Thomas Boylston Adams (July 25, 1910 – June 4, 1997)[1] was an American business executive, writer, academician, and political candidate.
[2] Adams was president of the Massachusetts Historical Society (1957–1975) and treasurer of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1955–1990).
[2] 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,[2][3] 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).
[1] Adams was married for 57 years to the former Ramelle Frost Cochrane; the couple had five children.