Endicott Howard Peabody (February 15, 1920 – December 2, 1997) was an American politician from

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. A Democrat, he served a single two-year term as the 62nd Governor of Massachusetts, from 1963 to 1965. His tenure is probably best known for his categorical opposition to the

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and for signing into law the bill establishing the

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. After losing the 1964 Democratic gubernatorial primary, Peabody made several more failed bids for office in Massachusetts and

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, including failed campaigns for the U.S. Senate in

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and 1986. Born in

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to a family with deep colonial roots, Peabody played

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, where he earned honors as an

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lineman. He served in the

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before embarking on a political career noted more for its failures than its successes. He made multiple unsuccessful attempts to win the position of Massachusetts Attorney General, and for the

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representing both Massachusetts and

, and ran for

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Early life

Endicott Peabody, nicknamed "Chub", was born in

, the son of Mary Elizabeth (née Parkman) and the Reverend Malcolm E. Peabody, an Episcopal Bishop of Central New York.Porter, p. 498 He was a grandson of the founder of

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and Brooks School, also named Endicott Peabody, and was a descendant of colonial governor John Endecott. His maternal grandfather, Henry Parkman, was a Boston businessman and politician. Peabody first attended the William Penn Charter School, and graduated in 1938 from the Groton School. He earned his A.B. from

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in 1942, majoring in history. Peabody played on the

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team and also played ice hockey and tennis.Porter, p. 499 He stood out in football, where he was known as the "baby-faced assassin", playing three seasons on the varsity squad, and was the only unanimous choice for the 1941 College Football All-America Team. He was awarded the Knute Rockne Memorial Trophy for best collegiate lineman in 1941, and was inducted into the

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in 1973. Peabody served in the

during

, primarily as a

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aboard the USS ''Tirante'' in the Pacific Ocean theater. He led several boarding parties involving hand-to-hand combat, for which he was awarded several commendations including the

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.Baltzell, p. 307

Early forays into politics

While serving in the war, Peabody decided to embark on a career in politics. After the war ended, he attended

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, receiving his J.D. degree and attaining admission to the Massachusetts bar in 1948. His first political work was on the

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presidential campaign of

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. Truman appointed him an Assistant Regional Counsel for the

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in 1950 and Regional Counsel for the Small Defense Plants Administration in 1952. In 1954 he won election to the

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, serving one two-year term. In 1958, Peabody ran for Attorney General of Massachusetts, but lost in the Democratic primary to Edward McCormack, Jr. by nine percentage points.Our Campaigns – MA Attorney General- D Primary
/ref> In

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, he ran for

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, but came in second (out of seven candidates) in the Democratic primary with 25.5% of the vote. In that year's presidential election, he coordinated

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's campaigns in

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, and

Governorship

In the 1962 gubernatorial election, Peabody was victorious in the race for governor, upsetting the Republican

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John A. Volpe by only 4,431 votes out of over two million cast. Peabody's campaign manager was his law partner Joseph M. Koufman. Peabody was aided in the victory by endorsements from President Kennedy, and by the coattails of

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's victory in the coinciding race for the president's former

seat. During his administration, voters approved a state constitutional amendment extending the terms of office of all state constitutional officers from two years to four years, starting from the next election. Peabody advocated laws to prevent discrimination in housing and to establish drug addiction treatment programs. He also strongly opposed

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and "vowed that he would not sign a death warrant even for the

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, if he were ever caught and convicted." This position was controversial, especially because several police officers were killed in the line of duty in the state during his tenure. Peabody recommended the commutation of every

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that he reviewed while governor. Massachusetts' last executions took place in 1947, though the penalty itself remained in force. On June 18, 1964, Peabody signed into law the bill establishing the

. On April 1, 1964, the governor's 72-year-old mother, Mary Parkman Peabody, made headlines when she was arrested at the Ponce de Leon Motor Lodge in

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, for attempting to be served in an integrated group at a racially segregated restaurant. The action made her a hero to the civil rights movement and brought civil rights efforts in St. Augustine, the nation's oldest city, to national and international attention. In

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, Lt. Gov. Francis X. Bellotti mounted a primary campaign against Peabody for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. Although Peabody was supported by Senator Kennedy and the party convention, Bellotti was victorious in the primary. Peabody's loss was variously attributed to his controversial opposition to the death penalty, his stiff demeanor in television appearances, and a bruising defeat he suffered early in his term in opposing the winning candidate for Speaker of the Massachusetts General Court. Bellotti subsequently lost the general election to John Volpe.

Post-governorship

Senate campaign

, Peabody ran for the U.S. Senate, for which there was an open seat that year as a result of the retirement of

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; he won the Democratic nomination but was defeated by a landslide in the general election by the Republican nominee, the liberal state Attorney General

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1972 vice presidential election

Peabody undertook a quixotic campaign for

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on the Democratic ticket in

; he came in fourth in the balloting at the 1972 Democratic National Convention. He ran under the slogan "Endicott Peabody, the number one man for the number two job."

New Hampshire

In 1983, he moved to

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, where he ran unsuccessfully for local and statewide political office several times, including for the U.S. Senate in 1986 against the Republican incumbent,

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. In 1992, Peabody ran again for vice president by competing in the New Hampshire vice-presidential primary, where he won with 59.7% of the vote. However, the primary is non-binding, and, at the prerogative of the presidential nominee,

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, the vice-presidential nomination eventually went to

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. Clinton and Gore subsequently won the

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. Also in 1992, Peabody ran for a seat in the

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, but he came in third place with 20.7% of the vote.NH State House – Hillsborough 22
/ref> Peabody died from

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in Hollis in 1997, aged 77. His remains were interred in Groton, Massachusetts.

