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Home My WebLink About1926-11-02-STATE-ELECTION-RESULTS g431 ) STATE ELECTION e NaVEMaE +e A , , 9ate The following election officers had been appointed by the Selectmen and were assigned to duty at the two Precincts os follows : Precinct I . "1arden Herbert A . Flint Deputy Warden Clerk Mrs . Harriet Watkins Mrs . Byron C . Russell Inspector Bartlett J . Harrington Inspector John S . Fanning Deputy Inspector Mrs . Evelyn C . Brost hall Mrs . Elizabeth '.Wilkinson Teller Martin Grady rr Charles E . Hadley Joseph J . Krantz Constable Carl I . Drew Charles E . Wheeler Precinct II Warden Jay 0 . Richards Deputy Warden Ezra F . Breed Clerk Patrick F . Dacey Deputy Clerk David F . Murphy Inspector John J . Garrity Ralph H . Marshall tf Deputy Inspector Katherine A . Kiernan Marion 17 Jackson Teller Samuel Thompson rr 'Milan A . Wilkins rr Wallace E . Miller n Samuel B . Bigelow rr Fred Tullar rr James M . Ahern If James L . McKenzie rr Jesse Ferry rr Lawrence D . McIntosh rr Charles Vaughan rr Irving B . Pierce Harry G . Frost Constable Charles E . Moloy The polls were declared open in each Precinct at six o ' clock A . M . , and remained open until six P . M . at which time after due notice they were closed . The election officers were sworn to the faithful perfor- mance of their duties . The ballots were counted by the election officers in each precinct , the tally sheets and total vote sheets prepared by the Ton Clerk being used . The ballots cast were counted , enclosed in envelopes , sealed , signed by the election officers , together with the unused ballots , delivered to the Town Clerk at his office . The total registration of voters was 3019 . • The Town Clerk canvassed the result as follows ; Precinct I . BeLots cast 559 Precinct II Ballots cast 1866 Total vote cast , 2425 Al0! a 0 GOVERNOR Prec . I Prec II Total . Alvan T . Fuller 393 1359 1752 William A . Gaston 147 488 635 "Taller S . Hutchins 1 4 5 Samuel Leger 2 1 3 . Lewis Marks 0 0 0 Blanks 16 14 30 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR Frank G . Allen 392 1374 1766 Daniel T . Blessington 6 1 7 Albert Oddie 1 3 4 Dennis F . Reagan 19 6 25 Edmond P . Talbot 109 423 532 Blanks 32 59 91 SE CR {'TLRY Harry J . Canter 10 17 27 Frank W . Cavanaugh 123 425 548 Frederic- W . Cook 369 1286 1655 Stephen S . Surridge 3 2 5 Edith M . Williams 2 16 18 Blanks 52 120 172 TREASURER Albert Sprague Coolidge 7 16 23 Winfield A . Dwyer 9 9 18 Daniel England 107 404 511 Henry Hess 5 3 8 William S . Youngman 357 1304 1661 Blanks 74 130 204 AUDITOR Leon Arkin 3 7 10 Strabo V . Claggett 138 703 841 Alonzo B . Cook 334 994 1328 Emma P . Hutchins 10 8 18 John R . MacKinnon 1 2 3 Blanks 73 152 235 ATTORNEY GENERAL Isadore Harris 5 3 8 Max Lerner 3 3 6 irthur K . Reading 384 1339 1723 John '`' } aver Sherman 2 11 13 John E . Swift 107 393 500 Blanks 58 117 175 _`� . - .-rte . 95 Free . I Prec II Total . SENATOR I..N CONGRESS John J . Ballam 2 1 3 T"Ill iam M . Butler 306 1199 1505 Washington Cook 3 7 10 Alfred Baker Lewis 0 2 2 David I . Walsh 236 632 868 • Blanks 12 25 37 CONGRESSMAN ( 5th Dist ) James M Hurley 122 382 504 Edith Nourse Rogers 374 1312 1686 • Blanks 63 172 235 CONGRESSMAN ( Eighth Dist -Vacancy ) John P . Brennan 115 400 515 Frederick W . Dallinger - 376 1293 1669 Blanks 68 173 241 COUNCILLOR Harvey L . Boutwell 363 1292 1655 Blanks 196 574 770 SENATOR Joseph f . Cotton 393 1442 1835 George F . A . McDougall 104 279 383 Blanks 62 145 207 REPRESENTATIVES Elliott R . Barker 284 1005 1289 George E . Briggs 358 1417 1775 Augustine D . Doyle 112 314 426 Blanks 364 996 1360 COUNTY COMMISS'IOIJER Erson B . Barlow 386 1340 1726 Blanks 173 526 699 AgSO CIATE COMMISSIONERS Sherman H . Fletcher 331 1189 1520 John M . Keyes 360 1281 1641 Blanks 427 1262 1630 . __ ;- - - 96 Del Prec I Prec II Total DISTRICT ATTORNEY , Robert T . Bushnell 70r, 1.329 171.4 Patrick J . Delaney 112 376 488 Blanks (32 161 223 SHERIFF John R . Fairbairn 412 1394 1806 Blanks 147 472 619 COUNTY COMTISSIONER Nathaniel I . Bowditch 364 1289 1653 Daniel F . McBride 106 354 460 Blanks 89 223 312 REGISTFR CF' ?h0BJATE AND INSOLVENCY Join J . Butl Dr 112 368 480 Loring P . Jordan 351 1270 1621 Blanks 96 228 324 QUESTION NO . 