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John T. O'Brien
(D)
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Victories
Won
0
out of
9
generals.
Won
0
out of
2
primaries.
Won
0
out of
11
total contests.
Opponents
Donald C. Austin
1949 General
Ralph E. Beacham
1949 General
John Bellamacina
1933 General
Peter Paul Bellini
1947 General
Santo Bimbo
1957 General
Wallace A. Blair
1947 General
Lester W. Bowen
1947 General
William P. Bowen
1960 General
George H. Boyle , Jr
1951 General
Edward T. Brady
1947 General
James F. Brady
1965 General
Patrick J. Brennan
1960 General
John J. Brennan
1933 General
Lawrence W. Brennan
1960 General
Edward L. Buckley
1960 General
Thomas J. Burke
1947 General
Thomas J. Burke
1957 General
Thomas E. Burke
1957 General
Richard S. Butler
1955 General
Brown J. Caldwell
1960 General
Robert G. Camerlengo
1944 General
Theodore Campo
1947 General
Andrew Capuano
1965 General
John Carroll
1944 General
William P. Caruso
1965 General
John J. Certusi
1946 General
John C. Coady
1955 General
Joseph R. Conceison
1953 General
T. Edward Corbett
1947 General
Leonard W. Corbett
1944 General
Joseph J. Corcoran
1960 General
James A Cullen
1960 General
Leon W. Curtin
1953 General
William T. Deegan
1946 General
Thomas C. DeTucci
1957 General
John W. DiCecca
1947 General
Anthony R. DiCicco
1955 General
Anthony R. DiCicco
1953 General
Amleto M. DiGiusto
1933 General
Louis S. Domings
1949 General
Daniel W. Donahue
1947 General
James W. Donahue
1960 General
Nicholas V. Drago
1949 General
Nicholas V. Drago
1947 General
Francis J. Driscoll
1957 General
John F. Dunne
1951 General
Raymond E. Ennis
1960 General
Donald F. Fenton
1960 General
Frank L. Ferraresi
1951 General
Arthur P. Fitzgerald
1946 General
Francis M. Fitzpatrick
1960 General
Edward John Fitzpatrick
1933 General
Daniel W. Foley , Jr
1951 General
John F. Foster, Jr
1947 General
Herbert F. Foster
1957 General
Francis Leo Francis Leo Francis Leo McCarthy
1957 General
Walter J. Frost
1955 General
Fred J. Gagne
1949 General
Fred J. Gagne
1947 General
George A. Galgay
1960 General
Anthony Galluccio
1960 General
Charles W. Gately
1960 General
Thomas J. Gilligan
1944 General
John J. Gormley
1951 General
Arthur W. Graham, Jr
1949 General
Joseph A. Guidi
1957 General
James F. Hall
1957 General
W. Frank Hannaford
1946 General
Francis J. Harrington
1960 General
Stephen F. Hartigan
1960 General
John D. Harvey
1944 General
John R. Havican
1955 General
Leo F. Henebury, Jr
1957 General
William E. Higham
1953 General
Gordon F. Hughes
1957 General
Daniel L. Hurley
1960 General
John J. John J. Gallagher
1949 General
William J. Joyce
1957 General
William J. Keeley
1951 General
John F. Kennedy
1951 General
Edward J. Kenney
1960 General
Arthur C. Keohane
1953 General
Matthew H. Kerner
1933 General
Lee Carver Kitson
1951 General
Edward L. Leahy
1946 General
Edwin O. Learned
1946 General
Clarence E. Lord
1951 General
John L. Lovering
1951 General
Constant Macarelli
1955 General
John Mahoney
1960 General
Michael A. Manning
1957 General
Michael A . Manning
1951 General
Robert J. McBrine
1949 General
Paul I. McCarthy
1951 General
Paul A. McCarthy
1947 General
Paul A. McCarthy
1946 General
Philip O. McCarthy
1933 General
Eugene McCarthy
1947 General
Paul K. McCarthy
1946 General
Charles F. McCarthy
1957 General
Arthur J. McCarthy
1944 General
John J. McKeen, Jr.
