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Historical Election Results
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Herbert F. Foster
(R)
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Victories
Won
0
out of
6
generals.
Won
0
out of
1
primaries.
Won
0
out of
7
total contests.
Opponents
Maurice F. A'Hearn
1949 General
Helen L. Amber
1972 General
Joseph L. Amber
1972 General
Patsy Baroni
1949 General
John C. Bennett
1963 General
Santo Bimbo
1957 General
Doris L. Blevins
1972 General
Donald A. Boone
1972 General
Charles R. Brunelle
1949 General
Gladys I. Buchanan
1972 General
Thomas E. Burke
1957 General
Thomas J. Burke
1957 General
Thomas J. Burke
1957 General
Anna E. Butler
1972 General
Joseph R. Butler
1965 General
Ella F. Carpenter
1972 General
Irving L. Carpenter
1972 General
John B. Carr
1949 General
John L. Carroll
1949 General
Walter H. Casey
1949 General
Arthur S. Chavoor
1949 General
William R. Chisholm
1972 General
Linda D. Chisholm
1972 General
John S. Coolbroth
1972 General
T. Edward Corbett
1957 General
Thomas C. DeTucci
1957 General
William J. Donovan
1949 General
Francis J. Driscoll
1957 General
Philip V. Farrell
1949 General
Gordon Faulkner
1949 General
Francis Leo Francis Leo Francis Leo McCarthy
1957 General
Ralph L. Garrett
1949 General
Philip Leland Gatchell
1972 General
Thomas J. Gilligan
1949 General
Richard H. Goode
1949 General
Anthony C. Govoni
1949 General
Attilio Greco
1949 General
Willis G. Greene
1972 General
Bart J. Guarino
1963 General
Joseph A. Guidi
1957 General
James F. Hall
1957 General
J. Donald Healey
1949 General
Leo F. Henebury, Jr
1957 General
Charles H. Hoxie
1972 General
Gladys R. Hoxie
1972 General
Gordon F. Hughes
1957 General
Dorothy Joyce
1972 General
William J. Joyce
1957 General
Charles R. Kelly
1961 General
Matthew H. Kerner
1949 General
Robert H. King
1972 General
Elizabeth J. King
1972 General
Michael A. Manning
1957 General
Ernest W. Martin
1972 General
Charles F. McCarthy
1957 General
Eugene McCarthy
1957 General
Hannah B. McEvoy
1972 General
Robert W. McEvoy
1972 General
Thomas F. Stony McGlynn
1949 General
Robert F. McLaughlin
1949 General
John J. Molloy
1949 General
Charles J. Mooney
1949 General
John P. Morey, Jr
1972 General
Winifred Morey
1972 General
Edward F. Moynihan, Jr
1965 General
Daniel Mulqueeney
1949 General
Edward C. Murphy
1965 General
Thomas J. Naughton, Jr
1961 General
Joseph J. Nissenbaum
1949 General
Thomas M. Nolan
1949 General
John T. O'Brien
1957 General
E. Agnes Blood O'Brien
1949 General
Jeremiah J. O'Connell
1957 General
Arthur E. Penny
1972 General
Armand Piscopo
1949 General
Ernest E. Publicover
1972 General
Helen Publicover
1972 General
Edward E. Quimby
1972 General
Thomas F. Ryan
1965 General
John Joseph Ryan, Jr
1965 General
Joseph G. Salerno
1949 General
Fred C. Scanga
1949 General
Eugene A. Scott
1961 General
Frank P. Silva
1965 General
Joseph B. Spillane
1949 General
Ellen G. Sweeney
1972 General
Charles L. Thomas
1972 General
Irma G. Thomas
1972 General
William H. Thornton
1972 General
Charles E. Thornton
1949 General
Blaine A. Tompkins
1972 General
Joseph Vail
1972 General
Domenick Nick Vitiello
1957 General
Albert A. Walsh
1949 General
Pamela White
1972 General
Walter W. Whitney
1957 General
William M. William M. Winn
1957 General
Willard Wilson
1949 General
Russell A. Wood
1949 General
Herbert F. Foster
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1972
Apr 25
Republican Primary
Ward Committee
Group 1
Ward
6
Donald A. Boone
ran (3%) against 34 opponents.
