United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1966

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The United States Senate election of 1966 in Massachusetts was held on November 8, 1966 with Republican State Attorney General Edward Brooke defeating his challengers.

Contents 1 Results 2 Candidates 2.1 Democratic 2.2 Republican 2.3 Socialist Workers 2.4 Prohibition 3 External links and references 4 References

[edit] Results

General election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Edward Brooke	1,213,473	60.68	+4.49
	Democratic	Endicott Peabody	774,761	38.74	-4.72
	Socialist Labor	Lawrence Gilfedder	6,790	0.34	+0.10
	Prohibition	Mark R. Shaw	4,833	0.24	+0.12

[edit] Candidates

[edit] Democratic

• Endicott Peabody - Governor of Massachusetts from January 3, 1963 to January 7, 1965. A star defensive lineman for the Harvard football team and was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. The grandson of the educator Endicott Peabody; Founder of the Groton School and Brooks School. Served in the United States Navy during World War II. ^[1]

[edit] Republican

• Edward Brooke - United States Army infantry captain with five years of active service in the European Theater of Operations. Was the chairman of the Boston Finance Commission from 1961-1962 and Massachusetts Attorney General from 1962 until becoming senator in 1967. Served in Senate until his defeat in 1978. ^[2]

[edit] Socialist Workers

• Lawrence Gilfedder - Canidate for Lt. Governor in 1948. Ran for Governor in 1952 and 1954. Ran for Senate in 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, and 1970. ^[3]

[edit] Prohibition

• Mark R. Shaw - was the Prohibition Party candidate for U.S. Senator from Massachusetts in 1946, 1952, 1958, 1969, 1962, and 1970. He was also the party's candidate for governor of Massachusetts in 1948 and again in 1956. In 1964 he served as Prohibition Party candidate for vice-president of the United States.

[edit] External links and references

• Race details at ourcampaigns.com

v • d • e Recent Elections in Massachusetts (with winners)
General		2002, 2004, 2006, 2008
State	State Senate	2002, 2004, 2006, 2008
	State House	2002, 2004, 2006, 2008
	Governor	1982 (Dukakis), 1986 (Dukakis), 1990 (Weld), 1994 (Weld), 1998 (Cellucci), 2002 (Romney), 2006 (Patrick), 2010
	Council	2002, 2004, 2006, 2008
Federal	U.S. Senate	Class 1: 1964 (T. Kennedy), 1970 (T. Kennedy), 1976 (T. Kennedy), 1982 (T. Kennedy), 1988 (T. Kennedy), 1994 (T. Kennedy), 2000 (T. Kennedy), 2006 (T. Kennedy), 2012 Class 2: 1936 (Lodge), …, 1966 (Brooke), 1972 (Brooke), 1978 (Tsongas), 1984 (Kerry), 1990 (Kerry), 1996 (Kerry), 2002 (Kerry), 2008
	U.S. House	2002, 2004, 2006, 2007 (5th), 2008
	President	2000, 2004, 2008 (D prim), (R prim)

[edit] References

1. ^ Endicott Peabody at ourcampaigns.com
2. ^ Edward Brooke at ourcampaigns.com
3. ^ Lawrence Gilfedder at ourcampaigns.com