Thomas J. McIntyre

Thomas James McIntyre (February 20, 1915 – August 8, 1992) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States senator from New Hampshire from 1962 to 1979.

Early life and education Thomas McIntyre was born in Laconia, New Hampshire, to Thomas James and Helen Grey (née Trask) McIntyre. He received his early education at parochial and public schools in Laconia. Shortly after his mother's death in 1927, he entered Manlius Military School in Onondaga County, New York. He graduated from Manlius in 1933 and, returning to New Hampshire, enrolled at Dartmouth College in Hanover. During college, he was a member of the Green Key Society and the Palaeopitus Senior Society.

Early career In 1940, McIntyre was admitted to the bar and joined the law office of former Senator Robert W. Upton in Concord. In 1980, he was elected to the Common Cause National Governing Board.

Mayor and city solicitor of Laconia 1949 to 1953 A Democrat, McIntyre served as mayor of Laconia from 1949 to 1951. A recount was subsequently held, but McIntyre still trailed Merrow by 397 votes. His chances for victory were enhanced by a bitter four-way primary in the Republican Party between Maurice J. Murphy, Jr., who had been appointed by Governor Wesley Powell to Bridges's seat; the Senator's widow, Doloris Bridges; and the state's two U.S. Representatives, Perkins Bass and Chester Merrow. He was the first Democratic Senator elected from New Hampshire since Fred H. Brown in 1932, Originally a strong supporter of the Vietnam War, he served as co-chairman of President Lyndon B. Johnson's campaign in New Hampshire in the 1968 election and called Johnson's primary opponent, Senator Eugene McCarthy, an "appeaser."

He was re-elected to a third term in 1972, defeating former Governor Wesley Powell by 44,643 votes.

McIntyre led an unsuccessful attempt to filibuster George H. W. Bush's confirmation as Director of Central Intelligence in 1976, believing the former chairman of the Republican National Committee would politicize the agency. He divided his time between his native Laconia and Tequesta, Florida.

McIntyre died at Good Samaritan Hospital in West Palm Beach, at age 77. He is buried in St. Lambert Cemetery in Laconia.