David I. Walsh (D)

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Victories

Won 0 out of 8 generals.
Won 1 out of 17 primaries.
Won 1 out of 25 total contests.

Opponents

Charles Francis Adams 1917 General
Angelo Albano 1936 General
George W. Anderson 1917 General
Albert S. Apsey 1917 General
Mary L. Bacigalupo 1932 General
John J. Ballam 1928 General
Edward P. Barry 1934 General
Charles J. Barton 1917 General
John L. Bates 1917 General
Henning A. Blomen 1946 General
Borah 1936 General
Thomas B. Brennan 1958 General
William H. Brooks 1917 General
John D. Buckley 1958 General
Lawrence A. Buckley 1958 General
Walter A. Buie 1917 General
William H. Burke, Jr 1944 General
John Joseph Burke 1958 General
William M. Butler 1926 General
Smedley Butler 1936 General
Edmund R. Campbell 1958 General
Gilbert E. Cardoso 1958 General
E. C. Carr 1928 General
Joseph E. Casey 1944 General
Charles F. Choate, Jr 1917 General
Nelson B. Clark 1915 General
Charles W. Clifford 1917 General
Charles H. Cole 1932 General
George W. Coleman 1917 General
William P. Connery, Jr 1932 General
Washington Cook 1926 General
Louis A. Coolidge 1917 General
Marcus A. Coolidge 1936 General
Albert Spargue Coolidge 1934 General
Senn Costigan 1936 General
Rev. C. Coughlan 1936 General
John W. Cummings 1917 General
J. J. Cummings 1928 General
James M. Curley 1944 General
James Curley 1936 General
Edwin U. Curtis 1917 General
Paul A. Dever 1940 General
John F. Doherty 1924 General
Daniel F. Doherty 1920 General
William Donahoe 1934 General
Owen Donahue 1936 General
Daniel R. Donovan 1917 General
John J. Douglass 1932 General
Frank E. Dunbar 1917 General
Samuel J. Elder 1917 General
Joseph B. Ely 1944 General
Ely 1936 General
Raymond E. Ennis 1958 General
Wilmot R. Evans, Jr 1917 General
John F. Fitzgerald 1932 General
Susan W. FitzGerald 1924 General
Eugene Flanagan 1936 General
J . Flynn 1936 General
William J. Foley 1944 General
Eugene N. Foss 1917 General
Arthur G. Gendreau 1958 General
Thomas Gilhooley 1936 General
Frederick H. Gillett 1924 General
Eugene H. Giroux 1936 General
William J. Granfield 1936 General
Matthew Hale 1917 General
Edward D. Healey 1936 General
A. E. Healey 1928 General
Guy E. Healy 1917 General
Rose Herbert 1924 General
Arthur D. Hill 1917 General
Hoover 1936 General
Grace Hartley Howe 1936 General
Charles F. Hurley 1944 General
Walter S. Hutchins 1915 General
Patrick H. Jennings 1917 General
J. C. Keeler 1928 General
Edward J. Kelley 1928 General
Francis E. Kelly 1940 General
Knox 1936 General
Antoinette F. Konikow 1924 General
Alexander G. LaJoie 1940 General
Alfred Landon 1936 General
Mathias LaPierre 1944 General
Thomas W. Lawson 1918 General
Alfred Baker Lewis 1928 General
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr 1946 General
Martin M. Lomasney 1924 General
Richard H. Long 1920 General
Abbott Lawrence Lowell 1917 General
Arthur Lyman 1924 General
Helen A. MacDonald 1928 General
Edmund V. Maloney 1936 General
Lawrence P. Masterson 1958 General
Nathan Matthews 1917 General
Samuel W. McCall 1915 General
John W. McCormack 1944 General
Mary E. McGoldrick 1928 General
Joseph McGrath 1936 General
Elizabeth L. McNamara 1936 General
Norman E. McPhail 1928 General
Lyman McPhee 1936 General
Mary E. Meehan 1924 General
Walter J. Moran 1936 General
James T. Moriarty 1917 General
Henry Morrison, Jr. 1936 General
C. T. Muldoon 1928 General
P. T. Muldoon 1928 General
C. S. Murphy 1928 General
Joseph F. O'Connell 1920 General
David O'connor 1936 General
T. J. O'Gorman 1928 General
Margaret M. O'Riordan 1944 General
Peter O'Rourke 1915 General
Henry Parkman, Jr 1940 General
Joseph C. Pelletier 1920 General
Andrew J. Peters 1928 General
J. Poland 1936 General
Roger L. Putnam 1940 General
Lawrence F. Quigley 1928 General
Josiah Quincy 1917 General
Harry Roche 1936 General
James Roosevelt 1936 General
Franklin Delano Roosevelt 1936 General
theodore Roosevelt 1936 General
Helen G. Rotch 1932 General
Joseph Sarcia 1958 General
Mark R. Shaw 1946 General
William Shaw 1915 General
Upton Sinclair 1936 General
W. Barnard Smith 1934 General
Alfred Smith 1936 General
Moorfield Storey 1917 General
Charles B. Strecker 1917 General
J. Stynes 1928 General
John L. Sullivan 1958 General
Maurice J. Tobin 1944 General
Frank W. Tomasello 1944 General
Armand R. Valentino 1958 General
Joseph Walker 1917 General
Robert M. Washburn 1934 General
Albert L. Waterman 1934 General
John W. Weeks 1918 General
Sherman L. Whipple 1917 General
Paul C. Wicks 1934 General
George H. Wrenn 1917 General
Benjamin Loring Young 1928 General

