The governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the chief executive officer of the government of Massachusetts. The governor is the head of the state cabinet and the commander-in-chief of the commonwealth's military forces.
William Michael Bulger is an American former Democratic politician,lawyer,and educator from South Boston,Massachusetts. His eighteen-year tenure as President of the Massachusetts Senate is the longest in history. He then became president of the University of Massachusetts.
Robert Edward Travaglini is an American politician and lobbyist. From 2003 to 2007,Travaglini served as President of the Massachusetts Senate. He represented the first Middlesex and Suffolk senate district,encompassing portions of Boston,Cambridge,Revere,and Winthrop.
The Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth is the principal public information officer of the government of the U.S. state of Massachusetts. It is the equivalent of what most other states call the Secretary of State.
David Barry Cohen is an American politician who served as a Massachusetts state Representative for the 11th Middlesex district and as the mayor of Newton,Massachusetts.
Therese Murray is an American politician who served as President of the Massachusetts Senate from 2007 to 2015. Murray,a Democrat,was the first woman to lead a house of the Massachusetts General Court. She represented the Plymouth and Barnstable district in the Massachusetts Senate from 1993 to 2015.
Frederick E. Berry was a disability rights advocate and Democratic politician from Massachusetts,who served as a member of the Massachusetts Senate from 1983 to 2013. He served as majority leader of the state Senate from 2003 until his retirement in 2013.
Harriette L. Chandler is an American politician who was the 94th President of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts State Senator for the 1st Worcester district,which includes parts of the city of Worcester,where she resides,and the towns of Boylston,Holden,Princeton,and West Boylston,and parts of Clinton and Northborough. She is a Democrat who has served since January 2001. From 1995 to 2001 she was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. Prior to serving in the Massachusetts legislature,she was a member of the Worcester school committee from 1991 to 1994. She is the first woman from Worcester ever to be elected to the Massachusetts Senate.
Mary E. Grant is an American psychiatric nurse and politician who represented the 6th Essex district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 2003 to 2011. Prior to serving in the General Court,Grant served on the City Charter Commission,Ordinance Review Committee,and High School Site Council in Beverly,Massachusetts.
John A. Businger is an American politician who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1971 to 1999.
Ruth B. Balser is an American state legislator serving in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. She is a Newton resident and a member of the Democratic Party.
Kevin G. Honan is an American state legislator who has represented the 17th Suffolk district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives since 1987. He is the House's longest continuously serving legislator. He is a resident of the Brighton neighborhood of Boston and a member of the Democratic Party.
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 11th Suffolk district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers part of the city of Boston in Suffolk County. Democrat Liz Malia of Jamaica Plain has represented the district since 1998.
The 177th Massachusetts General Court,consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives,met in 1991 and 1992 during the governorship of Bill Weld. William Bulger served as president of the Senate and Charles Flaherty served as speaker of the House.
The 183rd Massachusetts General Court,consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives,met in 2003 and 2004 during the governorship of Mitt Romney. Robert Travaglini served as president of the Senate. Thomas Finneran and then Salvatore DiMasi each served as speaker of the House.
The 184th Massachusetts General Court,consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives,met in 2005 and 2006 during the governorship of Mitt Romney. Robert Travaglini served as president of the Senate and Salvatore DiMasi served as speaker of the House.
The 164th Massachusetts General Court,consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives,met in 1965 and 1966 during the governorship of John Volpe. Maurice A. Donahue served as president of the Senate and John Davoren served as speaker of the House. On April 22,1965,Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered an address to a joint session of the General Court after meeting with Massachusetts Governor John Volpe. In the same month,Volpe filed a request for legislation from the state legislature that defined schools with nonwhite enrollments greater than 50 percent to be imbalanced and granted the State Board of Education the power to withhold state funds from any school district in the state that was found to have racial imbalance,which Volpe would sign into law the following August.
Anne Marie Paulsen is an American Democratic Party politician from Belmont,Massachusetts. Paulsen served from 1993 to 2006.
