United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1966

1960 ←

November 8, 1966

→ 1972



Nominee	Edward Brooke	Endicott Peabody
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	1,213,473	774,761
Percentage	60.68%	38.74%

Senator before election

Leverett Saltonstall
Republican

Elected Senator

Edward Brooke
Republican

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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. Republican incumbent, Leverett Saltonstall, was retiring after serving for 22 years.

1 Candidates
2 Results
- 2.1 Primaries
- 2.2 General election
3 References
4 External links and references

Candidates

Democratic

Endicott Peabody - Governor of Massachusetts from January 3, 1963 to January 7, 1965. ^[1]
John F. Collins, Mayor of Boston since 1960.
Thomas Boylston Adams, retired hotel executive, anti-war activist, and a descendant of U.S. Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams.

Republican

Edward Brooke - Chairman of the Boston Finance Commission from 1961-1962 and Massachusetts Attorney General since 1962. ^[2]

Socialist Workers

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

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.

Results

Primaries

Democratic primary
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Endicott Peabody	320,967	50.35
	Democratic	John F. Collins	265,016	41.85
	Democratic	Thomas Boylston Adams	51,435	8.07

General election

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

References

^ Endicott Peabody at ourcampaigns.com
^ Edward Brooke at ourcampaigns.com
^ Lawrence Gilfedder at ourcampaigns.com

External links and references

Race details at ourcampaigns.com

Recent Elections in Massachusetts

General	1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012

Mass. Senate	2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012

Mass. House	2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012

Governor (with winners)	1839 (Morton), …, 1948 (Dever), 1950 (Dever), 1952 (Herter), 1954 (Herter), 1956 (Furcolo), 1958 (Furcolo), 1960 (Volpe), 1962 (Peabody), 1964 (Volpe), 1966 (Volpe), 1970 (Sargent), 1974 (Dukakis), 1978 (King), 1982 (Dukakis), 1986 (Dukakis), 1990 (Weld), 1994 (Weld), 1998 (Cellucci), 2002 (Romney), 2006 (Patrick), 2010 (Patrick), 2014

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U.S. President	1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012

U. S. Senate (with winners)	Class 1: 1875 (Dawes), 1881 (Dawes), 1887 (Dawes), 1893 (Lodge Sr.), 1898 (Lodge Sr.), 1904 (Lodge Sr.), 1910 (Lodge Sr.), 1916 (Lodge Sr.), 1922 (Lodge Sr.), 1926 [sp] (Walsh), 1928 (Walsh), 1934 (Walsh), 1940 (Walsh), 1946 (Lodge Jr.), 1952 (J. Kennedy), 1958 (J. Kennedy), 1962 [sp] (T. Kennedy), 1964 (T. Kennedy), 1970 (T. Kennedy), 1976 (T. Kennedy), 1982 (T. Kennedy), 1988 (T. Kennedy), 1994 (T. Kennedy), 2000 (T. Kennedy), 2006 (T. Kennedy), 2010 [sp] (Brown), 2012 Class 2: 1918 (Walsh), 1924 (Gillett), 1930 (Coolidge), 1936 (Lodge Jr.), 1942 (Lodge Jr.), 1944 [sp] (Saltonstall), 1948 (Saltonstall), 1954 (Saltonstall), 1960 (Saltonstall), 1966 (Brooke), 1972 (Brooke), 1978 (Tsongas), 1984 (Kerry), 1990 (Kerry), 1996 (Kerry), 2002 (Kerry), 2008 (Kerry), 2014

U. S. House	2001 [sp: 9th dist.], 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007 [sp: 5th dist.], 2008, 2010, 2012

See also: Political party strength in Massachusetts