David I. Walsh (D)

Past Contests

Date Stage Office District Candidates
1958Sep 9 Democratic Primary County Commissioner Middlesex County
Thomas B. Brennan ran (41%) against 12 opponents. Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
Thomas B. Brennan
 5,947 40.7%
David I. Walsh
 1,605 11.0%
John Joseph Burke
 1,481 10.1%
Armand R. Valentino
 1,360 9.3%
Gilbert E. Cardoso
 1,000 6.8%
John D. Buckley
 836 5.7%
John L. Sullivan
 673 4.6%
Lawrence A. Buckley
 510 3.5%
...and 5 more candidates »
Blank Votes 2,969  
Total Votes Cast 14,614  
Total Ballots Cast 17,583  
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1946Nov 5 General Election U.S. Senate State of Massachusetts
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr ran (55%) against 3 opponents. Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Republican
 19,342 55.3%
David I. Walsh
Democratic
 15,386 44.0%
Henning A. Blomen
Socialist Labor
 194 0.6%
Mark R. Shaw
Prohibition
 50 0.1%
Blank Votes 1,014  
Total Votes Cast 34,972  
Total Ballots Cast 35,986  
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1946Jun 18 Democratic Primary U.S. Senate State of Massachusetts
David I. Walsh ran unopposed. Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
David I. Walsh
 8,577 100.0%
Blank Votes 3,490  
Total Votes Cast 8,577  
Total Ballots Cast 12,067  
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1944Apr 25 Democratic Primary Delegate to National Convention State of Massachusetts
David I. Walsh and 11 others ran (top 12 advance). Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
David I. Walsh
 964 5.6%
Joseph B. Ely
 853 4.9%
James M. Curley
 842 4.9%
Maurice J. Tobin
 787 4.6%
William J. Foley
 736 4.3%
John W. McCormack
 724 4.2%
Joseph E. Casey
 723 4.2%
Charles F. Hurley
 709 4.1%
...and 4 more candidates »
Blank Votes 8,335  
Total Votes Cast 8,969  
Total Ballots Cast 17,304  
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1940Sep 17 Democratic Primary U.S. Senate State of Massachusetts
David I. Walsh ran unopposed. Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
David I. Walsh
 12,054 100.0%
Blank Votes 3,326  
Total Votes Cast 12,054  
Total Ballots Cast 15,380  
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1940Sep 17 Republican Primary U.S. Senate State of Massachusetts
Henry Parkman, Jr ran (100%) against David I. Walsh. Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
Henry Parkman, Jr
 5,156 100.0%
David I. Walsh
 1 0.0%
Blank Votes 1,057  
Total Votes Cast 5,157  
Total Ballots Cast 6,214  
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1940Apr 30 Democratic Primary Delegate to National Convention State of Massachusetts
Paul A. Dever ran (11%) against 11 opponents. Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
Paul A. Dever
 2,019 10.8%
James M. Curley
 1,983 10.6%
David I. Walsh
 1,937 10.4%
Maurice J. Tobin
 1,570 8.4%
Francis E. Kelly
 1,498 8.0%
John W. McCormack
 1,464 7.8%
Joseph B. Ely
 1,458 7.8%
Charles F. Hurley
 1,427 7.6%
...and 4 more candidates »
Blank Votes 21,911  
Total Votes Cast 18,685  
Total Ballots Cast 40,596  
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1936Apr 28 Democratic Primary President State of Massachusetts
F. D. Roosevelt ran (81%) against 28 opponents. Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
F. D. Roosevelt
 1,820 81.1%
Rev. C. Coughlan
 166 7.4%
Alfred Smith
 129 5.8%
Alfred Landon
 58 2.6%
James Curley
 18 0.8%
Borah
 9 0.4%
Ely
 6 0.3%
Thomas Gilhooley
 3 0.1%
...and 21 more candidates »
Blank Votes 4,049  
Total Votes Cast 2,245  
Total Ballots Cast 6,294  
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1936Apr 28 Democratic Primary Delegate to National Convention State of Massachusetts