1944 General
Paul M. McLaughlin
1960 General
John B. McLaughlin
1953 General
James L. McLaughlin
1960 General
Frederick R. McMenimen
1960 General
William J. Moran
1946 General
John A. Morrissey
1946 General
Edward F. Moynihan
1949 General
John F. Mullin
1949 General
James J. Murnane
1944 General
Francis X. Murphy
1951 General
James P. Murphy
1947 General
Dorothy M. Murray
1953 General
Henry T. Murray, Jr
1947 General
David B. Nissenbaum
1933 General
James J. O'Brien
1949 General
George E. O'Brien, Jr
1953 General
James A. O'Connell
1951 General
Jeremiah J. O'Connell
1957 General
Dominick O'Donnell
1947 General
William Paul O'Meara
1933 General
Harold A. Palmer
1946 General
Anthony Palmer
1946 General
Charles G. Pickett
1949 General
John J. Piercey
1947 General
Vincent J. Piro
1965 General
Frederick S. Robertson
1949 General
T. Peter Russo
1955 General
John Joseph Ryan, Jr
1960 General
Francis E. Ryan
1946 General
Louis A. Ryan, Jr
1951 General
John Sarno
1960 General
Leonard A. Scott
1955 General
Jacob Sloane
1944 General
Irving L. Stackpole
1947 General
Joseph Stokes
1933 General
George C. A. Stone
1933 General
John F. Sullivan
1947 General
Charles M. Sullivan
1960 General
William A. Sullivan
1960 General
Albert L. Sullivan
1946 General
William T. Sullivan
1944 General
John C. Sweeney
1946 General
Charles E. Thornton
1965 General
Henry L. Twohig
1933 General
Arthur Vitagliano
1951 General
Domenick Nick Vitiello
1957 General
Richard H. Walker
1933 General
Elmer F. Walsh
1933 General
Chester F. Warner, Jr
1953 General
William A. Warren
1955 General
Frederick J. Welch
1947 General
Walter W. Whitney
1947 General
Walter E. Whittaker
1933 General
Mary E. Wholey
1949 General
William M. William M. Winn
1957 General
Albert W. Zarella
1960 General
John T. O'Brien
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1965
Oct 5
Preliminary Election
Councilor
Ward
5
Andrew Capuano
won (35%) against 6 opponents.
Candidates »
Candidate
Votes
%
Andrew Capuano
1,137
34.6%
Vincent J. Piro
1,020
31.0%
John J. McKeen, Jr.
629
19.1%
James F. Brady
197
6.0%
John T. O'Brien
124
3.8%
William P. Caruso
107
3.3%
Charles E. Thornton
73
2.2%
Blank Votes
98
Total Votes Cast
3,287
Total Ballots Cast
3,385
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1960
Sep 13
Democratic Primary
County Commissioner
Middlesex
County
Edward L. Buckley
ran (29%) against 28 opponents.
Candidates »
Candidate
Votes
%
Edward L. Buckley
9,676
29.1%
John Joseph Ryan, Jr
2,779
8.4%
Theodore Campo
2,605
7.8%
Anthony Galluccio
2,021
6.1%
Francis J. Harrington
1,621
4.9%
Brown J. Caldwell
1,417
4.3%
John Sarno
1,170
3.5%
Lawrence W. Brennan
1,152
3.5%
...and 21 more candidates »
Blank Votes
7,210
Total Votes Cast
33,273
Total Ballots Cast
40,483
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
See Details for this Contest »
1955
Oct 11
General Election
Councilor
Ward
5
John R. Havican
won (18%) against 9 opponents.
Candidates »
Candidate
Votes
%
John R. Havican
790
18.4%
Leonard A. Scott
721
16.8%
Richard S. Butler
634
14.7%
Anthony R. DiCicco
577
13.4%
T. Peter Russo
405
9.4%
Constant Macarelli
374
8.7%
John T. O'Brien
279
6.5%
Walter J. Frost
202
4.7%
...and 2 more candidates »
Blank Votes
212
Total Votes Cast
4,300
Total Ballots Cast
4,512
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1953
Oct 6
General Election
Councilor
Ward
5
Leonard A. Scott
won (13%) against 14 opponents.
Candidates »
Candidate
Votes
%
Leonard A. Scott
552
12.6%
Anthony R. DiCicco
467
10.6%
Constant Macarelli
402
9.2%
John B. McLaughlin
375
8.5%
Joseph R. Conceison
333
7.6%
Theodore Campo
328
7.5%
William E. Higham
326
7.4%
Chester F. Warner, Jr
301
6.9%
...and 7 more candidates »
Blank Votes
310
Total Votes Cast
4,393
Total Ballots Cast
4,703
See Details for this Contest »
1951
Oct 9
Preliminary Election
Councilor
At-Large
City
of
Somerville
Walter W. Whitney
and 26 others ran for 8 seats.
