Everett is a city in Middlesex County,Massachusetts,United States,directly north of Boston,bordering the neighborhood of Charlestown. The population was 49,075 at the time of the 2020 United States Census.
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. After leaving office,he became president of the University of Massachusetts.
Michael Everett Capuano is an American politician and attorney who served as a U.S. Representative of Massachusetts from 1999 to 2019. A Democrat,his district included the northern three-fourths of Boston,as well as parts of Cambridge,his hometown of Somerville,and other communities immediately north and south of Boston. Prior to being elected to Congress,he served as an Alderman and Mayor of Somerville.
Raymond Leo Flynn is an American politician who served as the mayor of Boston,Massachusetts,from 1984 until 1993. He also served as United States Ambassador to the Holy See from 1993 to 1997.
James Draper St. Clair was an American lawyer,who practiced law for many years in Boston with the firm of Hale &Dorr. He was the chief legal counsel for President Richard Nixon during the Watergate scandal.
Charles F. Jeff Sullivan was an American politician who served as the 57th lieutenant governor of Massachusetts from 1949 to 1953. Sullivan was also a member of the Worcester,Massachusetts Common Council,a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives,a Massachusetts State Senator and the Mayor of Worcester,Massachusetts from 1946 to 1949.
John E. Kerrigan was an American politician,the acting mayor of Boston in 1945 after then-Mayor Maurice J. Tobin became governor of Massachusetts.
The Massachusetts Democratic Party (MassDems) is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in Massachusetts. It is chaired by Steve Kerrigan and is the dominant party in the state,controlling all nine of the state's U.S. House seats,both U.S. Senate seats,all six elected statewide offices including the governorship,and supermajorities in both houses of the state legislature.
The Boston City Council is the legislative branch of government for the city of Boston,Massachusetts,United States. It is made up of 13 members:9 district representatives and 4 at-large members. Councillors are elected to two-year terms,and there is no limit on the number of terms an individual can serve. Boston uses a strong-mayor form of government in which the city council acts as a check against the power of the executive branch,the mayor. The council is responsible for approving the city budget;monitoring,creating,and abolishing city agencies;making land use decisions;and approving,amending,or rejecting other legislative proposals.
John Francis Parker was an American Republican Party politician from Massachusetts who served as the mayor of Taunton and represented the area in the Massachusetts Senate from 1953 to 1989. He was a leader within the Massachusetts Republican Party,serving as its chair from 1967 to 1969 and leading the minority in the Senate from 1967 to 1989.
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.
George Keverian was an American Democratic Party politician who served as the Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1985 until 1991. In his role in the legislature,he was an advocate for greater openness in leadership,free speech and government reform.
Alonzo H. Evans was an American bank executive and politician who served in both branches of the Massachusetts General Court,and on the Massachusetts Governor's Council and was the first Mayor of Everett,Massachusetts.
Nick Collins is an American politician who currently serves as a member of the Massachusetts Senate,representing First Suffolk District. Collins serves as the Senate Chair of the Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight and the Senate Vice Chair of the Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Businesses. Additionally,he serves a member of the Senate Committee on Bills in the Third Reading,and a member on the Joint Committee's on Bonding,Capital Expenditures and State Assets;Mental Health,Substance Use and Recovery;and Public Service. He is a Boston resident and a Democrat. Elected into the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 2010,he served four terms in the House representing the 4th Suffolk District.
Stephen John McGrail is an American politician who served in the Massachusetts Senate.
The Saugus Branch Railroad was an American rail line that operated passenger service from 1853 to 1958. It serviced the Massachusetts communities of Saugus,Malden,Everett,Revere,and Lynn.
The MBM scandal was an American political scandal of the 1970s which involved members of the Massachusetts Senate extorting money from McKee-Berger-Mansueto,Inc. (MBM),the consulting company supervising the construction of the University of Massachusetts Boston campus at Columbia Point.
George Edwin Smith was a Massachusetts lawyer,legal writer,and politician. He served three terms as the President of the Massachusetts Senate. Previous to his assumption of the Senate Presidency,he served as a member of the Massachusetts Senate,elected from the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
John Philip McMorrow (1926–2008) was an American politician and government official for the city of Boston.
John J. Murphy (1890–1973) was an American politician who served as mayor of Somerville,Massachusetts and United States Marshal for the District of Massachusetts.