James M. Curley and 7 others ran (top 8 advance). Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
James M. Curley
 3,679 16.8%
David I. Walsh
 3,658 16.7%
Marcus A. Coolidge
 2,656 12.1%
Joseph McGrath
 2,451 11.2%
Elizabeth L. McNamara
 2,444 11.2%
William J. Granfield
 2,409 11.0%
Margaret M. O'Riordan
 2,400 11.0%
Grace Hartley Howe
 2,190 10.0%
Total Votes Cast 21,887  
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1934Nov 6 General Election U.S. Senate State of Massachusetts
David I. Walsh ran (62%) against 5 opponents. Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
David I. Walsh
Democratic
 20,484 62.0%
Robert M. Washburn
Republican
 11,761 35.6%
Albert Spargue Coolidge
Socialist
 367 1.1%
W. Barnard Smith
Prohibition
 222 0.7%
Albert L. Waterman
Socialist Labor
 152 0.5%
Paul C. Wicks
Communist
 72 0.2%
Blank Votes 1,350  
Total Votes Cast 33,058  
Total Ballots Cast 34,408  
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1934Sep 20 Democratic Primary U.S. Senate State of Massachusetts
David I. Walsh ran (63%) against 2 opponents. Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
David I. Walsh
 8,668 62.8%
Edward P. Barry
 3,779 27.4%
William Donahoe
 1,363 9.9%
Blank Votes 523  
Total Votes Cast 13,810  
Total Ballots Cast 14,333  
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1932Apr 26 Democratic Primary Delegate to National ConventionGroup 2 State of Massachusetts
David I. Walsh and 11 others ran (top 12 advance). Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
David I. Walsh
 7,078 9.2%
Joseph B. Ely
 6,815 8.8%
John F. Fitzgerald
 6,594 8.5%
William J. Foley
 6,440 8.3%
John W. McCormack
 6,436 8.2%
Marcus A. Coolidge
 6,405 8.4%
Charles H. Cole
 6,328 8.2%
William P. Connery, Jr
 6,313 8.2%
...and 4 more candidates »
Total Votes Cast 77,177  
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1928Nov 6 General Election U.S. Senate State of Massachusetts
David I. Walsh ran (57%) against 4 opponents. Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
David I. Walsh
 22,478 57.0%
Benjamin Loring Young
 16,798 42.6%
John J. Ballam
 105 0.3%
Alfred Baker Lewis
 86 0.2%
Norman E. McPhail
 1 0.0%
Blank Votes 1,409  
Total Votes Cast 39,468  
Total Ballots Cast 40,876  
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1928Apr 24 Democratic Primary Delegate to National Convention State of Massachusetts
David I. Walsh ran (10%) against 9 opponents. Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
David I. Walsh
 1,509 9.8%
James M. Curley
 1,401 9.1%
William J. Foley
 1,177 7.6%
Edward J. Kelley
 1,148 7.5%
Andrew J. Peters
 1,127 7.3%
Charles H. Cole
 1,111 7.2%
Joseph B. Ely
 1,032 6.7%
Helen A. MacDonald
 970 6.3%
...and 2 more candidates »
Blank Votes 2,221  
Total Votes Cast 10,207  
Total Ballots Cast 12,428  
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1928Sep 18 Democratic Primary Delegate to State Convention Ward 2
David I. Walsh won (10%) against 9 opponents. Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
E. C. Carr
 1 10.0%
J. J. Cummings
 1 10.0%
A. E. Healey
 1 10.0%
J. C. Keeler
 1 10.0%
C. T. Muldoon
 1 10.0%
P. T. Muldoon
 1 10.0%
C. S. Murphy
 1 10.0%
T. J. O'Gorman
 1 10.0%
...and 2 more candidates »
Blank Votes 24,950  
Total Votes Cast 10  
Total Ballots Cast 10,330  
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1926Nov 2 General Election U.S. Senate State of Massachusetts
David I. Walsh ran (54%) against 4 opponents. Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
David I. Walsh
 14,012 54.1%
William M. Butler
 11,726 45.3%
Washington Cook
 80 0.3%
John J. Ballam
 50 0.2%
Alfred Baker Lewis
 46 0.2%
Blank Votes 544  
Total Votes Cast 25,914  
