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Home My WebLink About1942-09-15245{ 'The ballot box and emergency ballot box locked'and the keys thereof turned over to Franklin S. Chadwick, Constable in charge. .Constable Mooney presented the Warrant for the state Primary. The Warrant was read by the Town Clerk and at ,9:00 A.M. the Polls were declared open. ' VOting started at once. At 2:00 P.M. the register on the ballot box standing at ... 408 the box was opened by Charles C; Chadwick, Constable 'in'charge and the ballots removed to the'emergency b~llot .box,.ifi the presence-of Edward P.' Tice and'Charl&s~Clark Coffin.' The ballot box was again locked and voting resumed.- ' "At 4:55 P.M. the Town~cl~rk'ann0un'csd.that'the'poils ..woUld close'in'five ~inutes. At 5:00 P.M.-the'polls were declared'closed.' People'inside' the ~Ail were allowed to Complete and cast'their'ballots. 'The register on the ballot'box was then found to read 633. ~e following Tellers were ~hen'sworn in:'- Herbert'-- -He~bert C; Wo0d,''-Charles F. Handy, William H~ Haablin, Charles H~'Blount, Charles S.-Glidden, Bernard L;'Nurphy, Francis Conw~y, William J. Kaplan~ Wesley A. Fordyce and Sidney W. Thurston. ~, ,~,The ballots were removed from th~ ballot box and emergency ballot box,'.sorted and counted and found'to be --Republican' 566 Democratic 87, a total of 6~ ~' The ballot clerks at the gate and the ballot box counted the names checked at the gate and the ballot box and found:- Democratic Men 40 ~omen 2~ 67 Total RePublican Men'275 Women 291 " 566 Total .,tt, sTA~E PRIMARY '-'P~rs'uant t~ warrant the inhabitants of the Town Nantucket met in the American Legion Hall, Tuesday,' September 15th, 1942.'at (9:00'o'clock in the forenoon to select the candidates'for nomination'at'the'State ...... Primary, to'be elected'at the State electi0nTin November. InstructiOns .to voters, penalty cards, .voting lists'J' and specimen ballots were posted outsid~ the'guard rail. Instructions to voters and penalty cards were posted in the booths. - The following Ballot'Clerks were'sworn in:- Edward P. Tice,- Ira W. Appleton, ~illiam H. Barrett, John J. Driscoll Jr. .-, · The ballots in three sealed packages said to contain 1 package Democratic Ballots 525 ,i~2. packages Republican Ballots 1854 ,- .... /~':. Total 2379 "-'' ' were given t° the balldt clerks at the gate and there receipt taken therefor. The,ballot box was then opened for public inspection. ~'~It was examined by Constables'Lawrence F. Mooney~and Franklin'S. Chadwick,. Charles C. Coffin,"William H. Bar~. Edward P. Tice, and found to,be empty. The Emergency~ ballot box was also examined by the above, and found to be empty. The register on the ballot b~x was set at 0000 833 Total vote. The tellers then started counting at 6:30 P.M~ The following results were read in open meeting. REPUBLICAN PART~ GOVERNOR Leverett Saltonstall Blanks LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR Horace T. Cahi~ Blanks .. " 407 159 373 193 Four hundred seven One hundred fifty-nine Three hundred seventy ~hree One hundre~ ninety tfirdle SECRETARY Frederic W. Cook Blanks 'TREASURER ~ ~ Laurence Curtis :/~ Edgar A~ French' 'Sybil H. Holmes Richard E. Johnston Wallace E. Stearns Blanks AUDITOR Russell ~A. Wood~ Blanks ATTORNEY GENERAL'~' Robert T. Bushnell~ Blanks .~~~,SENATOR IN CONGRESS Henry.Cabot Lodge ~Jr. Courtenay Crocker Blanks coNGRESSMAN Charles L. Giffo~d Blanks COUNC ILLOR Clarence A. Barnes Harold Francis Woodward Blanks SENATOR Donald W. Nicholson Harry L. Avery ~ Blanks ~. ,, 208 "38 46 21 '15 282 302 284 '320 246 o 341 '28 197 Three htmdred fifty-eight t~vo hundred eight 184 ~ / One hundred'~siXty ~four Thirty eight Forty six ~ ~ Twenty one Fifteen~'~ ~ ~'~ ~: Two hundred eighty two ~hree~ hundred~ tw "o Two hundred sixty four Three hundred ~ twenty Two hundred forty six ~hree hundred '~forty one Twenty eight.~ One hundred ninet~ seven 373 Three hundred' seventy three 193 One hundred ninety three 192 One hundred'~inety two 59 Fifty nine~ " 315 ~ Three hundred fifteen 262 'Two hundred ~!xt[~r two : 51 Fifty one ~. 253 Two hundred fift~ three REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT 0tigon V.'Hull ..... 306 Charles P. Kimball '255 Blanks '~ 5 DISTRICT ATTORNEY: '~ William C. Crossley' 371 Blanks 95 REGISTER'OF PROBATE AND iNSOLVENCY John J. Gardner 2nd 414 Blanks 151 Scattering ~ DEMOCRATIC PARTY GOVERNOR Francis~E. Kelly 2V Roger L. Putnam 15 Blanks 25 LIETENANT GOVERNOR John C. Cart 30 Blanks 3V SECRETARY '-' Joseph J. Buckley 27 Leo A. Gosselin 6 John D. O'Brien 5 Blanks 29 Three ' hundred ?six TWO hundred fifty five Five Three'hundred Seventy one Ninety five Four tiundred' fot[rteen One hundred fifty one ~One ~wenty seven ~Fifteen Twenty five Thirty Thirty seven Twenty seven ~Six Five '~ Twenty nine .f TREASURER, Thomas E.: Barry Francis X~ ~Hurley "~William F.~ Hurley John F. Welch Blanks: .·,~ AUDITOR Thomas J. Buckley Leo D. Walsh Blanks 13 19 5 39: 3 25 ATTORNEY GENERAL James E. Agnew Blanks 29 SENATOR IN CONGRESS Joseph E. Casey Daniel H. Coakley John F. Fitzgerald Joseph Lee Blanks 12 4 12 7 32 CONGRESSMAN George F.~ Backus Blanks 35 32 COUNCILLOR Joseph P, Clark Jr. $. Dolan Hathaway Blanks 21 6 40 SENATOR Henry R. Conley 25 Blanks 42 REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT Orison V.~Hull 30 Charles P. Kimball 9 Blanks 28 DISTRICT ATTORNE~f Thirteen ~ :~ Nineteen Twenty-six Thirty nine Three Twenty five Thirty eight Twenty nine Twelve Four Twelve Seven Thirty two Thirty five Thirty two Twenty one Six Forty Twenty five Forty two Thirty Nine~ Twenty eight Blanks 67 Sixty seven REGISTER OF'PROBATE AND INSOLVENCY' John J. Gardner 2nd -2 Two ...... Blanks 65 Sixty five 'The ballots voted, the Unused'ballots, and the check lists were then'sealed up.in separate packages~ endorsed as the law directs and delivered into the custody of the Town Clerk Meeting adjourned at 8:00 P.M. Attest: ~~~~/~/~/~-~. .'' C~rles Clark Coff-i~/To'w~ Clerk