The Boston transportation system includes roadway,subway,regional rail,air,and sea options for passenger and freight transit in Boston,Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) operates the Port of Boston,which includes a container shipping facility in South Boston,and Logan International Airport,in East Boston. The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) operates bus,subway,short-distance rail,and water ferry passenger services throughout the city and region. Amtrak operates passenger rail service to and from major northeastern cities. A major bus terminal at South Station is served by varied intercity bus companies. The city is bisected by major highways I-90 and I-93,the intersection of which has undergone a major renovation,nicknamed the Big Dig.
Thomas Phillip "Tip" O'Neill Jr. was an American politician who served as the 47th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1977 to 1987,representing northern Boston,Massachusetts,as a Democrat from 1953 to 1987. The only Speaker to serve for five complete consecutive Congresses,he is the third longest-serving Speaker in American history after Sam Rayburn and Henry Clay in terms of total tenure and longest-serving in terms of continuous tenure.
Raymond Leo Flynn is an American politician who served as 52nd Mayor of Boston,Massachusetts from 1984 until 1993. He was later appointed United States Ambassador to the Holy See (1993–1997) by President Bill Clinton.
Benjamin Williams Crowninshield served as the United States Secretary of the Navy between 1815 and 1818,during the administrations of Presidents James Madison and James Monroe.
South Boston is a densely populated neighborhood of Boston,Massachusetts,located south and east of the Fort Point Channel and abutting Dorchester Bay. South Boston,colloquially known as Southie,has undergone several demographic transformations since being annexed to the city of Boston in 1804. The neighborhood,once primarily farmland,is popularly known by its twentieth century identity as a working class Irish Catholic community. Throughout the twenty-first century,the neighborhood has become increasingly popular with millennial professionals.
Thomas Michael Finneran,is a radio talk host and former Massachusetts Democratic politician who served as Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from April 1996 to September 2004. He represented the district that included parts of the Boston neighborhoods of Dorchester,Mattapan and Hyde Park as well as parts of the town of Milton for 26 years.
Scott Philip Brown is an American diplomat,attorney,and politician who served as the United States Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa. He is a former United States Senator for Massachusetts (2010–2013),and also was the 2014 Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate in New Hampshire. Prior to his Senate tenure,Brown served as a member of the Massachusetts General Court,first in the State House of Representatives (1998–2004) and then in the State Senate (2004–2010).
Edward Lawrence Logan was an American lawyer,judge,military officer,and politician. While still a student,Logan enlisted in the Massachusetts 9th infantry during the Spanish–American War. Upon returning to Boston,he ran successfully for a seat on the Boston City Council in 1899,and subsequently won election to the Massachusetts state legislature as both a representative,and later as a state senator. Rising to the rank of major general following the World War I,he was given command of the 26th Infantry Division of the United States Army. Logan was instrumental in the post–World War I reorganization of that unit,as well as the Massachusetts National Guard. He would go on to serve as head of The American Legion's Department of Massachusetts.
The John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center located in Boston was built in 1988 from a design by architects Kallmann,McKinnell &Wood. It replaced the John B. Hynes Memorial Auditorium,also a convention center,built in 1963 during the Massachusetts Turnpike expansion from Route 128 to the Central Artery,which was regarded as "ungainly". The 1988 design "attempted to relate in scale and materials to its Back Bay setting,adopting granite and setbacks... The severe gray interior is reminiscent of an early 20th-century German railroad station". The Center is named after former Boston mayor John Hynes.
John Forbes Kerry is an American politician and diplomat,currently serving as the first United States special presidential envoy for climate. He previously served as the 68th United States secretary of state from 2013 to 2017. An attorney and former naval officer,Kerry first drew public attention as a decorated Vietnam veteran turned anti-war activist. He went on to serve as a prosecutor and as Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts,before serving as United States Senator from Massachusetts from 1985 to 2013. A member of the Democratic Party,he was the Democratic nominee for President of the United States in the 2004 election,which he lost to incumbent President George W. Bush.
Timothy Patrick Murray is an American lawyer and member of the Democratic Party who served as the 71st Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts from 2007 to 2013,when he resigned to become the head of the Worcester Chamber of Commerce. Murray had previously served as a member of Worcester City Council from 1998 to 2007 and as the Mayor of Worcester from 2002 to 2007.
Saint Francis House is a nonprofit,nonsectarian,daytime shelter,primarily for the homeless,located in downtown Boston,Massachusetts,and founded in the early 1980s. It is the largest daytime shelter in New England and serves as an early model of such a center.
Thomas Gunning Kelley is a retired captain in the United States Navy who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Vietnam War. From 2003 to 2011 he served as Secretary of the Massachusetts Department of Veterans' Services. He served as the President of the Medal of Honor Society from 2015-2017.
The Woman's Relief Corps (WRC) is a charitable organization in the United States,originally founded as the official women's auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) in 1883. The organization was designed to assist the GAR and provide post-war relief to Union veterans. The GAR had been created as a "fraternal" organization and refused to allow women to join up until the creation of this auxiliary. it is largely dedicated to historical preservation of research and official documentation related to the WRC and GAR.
William Richard Keating is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 9th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party,he first entered Congress in 2011,representing Massachusetts's 10th congressional district until redistricting. Keating's district currently includes Cape Cod and most of the South Coast. He raised his profile advocating for criminal justice issues in both houses of the Massachusetts General Court (1977–1999) before becoming district attorney of Norfolk County where he served three terms prior to his congressional tenure.
John F. Keenan,is a member of the Massachusetts State Senate for the Norfolk and Plymouth district.
The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts were held on Tuesday,November 6,2012 to elect the nine U.S. Representatives from the state of Massachusetts,a loss of one seat following the 2010 Census,for service in the 113th Congress from January 3,2013 to January 3,2015. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices,including a quadrennial presidential election. The candidate elected in each of the state's congressional districts was a member the Democratic Party.
Harold "Hank" P. Naughton Jr. is an American politician. He is a state legislator who has served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives since 1995. He was born in Worcester,MA on July 4,1960 and grew up in Clinton,MA,where he still resides with his wife,Ellen,and four children. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Francisco Urena is an American government official and former Marine who served as the Massachusetts Secretary of Veterans' Affairs and previously served as the Veterans' Services Officer for the cities of Boston and Lawrence,Massachusetts.
Thomas P. Glynn III is a senior official at Harvard University overseeing the Harvard Allston Land Company,a new entity to develop commercial real estate in the Allston land owned by Harvard. He is the former chief executive officer of the Massachusetts Port Authority,former general manager of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and United States Deputy Secretary of Labor.
