Guy H. Chase	2,856	27.72%
	Socialist	James D. Ryan	790	7.67%
	Write-in	All others	1	0.00%	{{{change}}}
Total votes			10,303	100.00%

This district contained the following towns:

1908 Third Worcester Senate election^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	George F. Birch	5,259	50.40%	{{{change}}}
	Democratic	John F. Meaney	5,170	49.54%
	Write-in	All others	6	0.06%	{{{change}}}
Total votes			10,435	100.00%

This district contained the following towns:

1908 Worcester and Hampden Senate election^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Arthur D. Norcross	5,986	65.68%	{{{change}}}
	Democratic	George W. Wheelwright	3,128	34.32%
Total votes			9,114	100.00%

• 1909 Massachusetts legislature
• List of former districts of the Massachusetts Senate

• 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. Boston, MA: Office of the Secretary of State. 1908. Retrieved May 28, 2020.