Candidates »
Candidate
Votes
%
Walter W. Whitney
6,390
9.1%
Paul I. McCarthy
5,081
7.3%
Peter Paul Bellini
4,576
6.5%
John W. DiCecca
4,498
6.4%
T. Edward Corbett
4,368
6.2%
Thomas J. Burke
4,239
6.1%
Edward T. Brady
3,816
5.4%
John L. Lovering
3,810
5.4%
...and 19 more candidates »
Blank Votes
23,195
Total Votes Cast
70,117
Total Ballots Cast
93,312
See Details for this Contest »
1949
Oct 11
Preliminary Election
Councilor
At-Large
City
of
Somerville
Walter W. Whitney
and 31 others ran for 8 seats.
Candidates »
Candidate
Votes
%
Walter W. Whitney
6,710
7.8%
John W. DiCecca
5,433
6.3%
John F. Foster, Jr
5,325
6.2%
Peter Paul Bellini
5,026
5.8%
Paul I. McCarthy
4,764
5.6%
Edward T. Brady
4,586
5.3%
Thomas J. Burke
4,013
4.7%
Charles G. Pickett
3,914
4.6%
...and 24 more candidates »
Blank Votes
33,498
Total Votes Cast
86,086
Total Ballots Cast
119,584
See Details for this Contest »
1947
Oct 7
Preliminary Election
Councilor
At-Large
City
of
Somerville
Irving L. Stackpole
and 22 others ran for 8 seats.
Candidates »
Candidate
Votes
%
Irving L. Stackpole
10,079
11.3%
Edward T. Brady
7,125
8.0%
Paul McCarthy
6,562
7.3%
John F. Foster, Jr
6,319
7.1%
T. Edward Corbett
6,137
6.9%
Henry T. Murray, Jr
5,936
6.6%
Thomas J. Burke
5,512
6.2%
Walter W. Whitney
5,472
6.1%
...and 15 more candidates »
Blank Votes
29,366
Total Votes Cast
89,434
Total Ballots Cast
118,800
See Details for this Contest »
1946
Jun 18
Democratic Primary
State Representative
24th Middlesex
District
Paul A. McCarthy
ran (20%) against 16 opponents.
Candidates »
Candidate
Votes
%
Paul A. McCarthy
3,443
19.6%
Francis E. Ryan
2,610
14.8%
Harold A. Palmer
1,894
10.8%
Henry T. Murray, Jr
1,621
9.2%
John J. Certusi
1,453
8.3%
William J. Moran
1,291
7.3%
Arthur P. Fitzgerald
1,255
7.1%
Edward L. Leahy
683
3.9%
...and 9 more candidates »
Blank Votes
6,246
Total Votes Cast
17,598
Total Ballots Cast
23,844
See Details for this Contest »
1944
Jul 10
Preliminary Election
Councilor
Ward
5
John Carroll
won (24%) against 11 opponents.
Candidates »
Candidate
Votes
%
John Carroll
545
23.5%
Theodore Campo
287
12.4%
Robert G. Camerlengo
250
10.8%
John J. McKeen, Jr.
230
9.9%
Jacob Sloane
222
9.6%
John D. Harvey
182
7.9%
James J. Murnane
162
7.0%
William T. Sullivan
158
6.8%
...and 4 more candidates »
Blank Votes
156
Total Votes Cast
2,318
Total Ballots Cast
2,474
See Details for this Contest »
1933
Oct 17
Preliminary Election
Councilor
Ward
1
John J. Brennan
and 14 others ran for 2 seats.
Candidates »
Candidate
Votes
%
John J. Brennan
1,066
16.3%
Elmer F. Walsh
1,034
15.8%
Walter E. Whittaker
852
13.1%
Henry L. Twohig
644
9.9%
David B. Nissenbaum
548
8.4%
Richard H. Walker
463
7.1%
George A. C. Stone
366
5.6%
Amleto M. DiGiusto
278
4.3%
...and 7 more candidates »
Blank Votes
1,056
Total Votes Cast
6,527
Total Ballots Cast
7,583
See Details for this Contest »
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