1966 United States Senate election in Massachusetts
Nominee
Edward Brooke
Endicott Peabody
Party
Republican
Democratic
Popular vote
1,213,473
774,761
Percentage
60.68%
38.74%
Municipal results
U.S. senator before election
Leverett Saltonstall
Republican
Elected U.S. Senator
Edward Brooke
Republican
The 1966 United States Senate election in Massachusetts was held on November 8, 1966. Republican incumbent Leverett Saltonstall retired after serving for 22 years. Republican Massachusetts Attorney General Edward Brooke defeated Democratic former Governor of Massachusetts Endicott Peabody in a landslide.
Brooke was the first African-American U.S. Senator elected after the end of Reconstruction and the first ever popularly elected, as Reconstruction ended before the passage of the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution .
Republican primary [ ]
Candidates [ ]
Declared [ ]
Edward Brooke , Massachusetts Attorney General since 1963
Alan MacKay, conservative activist[1]
Declined [ ]
Leverett Saltonstall , incumbent Senator since 1945
Campaign [ ]
MacKay campaigned against Brooke for refusing to back Barry Goldwater 's 1964 presidential campaign. However, Goldwater endorsed Brooke in May.[1]
Results [ ]
Brooke won the party endorsement at the June 25 convention and was unopposed in the September primary.[1]
Democratic primary [ ]
Democratic primary runner-up John F. Collins campaigning
Candidates [ ]
Thomas Boylston Adams , academic and member of the Adams political family
John F. Collins , Mayor of Boston
Endicott Peabody , former Governor of Massachusetts
Results [ ]
General election [ ]
Candidates [ ]
Edward Brooke , Massachusetts Attorney General since 1963 (Republican)
Lawrence Gilfedder, perennial candidate[2] (Socialist Labor)
Endicott Peabody , former Governor of Massachusetts (Democratic)
Mark R. Shaw , perennial candidate and nominee for Vice President of the United States in 1964 (Prohibition)
Results [ ]
See also [ ]
1966 United States Senate elections
References [ ]
^ a b c Rudin, Ken (25 June 2010). "Flashback Friday: On This Day In 1966, Mass. GOP Backs Ed Brooke For Senate". NPR.com .
^ Lawrence Gilfedder at ourcampaigns.com
External links and references [ ]
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