John W. Sears
John Winthrop Sears (December 18, 1930 – November 4, 2014) was an American lawyer, historian and politician.[1] His great-great-grandfather was David Sears II. He was the grandson of seven time National tennis champion Richard Dudley Sears and the first cousin once removed of Eleonora Sears. Sears was an alumnus of St. Mark's School, Harvard College during which he spent a year as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University, and Harvard Law School.[2]
John W. Sears | |
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| Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 3rd Suffolk district | |
| In office 1965–1968 | |
| Preceded by | Herbert B. Hollis |
| Succeeded by | Joseph A. Langone III |
| Sheriff of Suffolk County, Massachusetts | |
| In office 1968–1969 | |
| Preceded by | Frederick R. Sullivan |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Eisenstadt |
| Metropolitan District Commissioner | |
| In office 1970–1975 | |
| Preceded by | Howard J. Whitmore, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | John Snedeker |
| Chairman of the Massachusetts Republican Party | |
| In office 1975–1976 | |
| Preceded by | William Barnstead |
| Succeeded by | Gordon M. Nelson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | John Winthrop Sears December 18, 1930 Boston, Massachusetts |
| Died | November 4, 2014 (aged 83) Boston, Massachusetts |
| Political party | Republican |
| Residence | Boston[1] |
| Alma mater | Harvard University Harvard Law School University of Oxford[1] |
| Occupation | Lawyer Stock broker[1] |
He served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1965–1968, Sheriff of Suffolk County, Massachusetts from 1968–1969. He was Metropolitan District Commissioner from 1970–1975, He was Chairman of the Massachusetts Republican Party from 1975–1976. He ran for municipal office and served as a Boston City Councilor from 1980–1981. He was a candidate for Mayor of Boston in 1967, Secretary of the Commonwealth in 1978. He was the Republican candidate for Governor of Massachusetts in 1982. Sears received one vote for the Vice Presidential nomination at the 1976 Republican National Convention.
In 2012 the longtime party activist defined himself as "an old-fashioned, center-fielding Republican."[3] He died at his home in Boston on November 4, 2014.[4]
References
- Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1967–1968.
- "Our Campaigns – Candidate – John Winthrop Sears". Retrieved January 13, 2017.
- ‘Mass. moderate’ insult has local Republicans wincing The Boston Globe January 10, 2012
- "John Winthrop Sears, 83; a vanishing vestige of Boston's Republican Brahmin tradition – The Boston Globe". Retrieved January 13, 2017.
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| Party political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Francis W. Hatch, Jr. |
Massachusetts Republican Party gubernatorial candidate 1982 (lost) |
Succeeded by George Kariotis |