Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 1960

The 1960 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1960. John A. Volpe

John A. Volpe

John Anthony Volpe was the 61st and 63rd Governor of Massachusetts and a U.S. Secretary of Transportation.-Early life and education:Volpe was born in 1908 in Wakefield, Massachusetts. He was the son of Italian immigrants Vito and Filomena , who had come from Abruzzo to Boston's North End in 1905;...

was elected Governor of Massachusetts

Governor of Massachusetts

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to replace Foster Furcolo

Foster Furcolo

John Foster Furcolo was a member of the Democratic Party who served as the 60th Governor of Massachusetts, a member of the United States House of Representatives, and in other government offices in Massachusetts. He was the first Italian-American governor of Massachusetts.-Life and career:Furcolo...

. Volpe defeated Democrat

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Joseph D. Ward

Joseph D. Ward was an American politician who served as Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth from January 1959 to January 1961....

in the race. Also running were Henning A. Blomen

Henning A. Blomen

Henning A. Blomen was a candidate for United States President of the Socialist Labor Party of America in 1968 and for Vice President of the United States in 1964. Blomen was also an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Massachusetts 14 times...

of the Socialist Labor Party of America

Socialist Labor Party of America

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and Guy S. Williams of the Prohibition Party

Prohibition Party

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.

In the race for Lieutenant Governor

Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts

The Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts is the first in the line to discharge the powers and duties of the office of governor following the incapacitation of the Governor of Massachusetts...

, Democrat Edward F. McLaughlin, Jr.

Edward F. McLaughlin, Jr.

Edward Francis McLaughlin, Jr. was an American attorney and politician who served as a Boston city councilor, president of the Boston City Council, and Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1961 to 1963.-Bibliography:*Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1961-1962 Public officers...

, defeated Republican Augustus G. Means, Prohibition candidate Thomas Maratea, and Socialist Labor candidate Francis A. Votano.

Governor

Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth

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Joseph D. Ward

Joseph D. Ward was an American politician who served as Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth from January 1959 to January 1961....

defeated Lieutenant Governor

Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts

The Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts is the first in the line to discharge the powers and duties of the office of governor following the incapacitation of the Governor of Massachusetts...

Robert F. Murphy

Robert F. Murphy was an American politician who as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. In 1949 Murphy became the first Democrat to serve as the Majority Leader of the Massachusetts House of Representatives...

, Treasurer and Receiver-General

Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts

The Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts is an executive officer, elected state-wide every four years....

John Francis Kennedy

John Francis Kennedy was the Treasurer of Massachusetts from 1955 to 1961.Kennedy worked as a supervisor in the miscellaneous small parts stockroom for Gillette in Canton, Massachusetts, before seeking public office. Kennedy first sought the office of Treasurer in 1952, losing the Democratic...

, former Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General

Massachusetts Attorney General

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Francis E. Kelly

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, former Executive Councilor

Massachusetts Governor's Council

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Endicott Peabody

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, former Boston City Council

Boston City Council

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or Gabriel Piemonte

Gabriel Piemonte

Gabriel Francis Piemonte was an American attorney and politician who was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1947 to 1952 and the Boston City Council from 1952 to 1960, 1962 to 1964, 1966 to 1968, and 1970 to 1974...

, and relator Alfred Magaletta for the Democratic nomination for Governor.

John Volpe ran unopposed for the Republican nomination after Howard J. Whitmore, Jr.

Howard J. Whitmore, Jr.

Howard J. Whitmore, Jr. was an American politician who was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1947–1953 and Mayor of Newton, Massachusetts from 1954–1959....

, Philip A. Graham, and Frank S. Giles

Frank S. Giles

Frank S. Giles, Jr. was a politician who was a Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and the Public Safety Commissioner of Massachusetts....

dropped out after the Republican convention.

Lt. Governor

Boston City Council President Edward F. McLaughlin, Jr.

Edward F. McLaughlin, Jr.

defeated Perennial candidate

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Pasquale Caggiano

Pasquale 'Patsy' Caggiano was a Massachusetts politician who served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and as an At Large City Councilor and the forty ninth Mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts....

for the Democratic nomination for Lt. Governor.

Augustus G. Means ran unopposed for the Republican nomination.

Governor

Lieutenant Governor

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