Election returns courtesy of Richard Winger. Biographical data (links) from cited references and from other sources which appear to the Editor to be trustworthy.

Massachusetts towns which were "dry" as of December, 1999 (data from Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission, via the state committee): 

Alford
Carlisle
Chilmark
Dunstable
Gay Head
Gosnold
Harvard
Hawley
Lancaster
Lincoln
Montgomery
Mount Washington
Peru
Rockport
Tisbury
Topsfield
Wenham
West Tisbury
Westhampton
Weston
Westwood

Office
Candidate Name
Vote Total

% Vote


1940

Senator

George L. Thompson
3,577
0.26  

Governor

Guy S. Williams
1,898
0.13  

Lt. Governor

E.Frank Searle
5,406
0.40  

Secretary of State

Abbie L. Tebbets
4,362
0.32  

Treasurer 

Martha E. Geer
6,061
0.45  

Auditor

Ethel J. Prince
5,774
0.43  

Attorney General

Charles F. Danforth
5,925
0.48  

1942

Senator

George L. Thompson 9,632 0.49  

Governor

E. Talmadge Root 2,320 0.11  

Lt. Governor

Guy S. Williams 11,339 0.58  

Treasurer

Thomas Hamilton 15,067 0.79  

Auditor

Harry W. Kimball 12,345 0.65  

Attorney General

Austin H. Fittz 4,804 0.25  

1944:        

Senator 

E. Tallmadge Root 3,269 0.17

Governor

Guy S. Williams 2,988 0.15

Lt. Governor

Alfred Erickson 8,662 0.46

Treasurer

Earle L. Smith 8,310 0.45

Auditor

Charles E. Vaughan 5,550 0.30

Attorney General

Howard B. Rand 5,444 0.29

Council 2 ( Boston)

Elihu Stone
write-in
 

Council 3 (Boston)

Katherine L.S. Goddard
write-in
 

Council 4 (Boston)

Robert A. Simmons
write-in
 

Council 6
   (Cambridge-Lowell)

Mark Revell Shaw
write-in
 

1946:        

Governor 

Guy S. Williams
2,408
0.14

Lt. Governor 

Alfred Erickson 
5,398
0.32

Treasurer

Charles E. Vaughan 
4,974
0.30

Auditor   

Robert A. Simmons 
5,041
0.31

Attorney General  

Howard B. Rand 
5,766
0.35

Senator  

Mark Revell Shaw
2,898
0.17

Congress 1 (western)

John W. Heselton  2,278 2.23

Congress 4 (Worcester)

Oliver M. Frazer 2,415 2.00

Congress 5 (Lowell) 

Harriet Slade 486 0.35

Congress 7
   (Lawrence & Lynn)

Freeman W. Follett 1,433 1.45

Congress 9 (southeast)

Grace Farnsworth Luder 1,601 1.39

Congress 11
   (Cambridge)

Phillip Geer    1,036 1.08

1948:  
 

Senator

E. Tallmadge Root
3,652
0.18

Governor

Mark R. Shaw
2,841
0.13

Lt. Governor

Guy S. Williams
5,457
0.27

Treasurer

Harold J. Ireland
7,279
0.36

Auditor 

Robert A. Simmons 
6,916
0.34

Congress

Helen Cruikshank
William B. Smith
Phillip Greer
Lillian Williams
E. Frank Searle
write-ins
 

1950:      

Governor

Mark Shaw 3,716 0.20

Secretary of State

Ellsworth J.M. Dickson 10,743 0.59

Treasurer

Harold J. Ireland 11,289 0.62

Auditor

Robert A. Simmons 7,844 0.43

Attorney General

Howard B. Rand 5,888 0.32

Congress 4 (Worcester)

Victoria M. Beckett 656 0.49

Congress 7
   (Lawrence, Lynn)

E. Frank Searle 890 0.76

Congress 9 (southeast)

Grace Farnsworth Luder 835 0.62

Congress 10
    (north Boston)

Katherine L.S. Goddard 1,106 0.72

Congress 11
    (Cambridge)

Martha E. Geer 582 0.55

Congress 12
   (central Boston)

Anna B. Campbell 598 0.49

Congress 13
   (south Boston)

William R. Ferry 682 0.47

Congress 14 (Fall River)

Paul D. Campbell 568 0.43

1952  

Senator

Mark Revell Shaw 2,508 0.11  

Governor

Guy S. Williams 5,163 0.22  

Lt. Governor

William R. Ferry 7,013 0.31  

Secretary of State

Alice M. Ferry 11,926 0.53  

Treasurer

Harold J. Ireland 13,037 0.58  

Auditor

Robert A. Simmons 7,086 0.31  

Attorney General

Howard B. Rand 8,795 0.39  

Cong. Dist. 1 (western)  

Albert A. Ridyard 305 0.20  

Cong. Dist. 2
    (Springfield)

Anthony D. Hall 432 0.25  

Cong. Dist. 3
   (north central)

Isaac Goddard 442 0.27  

Cong. Dist. 4    (Worcester)       

Lillian E. Williams 796 0.48  

Cong. Dist. 5 (Lowell)

Miriam S. Hall 858 0.45  

Cong. Dist. 6
   (north coast)

Lula B. White 7,237
4.93
*

Cong. Dist. 7
    (Lawrence, Lynn)

E. Frank Searle 1,080 0.76  

Cong. Dist. 8
    (north Boston burbs)

Alma D. Shaw 706 0.42  

Cong. Dist. 9 (southeast)

Ethel D. Ireland 506 0.29  

Cong. Dist. 10
    (north Boston)

Katherine L.S. Goddard 1,047 0.56  

Cong. Dist. 11
    (Cambridge)

William D. Ross 542 0.43  

Cong. Dist. 14
    (Fall River)

Grace Farnsworth Luder 554 0.32  

1978

State Senate, Oxford Co.

Anthony Wallace Martin
write-in
 

 Aroostook County
    Register of Probate

Waldo Hanning
1,259
5.4
 

Fairfield School Board

Ruth Otis
(no data)
 

1982:        
State Representative,
   Middlesex 31
   (Somerville)
Edward A. Morrison
1,972
19.01
*

1984:        
State Representative,
   Middlesex 31
   (Somerville)
Edward A. Morrison
1,861
14.82
*
         

1985:        
Boston City Council 6
Richard K. Whitney
(no data)
         

1986:        
State Representative,
    Suffolk 17
Richard K. Whitney
486
10.72
*
         

1988:        
State Representative,
    Suffolk 16
Richard K. Whitney
989
13.55
*
         

1990:        
State Representative,
    Suffolk 15
Richard K. Whitney
1,331
15.87
*
         

1992:        
State Representative,
    Suffolk 15
Richard K. Whitney
1,331
15.87
*
         

1994:        
State Representative,
    Suffolk 15
Richard K. Whitney
807
14.44
*
         

1996:        
State Representative,
    Suffolk 15
Richard K. Whitney
572
10.11
*