Endicott Peabody

Endicott Peabody (February 15, 1920–December 1, 1997) was a Governor of Massachusetts whose political failures outnumbered his successes.

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Endicott Peabody - February 15 - 1920 - December 1 - 1997 - Governor - Massachusetts

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Peabody was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, served in the United States Navy during World War II, and received a BA and a law degree from Harvard University. He was descended from the founder of the Groton School, also named Endicott Peabody. He ran for political office unsuccessfully in Massachusetts several times. In 1962 he was elected Governor and served until 1965. In 1966 he ran for a seat in the United States Senate and was defeated by Edward Brooke.

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Lawrence, Massachusetts - United States Navy - World War II - Harvard University - Groton School - 1962 - 1965 - 1966 - United States Senate - Edward Brooke

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In 1983, he moved to Hollis, New Hampshire, where he ran, again unsuccessfully, for local and statewide political office several times. He also undertook an extremely quixotic campaign for Vice President of the United States on the Democratic Party (United States) ticket in 1992.

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1983 - Hollis, New Hampshire - Vice President of the United States - Democratic Party (United States) - 1992

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Nicknamed "Chub", Peabody, an engaging politician, struggled to transcend his preppy-sounding name and WASP ethnicity at a time when Irish-American politicians like the Kennedy family and their Italian-American counterparts such as John Volpe and Foster Furcolo were appealing to large Roman Catholic constituencies. His detractors made a joke of his name, saying, "He was the only governor to have three towns named after him: Peabody, Marblehead and Athol" -- the last being pronounced like asshole with a lisp."

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Preppy - WASP - Irish-American - Kennedy family - Italian-American - John Volpe - Foster Furcolo - Roman Catholic - Peabody - Marblehead - Athol

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Peabody died in 1997 at the age of 77, and is buried in Groton, Massachusetts.

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1997 - Groton, Massachusetts

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