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
*