- United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1964
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United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1964 
1962 ← November 3, 1964 → 1970 
Nominee Ted Kennedy Howard J. Whitmore, Jr. Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 1,716,907 587,663 Percentage 74.26% 25.42%
County Results
Senator before election
Elected Senator
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The United States Senate election of 1964 in Massachusetts was held on November 3, 1964 with the incumbent Democratic Senator Ted Kennedy defeating his challengers. Much of the campaign-appearance burden on behalf of Ted Kennedy fell on his wife, Joan, because of Ted's serious back injury in a plane crash.
Contents
Candidates
Democratic
- Ted Kennedy - Incumbent Senator elected in 1962 to the unexpired term of John F. Kennedy.
Republican
- Howard J. Whitmore, Jr. - Member of Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1947-53 and mayor of Newton, Massachusetts from 1954-60. Served in the United States Army Air Forces in World War II. [1]
Socialist Workers
- Lawrence Gilfedder - Candidate for Lt. Governor in 1948. Ran for Governor in 1952 and 1954. Ran for Senate in 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, and 1970. [2]
Prohibition
- Grace F. Luder - Candidate for the Massachusetts's 9th congressional district seat in 1950 and Massachusetts's 14th congressional district seat in 1952. [3]
Results
General election Party Candidate Votes % ±% Democratic Edward M. Kennedy 1,716,907 74.26 +21.3 Republican Howard J. Whitmore, Jr. 587,663 25.42 -19.08 Socialist Labor Lawrence Gilfedder 4,745 0.21 -0.03 Prohibition Grace F. Luder 2,700 0.12 +0.05 External links and reference
- Race details at ourcampaigns.com
- ^ Howard J. Whitmore, Jr. at ourcampaigns.com
- ^ Lawrence Gilfedder at ourcampaigns.com
- ^ Grace F. Luder at ourcampaigns.com
- Campaigning from a Hospital Bed Recordings of Telephone Calls between Edward Kennedy and President Lyndon Johnson during the 1964 campaign
Ted Kennedy February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009Electoral history 1962 Senate · 1964 Senate · 1970 Senate · 1976 Senate · 1980 Presidential · 1982 Senate · 1988 Senate · 1994 Senate · 2000 Senate · 2006 Senate
Books My Senator and Me: A Dog's-Eye View of Washington, D.C. · True CompassFamily Joan Bennett Kennedy (first wife) · Victoria Reggie Kennedy (second wife) · Kara Kennedy Allen (daughter) · Ted Kennedy, Jr. (son) · Patrick Joseph Kennedy II (son) · Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Sr. (father) · Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald Kennedy (mother) · Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Jr. (brother) · John Fitzgerald Kennedy (brother) · Robert Francis Kennedy (brother)Related topics Awards and honors · Political positions · Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate · Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act · Chappaquiddick incident · Mary Jo KopechneCategories:- United States Senate elections, 1964
- United States Senate elections in Massachusetts
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