1956 Massachusetts general election
A Massachusetts general election was held on November 6, 1956, in the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts .
The election included:
Democratic and Republican candidates were selected in party primaries held on September 18, 1956.
Governor
Democrat
Foster Furcolo was elected over Republican
Sumner G. Whittier , Socialist Labor candidate
Henning A. Blomen , and Prohibition candidate
Mark R. Shaw .
Lieutenant governor
1956 Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor election
Incumbent lieutenant governor Sumner Whitter ran for governor.
Democrat
Robert F. Murphy was elected lieutenant governor over Republican
Charles Gibbons , Socialist Labor candidate Francis A. Votano, and Prohibition candidate Harold E. Bassett.
Republican primary
Candidates
Results
Gibbons was unopposed for the Republican nomination.
Democratic primary
Candidates
Results
General election
Results
Attorney general
1956 Massachusetts Attorney General election
Republican
attorney general
George Fingold was re-elected over Democrat
Edward J. McCormack Jr. , Socialist Workers candidate Fred M. Ingersol, and Prohibition candidate
Howard Rand in the general election.
Democratic primary
Candidates
Results
General election
Candidates
Results
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Incumbent
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Edward J. Cronin defeated Republican
Senate President
Richard I. Furbush , Prohibition candidate
Earl Dodge , and Socialist Labor candidate Lawrence Gilfedder in the general election.
Democratic primary
Candidates
Edward J. Cronin, incumbent Secretary of the Commonwealth
Robert Emmet Dinsmore
Results
General election
Candidates
Edward J. Cronin , incumbent Secretary of the Commonwealth (Democratic)
Earl Dodge , executive secretary of the Massachusetts Prohibition Party (Prohibition)
Richard I. Furbush , president of the Massachusetts Senate (Republican)
Lawrence Gilfedder (Socialist Workers)
Results
Treasurer and receiver-general
Incumbent
treasurer and receiver-general
John Francis Kennedy defeated
Norwood Selectman
Clement A. Riley , John F. Buckley, John M. Kennedy, and Henry Joseph Hurley in the Democratic primary and Republican
Robert H. Beaudreau , Socialist Labor candidate Willy N. Hogseth, and Prohibition candidate Isaac Goddard in the general election.
Democratic primary
Candidates
Results
General election
Candidates
Results
Auditor
Incumbent
auditor
Thomas J. Buckley defeated Republican Joseph A. Nobile, Socialist Labor candidate Anthony Martin, and Prohibition candidate John B. Lauder in the general election.
General election
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