United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1930

United States Senate special election in Massachusetts, 1930

November 4, 1930



Nominee	Marcus A. Coolidge	William M. Butler
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	651,939	539,226
Percentage	54.01%	44.67%

Senator before election

William M. Butler
Republican

Elected Senator

Marcus A. Coolidge
Democratic

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The United States Senate election of 1930 in Massachusetts was held on November 4, 1930 with Democrat Marcus A. Coolidge defeating his challengers.

Candidates

Democratic

Marcus A. Coolidge, former Mayor of Fitchburg, Massachusetts
Eugene Foss, former Governor of Massachusetts (1911–1914) and former member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 14th congressional district (1910–1911).
Peter J. Joyce, a manufacturer.
Thomas C. O'Brien, Former District Attorney of Suffolk County.
Joseph F. O'Connell, member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 10th congressional district from 1907-1911.

Republican

William M. Butler, United States Senator from 1924 to 1926.
Eben Sumner Draper, Jr., Candidate for US Senator in 1928.
Andrew J. Gillis, Mayor of Newburyport, Massachusetts.

Socialist

Sylvester J. McBride, Candidate for Governor of Massachusetts in 1918, Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts in 1917, and Massachusetts Auditor in 1912.

Socialist Workers

Oscar Kinsalas

Prohibition

Max Lerner

Results

Primaries

Democratic primary ^[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Marcus A. Coolidge	81,451	40.71
Democratic	Joseph F. O'Connell	54,829	27.41
Democratic	Thomas C. O'Brien	45,272	22.63
Democratic	Eugene Foss	12,824	6.41
Democratic	Peter J. Joyce	5,680	2.84

Republican primary ^[2]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	William M. Butler	163,336	47.61
Republican	Eben Sumner Draper, Jr.	156,745	45.69
Republican	Andrew J. Gillis	22,996	6.70

General election

General election ^[3]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Marcus A. Coolidge	651,939	54.01
Republican	William M. Butler	539,226	44.67
Socialist	Sylvester J. McBride	7,244	0.60
Socialist Labor	Oscar Kinsalas	4,640	0.38
Communist	Max Lerner	3,962	0.33

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