The United States Senate election of 1948 in Massachusetts was held on November 2, 1948. Republican incumbent Leverett Saltonstall was re-elected to a second term in office over John I. Fitzgerald.
Republican primary Candidates Leverett Saltonstall, incumbent U.S. senator since 1945
Results Senator Saltonstall was unopposed for renomination.
Democratic primary Candidates John I. Fitzgerald, former Boston fire commissioner and member of the Boston City Council Francis D. Harrigan, Boston attorney and candidate for governor in 1946 Joseph A. Langone Jr., Boston election commissioner and former state senator John D. Lynch, member of the Cambridge City Council and former mayor of Cambridge Richard M. Russell, former U.S. representative and mayor of Cambridge
Results
General election Candidates Henning A. Blomen, perennial candidateHenning A. Blomen at ourcampaigns.com (Socialist Labor) John I. Fitzgerald, former Boston fire commissioner and member of the Boston City Council (Democratic) Leverett Saltonstall, incumbent U.S. senator since 1945 (Republican) E. Tallmadge Root, nominee for Senate in 1944 and governor in 1940 (Prohibition)
Results
See also United States Senate elections, 1948 and 1949
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