What type of details about howard j. whitmore , jr. . can be gathered from the following bio? Bio: howard j. whitmore , jr. was an american politician who was a member of the massachusetts house of representatives from 1947 -- 1953 and mayor of newton , massachusetts from 1954 -- 1959 . whitmore graduated from harvard college in 1929 , where he was a pitcher for the crimson baseball team . his political career began in 1940 when he was elected to the newton board of aldermen . from 1947-1953 , he was a member of the massachusetts house of representatives , where he was the chairman of the house committee on ways and means . he left the house in 1953 after being elected mayor of newton . whitmore did not seek reelection in 1959 . he was considered to be a frontrunner for the republican nomination for governor in 1960 , but dropped out of the race after he lost the convention vote to john a. volpe . he was the republican nominee for united states senate in 1964 . he lost to incumbent ted kennedy by over one million votes . following his defeat , whitmore was named commissioner of the metropolitan district commission , a post he held until 1970 .
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