Mason Sears
| Mason Sears | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Member of the Massachusetts Senate from the 2nd Norfolk District | |
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In office 1947–1949 | |
| Preceded by | James Austin Peckham |
| Succeeded by | Leslie Bradley Cutler |
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In office 1939–1942 | |
| Preceded by | District created |
| Succeeded by | James Austin Peckham |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
December 29, 1899 Boston, Massachusetts |
| Died |
December 13, 1973 (aged 73) Boston, Massachusetts |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Zilla MacDougall |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Occupation |
Salesman Politician |
Philip Mason Sears (born December 29, 1899 — December 13, 1973) was an American politician who served as a member of the Massachusetts General Court and the Chairman of the Massachusetts Republican Party.[1]
Early life
Sears was born on December 29, 1899 to Philip Shelton Sears, a sculptor, and Mary Cabot (Higginson) Sears.[1] He attended St. Mark's School and Harvard University.[2] On December 29, 1924 he married Zilla MacDougall, the daughter of Admiral William D. MacDougall.[1][3]
Naval career
Sears served in the United States Navy, where he was an attaché to the United States State Department delegation in Peking, China.[2][3] Here he met Danish ambassador Henrik Kauffmann, who would become his friend and later marry Sears' sister-in-law Charlotte MacDougall.[2] Sears also served in the Navy during World War II.[2]
Political career
Sears was a Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1935 to 1937 and the Massachusetts Senate from 1939 to 1943 and again from 1947 to 1949.[4]
Sears worked on the United States Senate campaigns of Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., a colleague of his in the state legislature and the husband of his second cousin.[5]
Sears was Massachusetts Republican State Chair from 1949 to 1950 and was delegate to 1948 and 1952 Republican National Conventions from Massachusetts.[1]
From 1953 to 1960 he was the United States' Representative to United Nations Trusteeship Council.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Sears, Philip Mason (1899-1973". PoliticalGraveyard.com. Lawrence Kestenbaum. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
- 1 2 3 4 Sears and MacDougall family papers.
- 1 2 Bo Lidegaard & W. Glyn Jones (2003). Defiant diplomacy: Henrik Kauffmann, Denmark, and the United States in World War II and the Cold War, 1939-1958. P. Lang. ISBN 9780820468198.
- ↑ 1947–1948 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
- ↑ Miller, William Johnson (1967). Henry Cabot Lodge: A Biography. Heineman.
| Party political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Lloyd B. Waring |
Chairman of the Massachusetts Republican Party 1949-1950 |
Succeeded by Daniel Tyler, Jr. |