1 . Shall an amendment to the constitution which Authorizes the General Court to establish in ,,?ny corporate town containing more than six thousand inhabitants a for— of town government nro - vidi ng for town meetings limited to such inhabitants of the town as may be elected for the purpose , which received in a joint session of the two Houses held May 29 , 1924 , 189 votes in the a ('f irmative and 40 in the negative , and at a joint session of the two Houses held March 18 , 1925 , received 262 votes in the affirmative and 4 in the negative , be approved ? Prec . I Proc II Total YeS 257 946 1203 No 100 385 485 Blanks 202 535 737 QUESTION NO , 2 . Shall a law which amends existing law by striking out the provisions that veterans who pass Civil Service examinations shall be placed upon the elegible lists above all other appli - cants , that disabled veterans shall be placed ahead of all other veterans , and that disabled veterans shall be appointed and employed in preference to all other persons : and by providing in place thereof , that five points shall be added to the mark of veterans wino pass such exami - iati ns , and ten points to the mark of disabled veterans , which law was disapproved in the Senate by a vote of 0 in the affirmative and 4 in the negative , and in the House of Representatives by a vote of 11 in the affirmc°. tive and 181 in the negative , be approved ? 97 .i Prec . I . Prec II Total Yes 215 724 939 No • 193 740 933 Blanks 151 402 553 A true record , Attest ; Town Clerk . REPRESENTATIVE ELECTION November ] 2 , 1926 Pursuant to the law the Town Clerk of Arlington and Assistant Town Clerk of Lexington met at Arlington this day at twelve o ' clock noon , for the purpose of canvassing the votes on the second day of November for a Representative to the General Court of the Commonwealth to represent the twenty-eighth Middlesex District . • The canvass showed the following result of the votes cast in Arlington and Lexington . In Arlington Elliott R . Barker had Four thousand eight hundred ten ( 4810 ) votes . In Lexington Elliott 11 . Barker had One thousand two hundred eighty nine ( 1289 ) votes . In Arlington George E . Briggs had Three thousand nine hundred eighty- five ( 3985 ) votes . In Lexington George E . Briggs had One thousand seven hundred seventy five ( 1775 ) votes . The returns showed that Elliott R . Barker and George E . Briggs had a majority of the votes cast in both towns , and a certificate was accordingly filled out and signed by the clerks of both towns , to be delivered to Elliott R . Barker of 26 Lombard Road , Arlington , and George E . Briggs of Outlook Drive , Lexington . E . Caroline Pierce , • Town Clerk of Arlington Helen C . Gallagher Asa ' t . Town Clerk of Lexington . 9E3 CL PERPETUAL CARE . Pursuant to vote of the inhabitants of Lexington in town Meeting assembled on the 2nd day of November , A . D . 1875 , the Town Treasurer hereby acknowledges the receipt of One Hundred Dollars ( M100 ) from Frank E . Clarke , the interest of which is to be expended in accordance with said vote and amendments thereto and Chapter 225 of the acts of 1870 upon Lot No . 381 in the Munroe Cemetery , in dressing and care of said lot , monuments , walks and avenues adjacent thereto . John H . K an e , Nov . 13 , 1926 . Town Treasurer . PERPETUAL CARE . Pursuant to a vote of the inhabitants of Lexington in town meeting assembled on the 2nd day of November , A . D . 1875 the Town Treasurer hereby acknowledges the receipt of One Hundred Dollars ( $100 ) from Leroy Ford , the interest of which is to be expended in accordance with said vote and amendments thereto and Chapter 225 of the Acts of 1870 upon Lot No . 58 in the Munroe Cemetery in dressing and care of said lot , monuments , walks and avenues adjacent thereto . John H . Kane , • Nov . 13 , 1926 . Town Treasurer . PERPETUAL CARE . Pursuant to a vote of the inhabitants of Lexington in town meeting assembled on the 2nd day of November , A . D . 1875 the Town Treasurer hereby acknowledges the receipt of One Hundred Dollars ( $100 ) from Mrs . Lydia B . Jolidon , the interest of which is to be expended in accordance with said vote and amendments thereto , and Chapter 225 of the acts of 1870 upon Lot No . 448 in the Munroe Cemetery , in dressing and care of said lot , monuments , walks and avenues adjacent thereto . John H . Kane , Nov . 13 , 1926 . Town Treasurer . PERPETUAL CARE . Pursuant to a vote of the inhabitants of Lexington in town meeting assembled on the 2nd day of November , A . D . 1875 the Town Treasurer hereby acknowledges the receipt of One Hundred Dollars ( ° 100 ) from Miss Ruth Cameron , the interest of which is to be expended in accord- ance with said vote and amendments thereto and Chapter 225 , of the Acts . of 1870 upon Lot No . 122 in the Munroe Cemetery in dressing and care of said lot , monuments , walks and avenues adjacent thereto . John H . Kane , Nov . 13 , 1926 . Town Treasurer . PERPETUAL CARE . Pursuant to a vote of the inhabitants of Lexington in town meeting assembled on the 2nd day of November , A . D . 1875 , the Town Treasurer hereby acknowledges the receipt of One Hundred Dollars ( $100 ) from Edward Winship , the interest of which is to be expended in accordance with said vote and amendments thereto , and Chapter 225 of the Acts of 1870 upon Lot No . 201 in the Munroe Cemetery , in dressin ; and care of said lot , monuments , walks , and avenues adjacent thereto . John H . Kane , Nov . 13 , 1926 . Town Treasurer .