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

As of December, 2002, there were eight registered Prohibition voters in Massachusetts.


Office
Candidate Name
Vote Total

% Vote


1920

Congr. Dist. 7 (southern Essex Co.)

George F. Hogan 5,121 8.71

1922

Senator

John A. Nicholls 24,866 2.86

Governor

John B. Lewis 6,870 0.77
1932

Congr. Dist. 9

William Barnard Smith 1,417 1.19
1934

Senator

W. Barnard Smith 10,363 0.72

Governor

Freeman W. Follett 2,990 0.20

Lt. Governor

Florence L. Lawton 6,185 0.43

Treasurer

William R. Ferry 18,810 1.32

Attorney General

George F. Hogan 11,223 0.79

1936

Senator

Wilbur D. Moon 3,677 0.20

Governor

Alfred H. Evans 3,424 0.19

Lt. Governor

Freeman W. Follett 6,862 0.39

Treasurer

Mabelle M. Groves 6,591 0.37

Auditor

Lyman M. Aldrich 9,287 0.52

Attorney General

George F. Hogan 8,048 0.46

Councillor 4

William T. Rodd 1,172 0.58

1938

Governor

George L. Thompson 2,046 0.11

Lt. Governor

Freeman W. Follett 7,527 0.44

Auditor

Guy S. Williams 12,687 0.75

Attorney General

George F. Hogan 6,968 0.41

1940

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  

Congr. Dist. 4
   (Worcester)

Helen P. Nylen 1,130 0.85  

Congr. Dist. 7
   (Lawrence/Lynn)

Thaxter Eaton 2,194 1.51  

Congr. Dist. 13
    (Boston suburbs)

Freeman Putney 1,187 0.83  

1942

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  

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  

1954 

Senator

Harold J. Ireland 2,832 0.15

Governor

Guy S. Williams 2,579 0.14

Lt. Governor

Donald E. Babcock 5,067 0.27

Secretary of State

William D. Ross 8,833 0.48

Treasurer

Isaac Goddard 5,069 0.27

Auditor

John B. Lauder 6,198 0.34

Attorney General

Howard B. Rand 5,425 0.29

Congress

Winger indicates that there was a write-in candidate in each of the 14 congressional districts that year, but he gives no names and records no votes.  

Councillor 3

Emma J. Nally 1,002 0.42

Councillor 4 (Boston)

Earl F. Dodge 5,459 3.74 *

Councillor 6

Anthony D. Hall 1,578 0.62

Councillor 7

Lillian E. Williams 1,235 0.54

Councillor 8

Lawrence Hurlbut 1,053 0.44

1956 

Governor

Mark Revell Shaw 2,692 0.12

Lt. Governor

Harold E. Bassett 7,894 0.35

Secretary of State

Earl. F. Dodge 10,030 0.45

Treasurer

Isaac Goddard 7,887 0.35

Auditor

John B. Lauder 6,153 0.27

Attorney General

Howard B. Rand 4,779 0.21

Congr. Dist. 1 (western)

Gaetano T. Maratea 609 0.42

Councillor 8

Franklin Weatherbee 1,148 0.40

Franklin County

Commissioner

Charles Wilson 745 3.44 *
Allison M. Wright 842 3.90 *

1958

Senator

Mark Revell Shaw 5,335 0.29

Governor

Guy S. Williams 5,745 0.30

Lt. Governor

Harold E. Bassett 8,300 0.45

Secretary of State

Julia B. Kohler 7,630 0.42

Treasurer

Warren C. Carburg 6,382 0.35

Auditor

John B. Lauder 5,621 0.31

Attorney General

Gustaf B. Nissen 3,598 0.19

Congr. Dist. 1 (western)

Louise Stone Wilson 549 0.46

Councillor 8

Thomas Maratea 1,541 0.68

State Senate 11

Matthew Maratea 369 0.75

1964

Senator

Grace F. Luder 2,700 0.12

Governor

Guy S. Williams 3,713 0.16

Lt. Governor

Prescott E. Grout 5,424 0.24

Secretary of State

Julia B. Kohler 6,074 0.27

Treasurer

Warren C. Carberg 6,295 0.29

Auditor

John C. Hedges 11,368 0.53

Attorney General

Howard B. Rand 3,030 0.13

1966 

Senator

Mark Revell Shaw 4,833 0.24

Governor

John Charles Hedges 4,494 0.22

Lt. Governor

Grace F. Luder 7,202 0.37

Secretary of State

F. Oliver Drake 8,625 0.45

Treasurer

Mrs. Julia B. Kohler 9,203 0.48

Auditor

Roger I. Williams 8,196 0.42
         

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
964
13.56
         

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
*