United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1966

United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1966
November 8, 1966

 
Nominee Edward Brooke Endicott Peabody
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 1,213,473 774,761
Percentage 60.68% 38.74%
U.S. Senator before election

Leverett Saltonstall
Republican

 Elected U.S. Senator

Edward Brooke
Republican

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.

Brooke was the first African-American U.S. Senator elected since Reconstruction.

Candidates

Democratic

Republican

  • Edward Brooke – chairman of the Boston Finance Commission from 1961 to 1962 and Massachusetts Attorney General since 1962.[2]

Socialist Workers

  • Lawrence Gilfedder – candidate for lieutenant 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 – 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%

See also

References

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


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