John W. Sears
John W. Sears | |
|---|---|
William Barnstead | |
| Succeeded by | Gordon M. Nelson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | John Winthrop Sears December 18, 1930 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | November 4, 2014 (aged 83) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Residence | Boston[1] |
| Alma mater | Harvard University Harvard Law School University of Oxford[1] |
| Occupation | Lawyer Stock broker[1] |
John Winthrop Sears (December 18, 1930 – November 4, 2014) was an American lawyer, historian and politician.Oxford University, and Harvard Law School.[2]
He served as a member of the
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
- ^ a b c d 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.