Dallasfan65's MA Town Map Thread

[Dallasfan65]

[homelycooking]

He's back!

[Dallasfan65]

1904 Gubernatorial.

He's back!

Thanks!

[Fuzzy]

Back in black!

[wormyguy]

Wait... the Democratic-Republican party still existed in New Hampshire?

(I'm guessing it's something else but still...)

[Dallasfan65]

Wait... the Democratic-Republican party still existed in New Hampshire?

(I'm guessing it's something else but still...)

Races where a candidate was listed as both a Republican and Democrat - most were unopposed. Incidentally, one such candidate was in Rumney, mark of a true moderate hero.

There was only one instance of this in Massachusetts (I neglected to put that in earlier.)

Anyway, I'd just like to comment on my shock that Hartford and Bridgeport elected Republican State Representatives by such large margins.

[Dallasfan65]

[Dallasfan65]

[shua]

Who was Ham?

[Dallasfan65]

Who was Ham?

According to this he was a Republican legislator. Doesn't seem to be especially noteworthy though.

The above map is the 1915 Lieutenant Governor primary. Not sure if this is regionalism or ideological; any Progressive candidate worth their salt a few years back would do quite well in Plymouth/Cape Cod.

[Dallasfan65]

The primary battle between Margaret Heckler and the former Speaker, Joseph Martin:

[Dallasfan65]

Eddie Doolan didn't know when to quit.

[Dallasfan65]

1964 was unopposed?

Whoops! Forgot to change the '2' to a '4' on that second to last one.

[Fuzzy]

Who is this "Doolan" fellow? 

[Dallasfan65]

Gubernatorial coming up next.

[asexual trans victimologist]

Leahy's first election?

Interesting how Brattleboro and its immediate environs were not yet Democratic yet even though the rest of that stretch of the Connecticut was.

[Assistant to the Regional Manager Cathcon]

Eddie Doolan didn't know when to quit.

This is pretty awesome.

[Dallasfan65]

Leahy's first election?

Interesting how Brattleboro and its immediate environs were not yet Democratic yet even though the rest of that stretch of the Connecticut was.

Indeed. Sanders did quite well, but ) Brattleboro was almost majority Mallary (49.81%.) Windham used to be one of the more Republican counties in VT and I imagine exhibited a similar pattern (though I lack the data.)

The adjacent election is the infamous Wyman versus Durkin race that ended in a two vote victory for Wyman.

This is pretty awesome.

Thanks man!

As mentioned, '74 Gubernatorial will be up in a few days.

[Assistant to the Regional Manager Cathcon]

Reading his wikipedia page, I can see why you'd like Martin.

During the New Deal, he stood out as a major opponent of Franklin D. Roosevelt's policies and opposed his internationalist outlook on foreign affairs. However, he supported a few New Deal measures, like the establishment of the minimum wage.

Though it does seem he went a bit to the left in the fifties, though apparently not enough for Heckler (although it does seem strange that in the primary, his support came from the South end of his district which in the general was more Democratic).

[Dallasfan65]

Reading his wikipedia page, I can see why you'd like Martin.

During the New Deal, he stood out as a major opponent of Franklin D. Roosevelt's policies and opposed his internationalist outlook on foreign affairs. However, he supported a few New Deal measures, like the establishment of the minimum wage.

Though it does seem he went a bit to the left in the fifties, though apparently not enough for Heckler (although it does seem strange that in the primary, his support came from the South end of his district which in the general was more Democratic).

Heckler challenged Martin from the right, and used a phrase that Martin used when he primary challenged the incumbent Republican in 1924 (who was in his eighties, I believe.)


Martin was always a "favorite son" of Attleboro and was loved in rural Bristol (he hailed from North Attleboro.) He only lost a rural Bristol area once; Berkley, and that was against Cole who resided in neighboring Taunton. As for winning Fall River, well, there were never many Republicans in Fall River.

[Assistant to the Regional Manager Cathcon]

Heckler challenged Martin from the right, and used a phrase that Martin used when he primary challenged the incumbent Republican in 1924 (who was in his eighties, I believe.)

Which is interesting...

Eight years later, in 1966, he was ousted from his seat in the Republican primary by the more liberal Margaret Heckler, who was forty-six years his junior, and later a member of the Cabinet of President Ronald W. Reagan.

How'd she do it and what were the themes of the campaign, etc.?

[Dallasfan65]

Heckler challenged Martin from the right, and used a phrase that Martin used when he primary challenged the incumbent Republican in 1924 (who was in his eighties, I believe.)

Which is interesting...

Eight years later, in 1966, he was ousted from his seat in the Republican primary by the more liberal Margaret Heckler, who was forty-six years his junior, and later a member of the Cabinet of President Ronald W. Reagan.

How'd she do it and what were the themes of the campaign, etc.?

Basically that Martin was a washed up hack past his prime. His fall from grace from the leadership in '58 and a nobody drawing ~25% in the previous primary showed that there was blood in the water.

And of course, she used this quote:

"I am sure this is not a time for sentiment but the time to put on guard the men best capable of rendering efficient service. Too much is at stake otherwise."

[Assistant to the Regional Manager Cathcon]

Dallas, having looked at a couple pages of this thread, I'm wondering, how many websites did you visit, how many maps did you pour over, and how many strange visits/phone calls did you make to local and state government buildings for all this stuff?

[homelycooking]

Dallas, having looked at a couple pages of this thread, I'm wondering, how many websites did you visit, how many maps did you pour over, and how many strange visits/phone calls did you make to local and state government buildings for all this stuff?

It looks like he got most of his data from the Register and Manual from various years in MA's archives.

[Assistant to the Regional Manager Cathcon]

Dallas, having looked at a couple pages of this thread, I'm wondering, how many websites did you visit, how many maps did you pour over, and how many strange visits/phone calls did you make to local and state government buildings for all this stuff?

It looks like he got most of his data from the Register and Manual from various years in MA's archives.

There are books of that stuff? Those'd be useful.