district            incumbent       party  first elected        result                                         candidates
0   massachusetts 1      john w heselton  republican           1944  re - elected   john w heselton (r) 55.6% john j dwyer (d) 44.4%
1   massachusetts 3       philip philbin  democratic           1942  re - elected                       philip philbin (d) unopposed
2   massachusetts 5  edith nourse rogers  republican           1925  re - elected                  edith nourse rogers (r) unopposed
3   massachusetts 7        thomas j lane  democratic           1941  re - elected                        thomas j lane (d) unopposed
4  massachusetts 11          tip o'neill  democratic           1952  re - elected  tip o'neill (d) 78.2% charles s bolster (r) 21.8%

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