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John W. Sears
John W. Sears
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 3rd Suffolk district
	In office; 1965–1968
Preceded by	Herbert B. Hollis
Succeeded by	Joseph A. Langone III
Sheriff of Suffolk County, Massachusetts
	In office; 1968–1969
Preceded by	Frederick R. Sullivan
Succeeded by	Thomas Eisenstadt
Metropolitan District Commissioner
	In office; 1970–1975
Preceded by	Howard J. Whitmore, Jr.
Succeeded by	John Snedeker
Chairman of the Massachusetts Republican Party
	In office; 1975–1976
Preceded by	William Barnstead
Succeeded by	Gordon M. Nelson
Personal details
Born	John Winthrop Sears; December 18, 1930; Boston, Massachusetts
Died	November 4, 2014 (aged 83); Boston, Massachusetts
Political party	Republican
Residence	Boston
Alma mater	Harvard University; Harvard Law School; University of Oxford
Occupation	Lawyer; Stock broker

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John Winthrop Sears (December 18, 1930 – November 4, 2014) was an American lawyer, historian and politician.^[1] His great-great-grandfather was David Sears II. He is the grandson of seven time National tennis champion Richard Dudley Sears and the first cousin once removed of Eleonora Sears. Sears is an alumnus of St. Mark's School, Harvard College during which he spent a year as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University, and Harvard Law School.^[2]

He served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1965–1968, Sheriff of Suffolk County, Massachusetts from 1968-1969. He was Metropolitan District Commissioner from 1970–1975, He was Chairman of the Massachusetts Republican Party from 1975-1976. He ran for municipal office and served as a Boston City Councilor from 1980-1981. He was a candidate for Mayor of Boston in 1967, 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 13 January 2017.
^ ‘Mass. moderate’ insult has local Republicans wincing The Boston Globe 10 January 2012
^ "John Winthrop Sears, 83; a vanishing vestige of Boston's Republican Brahmin tradition - The Boston Globe". Retrieved 13 January 2017.

Party political offices
Preceded by Francis W. Hatch, Jr.	Massachusetts Republican Party gubernatorial candidate 1982 (lost)	Succeeded by George Kariotis

[PublicOfficers-1] Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1967-1968.

[2] "Our Campaigns - Candidate - John Winthrop Sears". Retrieved 13 January 2017.

[3] ‘Mass. moderate’ insult has local Republicans wincing The Boston Globe 10 January 2012

[4] "John Winthrop Sears, 83; a vanishing vestige of Boston's Republican Brahmin tradition - The Boston Globe". Retrieved 13 January 2017.

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-'''John Winthrop Sears''' (December 18, 1930 – November 4, 2014) was an American lawyer, historian and politician.<ref name=PublicOfficers>{{cite book |title=Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1967-1968 | url=https://archive.org/stream/publicofficersof19671968bost#page/282/mode/2up }}</ref>  His great-great-grandfather was [[David Sears (America)|David Sears]] II. He is the grandson of seven time National tennis champion [[Richard Dudley Sears]] and the first cousin once removed of [[Eleonora Sears]]. Sears is an alumnus of [[St. Mark's School (Massachusetts)|St. Mark's School]], [[Harvard College]] during which he spent a year as a [[Rhodes Scholar]] at [[Oxford University]] and [[Harvard Law School]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=9728|title=Our Campaigns - Candidate - John Winthrop Sears|publisher=|accessdate=13 January 2017}}</ref>
+'''John Winthrop Sears''' (December 18, 1930 – November 4, 2014) was an American lawyer, historian and politician.<ref name=PublicOfficers>{{cite book |title=Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1967-1968 | url=https://archive.org/stream/publicofficersof19671968bost#page/282/mode/2up }}</ref>  His great-great-grandfather was [[David Sears (America)|David Sears]] II. He is the grandson of seven time National tennis champion [[Richard Dudley Sears]] and the first cousin once removed of [[Eleonora Sears]]. Sears is an alumnus of [[St. Mark's School (Massachusetts)|St. Mark's School]], [[Harvard College]] during which he spent a year as a [[Rhodes Scholar]] at [[Oxford University]], and [[Harvard Law School]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=9728|title=Our Campaigns - Candidate - John Winthrop Sears|publisher=|accessdate=13 January 2017}}</ref>
 He served as a member of the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]] from 1965–1968, Sheriff of [[Suffolk County, Massachusetts]] from 1968-1969. He was [[Metropolitan District Commission]]er from 1970–1975, He was Chairman of the [[Massachusetts Republican Party]] from 1975-1976. He ran for municipal office and served as a [[Boston City Council]]or from 1980-1981. He was a candidate for [[Mayor of Boston]] in [[Boston mayoral election, 1967|1967]], [[Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth|Secretary of the Commonwealth]] in 1978. He was the Republican candidate for [[Governor of Massachusetts]] in [[Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 1982|1982]]. Sears received one vote for the Vice Presidential nomination at the [[1976 Republican National Convention]].