title: Thomas S. Eisenstadt
text: # Thomas S. Eisenstadt
  
  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.
  
  Elected to the Boston School Committee in 1965, Eisenstadt was a strong supporter of desegregation efforts.
  
  