Total Ballots Cast 26,458  
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1926Sep 14 Democratic Primary U.S. Senate State of Massachusetts
David I. Walsh ran unopposed. Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
David I. Walsh
 1,837 100.0%
Blank Votes 407  
Total Votes Cast 1,837  
Total Ballots Cast 2,244  
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1924Nov 4 General Election U.S. Senate State of Massachusetts
David I. Walsh ran (50%) against 2 opponents. Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
David I. Walsh
 14,960 50.2%
Frederick H. Gillett
 14,737 49.5%
Antoinette F. Konikow
 104 0.4%
Blank Votes 1,514  
Total Votes Cast 29,801  
Total Ballots Cast 31,315  
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1924Sep 9 Democratic Primary U.S. Senate State of Massachusetts
David I. Walsh ran unopposed. Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
David I. Walsh
 1,693 100.0%
Blank Votes 190  
Total Votes Cast 1,693  
Total Ballots Cast 1,883  
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1924Apr 29 Democratic Primary Delegate to National Convention State of Massachusetts
David I. Walsh ran (19%) against 10 opponents. Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
David I. Walsh
 766 18.5%
Charles H. Cole
 619 15.0%
John F. Doherty
 490 11.9%
Joseph B. Ely
 452 10.9%
Mary E. Meehan
 388 9.4%
Helen A. MacDonald
 382 9.2%
Arthur Lyman
 373 9.0%
Susan W. FitzGerald
 363 8.8%
...and 3 more candidates »
Blank Votes 3,720  
Total Votes Cast 4,136  
Total Ballots Cast 7,856  
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1920Apr 27 Democratic Primary Delegate to National Convention State of Massachusetts
David I. Walsh ran (28%) against 4 opponents. Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
David I. Walsh
 309 28.5%
Joseph C. Pelletier
 257 23.7%
Richard H. Long
 234 21.6%
Daniel F. Doherty
 213 19.6%
Joseph F. O'Connell
 73 6.7%
Blank Votes 346  
Total Votes Cast 1,086  
Total Ballots Cast 1,432  
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1918Nov 5 General Election U.S. Senate State of Massachusetts
John W. Weeks ran (50%) against 2 opponents. Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
John W. Weeks
 4,729 49.9%
David I. Walsh
 4,257 45.0%
Thomas W. Lawson
 483 5.1%
Blank Votes 137  
Total Votes Cast 9,469  
Total Ballots Cast 9,606  
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1918Sep 24 Democratic Primary U.S. Senate State of Massachusetts
David I. Walsh ran unopposed. Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
David I. Walsh
 410 100.0%
Blank Votes 97  
Total Votes Cast 410  
Total Ballots Cast 507  
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1917May 1 General Election Delegate to Constitutional ConventionAt-Large State of Massachusetts
John W. Cummings ran (4%) against 32 opponents. Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
John W. Cummings
 3,892 4.3%
Charles Francis Adams
 3,760 4.2%
John L. Bates
 3,591 4.0%
David I. Walsh
 3,467 3.8%
Sherman L. Whipple
 3,450 3.8%
Edwin U. Curtis
 3,329 3.7%
Samuel J. Elder
 3,265 3.6%
Matthew Hale
 3,190 3.5%
...and 25 more candidates »
Blank Votes 17,459  
Total Votes Cast 90,425  
Total Ballots Cast 107,884  
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1915Nov 2 Municipal Election Governor State of Massachusetts
Samuel W. McCall ran (53%) against 5 opponents. Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
Samuel W. McCall
 6,173 53.4%
David I. Walsh
 4,372 37.8%
William Shaw
 676 5.9%
Nelson B. Clark
 188 1.6%
Walter S. Hutchins
 129 1.1%
Peter O'Rourke
 21 0.2%
Blank Votes 62  
Total Votes Cast 11,559  
Total Ballots Cast 11,621  
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