Candidates »
Candidate
Votes
%
Donald A. Boone
71
3.3%
Helen Publicover
71
3.3%
Ernest E. Publicover
69
3.2%
Herbert F. Foster
67
3.1%
John P. Morey, Jr
67
3.1%
Doris L. Blevins
66
3.0%
Gladys I. Buchanan
64
2.9%
William R. Chisholm
64
2.9%
...and 27 more candidates »
Blank Votes
3,822
Total Votes Cast
2,174
Total Ballots Cast
5,996
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1965
Oct 5
Preliminary Election
Councilor
Ward
6
Edward F. Moynihan, Jr
won (24%) against 6 opponents.
Candidates »
Candidate
Votes
%
Edward F. Moynihan, Jr
457
23.8%
Edward C. Murphy
439
22.9%
Thomas F. Ryan
261
13.6%
Herbert F. Foster
250
13.0%
John Joseph Ryan, Jr
188
9.8%
Joseph R. Butler
185
9.6%
Frank P. Silva
141
7.3%
Blank Votes
80
Total Votes Cast
1,921
Total Ballots Cast
2,001
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1963
Nov 5
Municipal Election
Councilor
Ward
6
John C. Bennett
won (66%) against
Herbert F. Foster
.
Candidates »
Candidate
Votes
%
John C. Bennett
2,527
65.9%
Herbert F. Foster
1,307
34.1%
Blank Votes
142
Total Votes Cast
3,834
Total Ballots Cast
3,976
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1963
Oct 8
Preliminary Election
Councilor
Ward
6
John C. Bennett
won (61%) against 2 opponents.
Candidates »
Candidate
Votes
%
John C. Bennett
1,533
61.0%
Herbert F. Foster
719
28.6%
Bart J. Guarino
261
10.4%
Blank Votes
84
Total Votes Cast
2,513
Total Ballots Cast
2,597
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1961
Oct 10
Preliminary Election
Councilor
Ward
6
Edward F. Moynihan, Jr
won (29%) against 5 opponents.
Candidates »
Candidate
Votes
%
Edward F. Moynihan, Jr
801
29.0%
John C. Bennett
593
21.4%
Eugene A. Scott
556
20.1%
Herbert F. Foster
428
15.5%
Charles R. Kelly
213
7.7%
Thomas J. Naughton, Jr
176
6.4%
Blank Votes
110
Total Votes Cast
2,767
Total Ballots Cast
2,877
See Details for this Contest »
1957
Oct 8
General Election
Councilor
At-Large
City
of
Somerville
Walter W. Whitney
and 22 others ran for 8 seats.
Candidates »
Candidate
Votes
%
Walter W. Whitney
6,841
10.1%
Thomas J. Burke
6,703
9.9%
James F. Hall
6,357
9.4%
Francis Leo McCarthy
5,847
8.6%
Domenick Nick Vitiello
4,115
6.1%
T. Edward Corbett
3,556
5.2%
Thomas C. DeTucci
3,372
5.0%
William J. Joyce
3,254
4.8%
...and 15 more candidates »
Blank Votes
21,403
Total Votes Cast
68,001
Total Ballots Cast
89,404
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1949
Oct 11
Preliminary Election
Assessor
City
of
Somerville
Gordon Faulkner
won (11%) against 33 opponents.
Candidates »
Candidate
Votes
%
Gordon Faulkner
5,380
10.7%
Charles R. Brunelle
5,266
10.4%
John B. Carr
3,965
7.9%
Maurice F. Ahearn
3,205
6.3%
Joseph J. Nissenbaum
2,424
4.8%
Herbert F. Foster
2,063
4.1%
Ralph L. Garrett
2,060
4.1%
John L. Carroll
2,035
4.0%
...and 26 more candidates »
Total Votes Cast
50,544
See Details for this Contest »
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