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Home My WebLink About1940-09-17~?' ? ~rsuant to war~ant the i~abitants of the Town of N~-'. tucker met in the American Legion Hall, ~eaday,~.Septembe~ l~, 1940 at 9o'clock in the forenoon to select.the candidates' for nomin~tion at the State Primary, to be elected at the '.~ State election in Nov'ember : -'.~ ~ 'J ~ :~'~ ' '.~/".'/?~" -~ r:Instructions ~to vote~s, penalty cards~' voting lists '~::~: ' and specimen ballots were posted outside ~the guard rail, ~. ~'1. ~Instructions to voters and penalty cards were posted: .- The following Ballot Clerks were sworn in:- ~Edward .P. Tice, 'Ira w. Appleton, ~illiam H. Ba~ett, Charles Cj .~ ~e b~llots in three sealed packages said to contain I package Democratic ballots ". ~ packages Republican ballots 18~l Total 235~ were given to the ballot clerks at the gate and thei~ receipt taken therefor.-" ~ ..... :.~"" ~ ~, ~ ~.~ ..~ ~e ballot box was then opened for public inspection. It was ex~ined by Constables, A~thur R. Callwits, F. Stuart Chadwick, Selectman Henry B. 'Co~m~ and J~es Norcross and found to be empty.. ~e register ~as set at 0000. ~e ballot box locked and the keys thereof turned ove~ to F. Stuart Chad- wick, ~Constable in charge. ~ ~ ~ I ~ ~ ' I ~ ~ ~ * I ~ ~ Constable Noon~, presented the Warrant fo~ the ~State primary.. ~e polls were~declared open at 9:00 A.'N.'.':~...: ~.' ~'~Voting started at once. .. -% " .~,, ~ ' ',: ': .... At 5:00 B. N. the polls were declared closed. · ~ register on the ballot box' standing at 492. .... ~ The following tellers were sworn:in~- Cecil Richrbd,~:. ' Samuel Swayze, Arthur B. ~nning, Jay Gibbs,".Clarence Swift~' Herbert Wood, Edward Butler, Seddon Legg, George Rule~' Walter The ballots were removed from the ballot box, ~s0~b~d and counted ~d found to be - Republican 445. Democrats A total of 492. .~ . , '' ~ ~ ..... ~-' ~e ballot clerks'at the gate and the' ballot box cS~t~d the names checked at the gate and ballot box and found:-:~, 15 women ~ Total 95 women '~45 -Total 492 Total Vote, The tellers~then started counting at V:20 P. M.!:~'-' ,'? '~ The following results were -read in open meeting~ ~'., .,.~[ '~ -'% GOVERNOR Leverett ' Saltonstall Blank~ REPUBLICAN PARTY' Three hundred seventy-seven'" .3V7 Sixty-eight 68 Three hundred thirty-eight 338 One hundred seven lOV LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR Horace T. Cahill Blanks ~ECRETARY Frederic W. Cook Blanks TREASURER William E. Hurley Blanks Three h{undred fourty-four ' ~ ,~:": 344 One'hundred one: ' 101 Three hundred twenty 320 One hundred twanty-five 125 Three hundred one One hundred fourty-four 301 144 AUDITOR Russell A. Wood Blanks 'Clarence A. Barnes Robert T. Bushnell William C. Crossley Edmund R. Dewing Michael A. Fredo George W. Roberts i. Blanks SENATOR IN CONGRESS Henry Parkman Jr. Blanks CONGRESSMAN Charles L. Gilford Harry L. Avery William McAuliffe .. Blanks COUNCILLOR Ed[ar S. Lindsay Harold W. Jones Fred W. Steele ~": Blanks SENATOR Donald W. Nicholson Arthur Harden .- Blanks . Thirty-eight ~ Twenty-seven , .~':.:~:~? 2V Two hundred seventy-eight 278 Nine :~ .