Family

On June 24, 1944, Peabody married Barbara Welch "Toni" Gibbons (1922–2012), a native of

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, the elder daughter of Morris Gibbons, a member of the

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, and his wife, the former Maude Madge Welch. Peabody and his wife had a daughter, Barbara, and two sons, Robert and Endicott Jr. Peabody's sister, Marietta Peabody Tree, represented the United States on the

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Navy awards

* Presidential Unit Citation for USS ''Tirante'' *

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* Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with two battle stars *

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Electoral history

1972 Democratic National Convention (Vice Presidential tally) * Thomas Eagleton – 1,742 (59.07%) * Frances Farenthold – 405 (13.73%) * Mike Gravel – 226 (7.66%) *Endicott Peabody – 108 (3.66%) *

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– 74 (2.51%) *

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– 62 (2.10%) * Peter W. Rodino – 57 (1.93%) *

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– 30 (1.02%) *

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– 20 (0.68%) * Moon Landrieu – 19 (0.64%) * Edward T. Breathitt – 18 (0.61%) *

– 15 (0.51%) *

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– 14 (0.48%) * Richard G. Hatcher – 11 (0.37%) * Harold Hughes – 10 (0.34%) *

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– 9 (0.31%) * William L. Guy – 8 (0.27%) * Adlai Stevenson III – 8 (0.27%) * Robert Bergland – 5 (0.17%) * Hodding Carter – 5 (0.17%) *

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– 5 (0.17%) * Wilbur Mills – 5 (0.17%) * Wendell Anderson – 4 (0.14%) * Stanley Arnold – 4 (0.14%) * Ron Dellums – 4 (0.14%) * John J. Houlihan – 4 (0.14%) * Roberto A. Mondragon – 4 (0.14%) * Reubin O'Donovan Askew – 3 (0.10%) * Herman Badillo – 3 (0.10%) *

Eugene McCarthy Eugene Joseph McCarthy (March 29, 1916December 10, 2005) was an American politician, writer, and academic from Minnesota. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1949 to 1959 and the United States Senate from 1959 to 1971. ...

– 3 (0.10%) *

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– 3 (0.10%) * Terry Sanford – 3 (0.10%) *

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– 2 (0.07%) * Richard J. Daley – 2 (0.07%) * John DeCarlo – 2 (0.07%) * Ernest Gruening – 2 (0.07%) * Roger Mudd – 2 (0.07%) *

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– 2 (0.07%) * Claude Pepper – 2 (0.07%) * Abraham A. Ribicoff – 2 (0.07%) * Hoyt Patrick Taylor, Jr. – 2 (0.07%) * Leonard F. Woodcock – 2 (0.07%) * Bruno Agnoli – 2 (0.07%) * Ernest Albright – 1 (0.03%) * William A. Barrett – 1 (0.03%) *

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– 1 (0.03%) *

Philip Berrigan Philip Francis “Phil” Berrigan (October 5, 1923 – December 6, 2002) was an American peace activist and Catholic priest with the Josephites (Maryland), Josephites. He engaged in nonviolent, civil disobedience in the cause of peace an ...

– 1 (0.03%) *

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– 1 (0.03%) * Skipper Bowles – 1 (0.03%) * Archibald Burton – 1 (0.03%) *

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– 1 (0.03%) * William Chappell – 1 (0.03%) * Lawton Chiles – 1 (0.03%) * Frank Church – 1 (0.03%) *

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– 1 (0.03%) * Nick Galifianakis – 1 (0.03%) *

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– 1 (0.03%) * Michael Griffin – 1 (0.03%) * Martha Griffiths – 1 (0.03%) * Charles Hamilton – 1 (0.03%) * Patricia Harris – 1 (0.03%) *

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– 1 (0.03%) *

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– 1 (0.03%) *

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– 1 (0.03%) * Robery Kariss – 1 (0.03%) * Allard K. Lowenstein – 1 (0.03%) *

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– 1 (0.03%) * Eleanor McGovern – 1 (0.03%) * Martha Beall Mitchell – 1 (0.03%) *

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– 1 (0.03%) * George Norcross III – 1 (0.03%) * Jerry Rubin – 1 (0.03%) *Frederic Seaman – 1 (0.03%) * Joe Smith – 1 (0.03%) *

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– 1 (0.03%) * Patrick Tavolacci – 1 (0.03%) *

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– 1 (0.03%) 1992 New Hampshire Democratic vice presidential primary:Our Campaigns – US Vice President – D Primary Race – Feb 18, 1992
/ref> *Endicott Peabody – 34,533 (59.68%) * Susan K.Y. Shargal – 20,347 (35.16%) *

* – 1,097 (1.90%) *

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* – 739 (1.28%) *

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* – 649 (1.12%) * Bob Kerrey* – 502 (0.87%)

Hillsborough District #22 election, 1992 * Susan B. Durham (R) – 2,089 (31.32%) * George W. Wright (R) – 1,925 (28.86%) *Endicott Peabody (D) – 1,378 (20.66%) *Barbara Peabody (D) – 1,279 (19.17%) (* –

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