Endicott Howard Peabody was an American politician from Massachusetts.
21 Facts About Endicott Peabody
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Endicott Peabody's tenure is probably best known for his categorical opposition to the death penalty and for signing into law the bill establishing the University of Massachusetts Boston.
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Endicott Peabody served in the United States Navy in World War II before embarking on a political career noted more for its failures than its successes.
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Endicott Peabody made multiple unsuccessful attempts to win the position of Massachusetts Attorney General, and for the United States Senate representing both Massachusetts and New Hampshire, and ran for United States Vice President in 1972.
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Endicott Peabody, nicknamed "Chub", was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, the son of Mary Elizabeth and the Reverend Malcolm E Peabody, a former Episcopal Bishop of Central New York.
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Endicott Peabody was a grandson of the founder of Groton School and Brooks School, named Endicott Peabody, and was a descendant of colonial governor John Endecott.
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Endicott Peabody first attended the William Penn Charter School, and graduated in 1938 from the Groton School.
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Endicott Peabody played on the Harvard Crimson football team and played ice hockey and tennis.
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Endicott Peabody 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.
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Endicott Peabody was awarded the Knute Rockne Memorial Trophy for best collegiate lineman in 1941, and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1973.
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Endicott Peabody served in the United States Navy during World War II, primarily as a Lieutenant aboard the USS Tirante in the Pacific Ocean theater.
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Endicott Peabody led several boarding parties involving hand-to-hand combat, for which he was awarded several commendations including the Silver Star.
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In 1958, Endicott Peabody ran for Attorney General of Massachusetts, but lost in the Democratic primary to Edward McCormack, Jr.
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Endicott Peabody was aided in the victory by endorsements from President Kennedy, and the landslide victory of Kennedy's brother Edward in the coinciding race for the president's former United States Senate seat.
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Endicott Peabody advocated laws to prevent discrimination in housing and to establish drug addiction treatment programs.
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Endicott Peabody recommended the commutation of every death sentence that he reviewed while governor.
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On June 18,1964, Endicott Peabody signed into law the bill establishing the University of Massachusetts Boston.
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In 1966, Endicott Peabody ran for the US Senate, for which there was an open seat that year as a result of the retirement of Leverett Saltonstall; he won the Democratic nomination but was defeated by a landslide in the general election by the Republican nominee, the liberal state Attorney General Edward Brooke.
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Endicott Peabody undertook a quixotic campaign for Vice President of the United States on the Democratic ticket in 1972; he came in fourth in the balloting at the 1972 Democratic National Convention.
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Endicott Peabody died from leukemia in Hollis in 1997, aged 77.
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On June 24,1944, Endicott Peabody married Barbara Welch "Toni" Gibbons, a native of Bermuda, the elder daughter of Morris Gibbons, a member of the Parliament of Bermuda, and his wife, the former Maude Madge Welch.