~. '· '='9 'Sixty-one ', ~o hundred eighty-six ~ '286 One h~dred fifty-nine 189 . T~ee hundred fifty-one "~;.' 351 ~. Eleven "'' ....... ~ i 11 ' S~xty-nine ~ ". 69 One hundred twelve 112 Eighteen ,..1. ~ 18 ': Two h~dred siXteen ~' .216 ','~ Ninety-nine ~ " "':"'.,, 99 ~ T~ee hundred fou~ " -304 ..... One hundred forty::, " '140 REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT ::..~__~' !" .': ':!'..'" Robert S.'Backus Three hundred eighty;three 383 Arthur Harden Twenty-five 25 Reuben S. Glidden One .... Blanks ~:.,"-~. Thirty-Six CLERK OF COURTS Wesley ~$Fordyce Three hundred fifty-nine'.~.'389 Reuben S. Glidden ...:..~'- Thirty ~i: Blanks 'Fifty-six ::' :~-'~,' 56 REGISTER OF DEEDS Josiah S. Barrett Three hundred s~xty?thre'e" 363 Isaac Hills ~'~-''0ne' ~ ~ ~. . ~ ~ -.1 Emma Cook .~::0ne " '~..", -, ~' Blanks Eighty ..... 80 ~ELEGATEs TO STATE CONVENTION .,::: Charles P. Kimball Fifteen 15 Robert S. Backus Five Roy E. Sanguinetti , ~Three . :~'~'~ ~, '?,3 Harry B. Turner ~. .Ttiree ; .~.:~ ': 3 Scattering Thirty-four 34 Blanks '~Seventeen hundred twenty'l~2O c~ DEMOCRATIC PARTY GOVERNOR Paul A. Dever Thirty-one :':'..' '.'~ ~ "~:~31 Prancis E. Kelly :~_".:: Nine ...... "' "":~9 ~ Blanks :Seven LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR John'C. Cart Eleven .~'.' .,.ll Owen A. Gallagher ' Eleven '-::.': · :-'ll Francis P. Kelley Seven Michael Phillip McCarron Two :-- 2 Charles E. ~'Neil Two 2 Raymond A. Willett, Jr. ~vo _~ Blanks Twelve ~ 12 SECRETARY .:.;:~ Albert L. Fish -~ ~. ~ Six 6 Katherine~A.~Foley Arthur Nichael NacCarthy Albert E. Norris TREASURER Ernest J. Brown P~trick M. Cahill · Joseph W. ~Doherty John J. Donahue John J. McGrath U'd2 ' Blenks. .' '.. AUDITOR · Thomas J. Buckley~ Thomas P. Flaherty William P. Husband, Jr. Leo U. Walsh Blanks A TTORhrEY GENERAL John H. Backus ':. James Henry Brennan . Thomas M. Burke Joseph V. Carroll Jeannette C.: Chisholm Joseph Pinnegan John W. Lyons Edward A. Ryan Harold W. Sullivan '.: ,.~ - Blanks -, - .' SENATOR IN CONGRESS David I. Walsh Blanks CONGRESS~HkN ~/: George F. Backus Ar thu~lHayden 'Blanks Seven Five Eleven Seven Four Four Nineteen COUNCILLOR Joseph P. Cla~k"~ Jr. J. Dolan Hathaway F.'Nilton. NcGrath Frederick W. Steele Blanks ~ENATOR Edward P. Tice' .--' · ~' Blanks -'~..Twenty .:,.",Two ,Seven -Three Fifteen - Twenty-one Three One One r~ ' One · Four Two · Fourteen Thirty- two Pifteen . Thirty-one ... -...One Fifteen t Sixteen ~ Five Six ' One. Nine teen'- · ~flev~u, ~For t y- s ix CLERK OF COURTS Reuben S. Gliddens Wesley i. Fordyce Joseph M. Larkin REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT Robert S. Backus Thirteen Arthur C. Hayden Four Wesley A. For4yce One Blanks Twenty-nine ',Five _:,Fifteen :-..,vOne Twenty-six ~~ ] Blanks REGISTER'OF DEEDS Albert A. Fee .~~~ 2 Blanks DELEGATES TO STATE CONVENTION: John C. Ring .- '-Three William Ho&land Two ~.~ Scattering Seven Blanks Eighty-two Eleven 'One .. Thirty-five : .' :.::-, 3 ' '. '~ f 't": .',.f:. -' .'.:, .,' 1 u' ". ":',14 : .,'~".. ' · :':.,., 15 ., :.:, ~ . , ,. - ', ,: :~ -.(,.. : 1 . - ': u-: .....' .': 4 1 29