Thomas S. Eisenstadt | |
Birth Date: | 21 May 1936 |
Birth Place: | Boston, Massachusetts |
Sheriff of Suffolk County, Massachusetts | |
Term Start: | 1969 |
Term End: | 1977 |
Predecessor: | John W. Sears |
Successor: | Dennis J. Kearney |
Office2: | Chairman of the Boston School Committee |
Term Start2: | 1968 |
Term End2: | 1968 |
Preceded2: | John J. McDonough |
Succeeded2: | John J. Kerrigan |
Term Start3: | 1966 |
Term End3: | 1966 |
Preceded3: | Louise Day Hicks |
Succeeded3: | John J. McDonough |
Thomas Stephen Eisenstadt (born May 21, 1936) was sheriff of Suffolk County, Massachusetts from 1969 to 1977,during which time he was the captioned plaintiff in Eisenstadt v. Baird (1972), a landmark United States Supreme Court decision on contraception.[1]
Elected to the Boston School Committee in 1965, Eisenstadt was a strong supporter of desegregation efforts.