In 1966 , Adams , an early and vocal opponent of the Vietnam War , ran a quixotic campaign as a peace candidate for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate , against two far better-known candidates : former governor Endicott Peabody and Boston mayor John F. Collins . Adams got about 8 % of the vote as Peabody won the nomination ( and was easily defeated in turn by Republican Edward Brooke ) . He ran for Congress in 1968 and was a delegate to the 1972 Democratic National Convention
1972 Democratic National Convention
1972 Democratic National Convention
Thomas Boylston Adams (1910–1997)