John Hancock was an American Founding Father,merchant,statesman,and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution. He was the longest-serving president of the Continental Congress,having served as the second president of the Second Continental Congress and the seventh president of the Congress of the Confederation. He was the first and third governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He is remembered for his large and stylish signature on the United States Declaration of Independence,so much so that in the United States,John Hancock or Hancock has become a colloquialism for a person's signature. He also signed the Articles of Confederation,and used his influence to ensure that Massachusetts ratified the United States Constitution in 1788.
Michael Stanley Dukakis is an American retired lawyer and politician who served as governor of Massachusetts from 1975 to 1979 and from 1983 to 1991. He is the longest-serving governor in Massachusetts history and only the second Greek-American governor in U.S. history,after Spiro Agnew. He was nominated by the Democratic Party for president in the 1988 election,losing to the Republican nominee,Vice President George H. W. Bush.
Thomas Phillip "Tip" O'Neill Jr. was an American Democratic Party politician from Massachusetts who served as the 47th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1977 to 1987,the third-longest tenure in history and the longest uninterrupted tenure. He represented northern Boston in the House from 1953 to 1987.
William David Delahunt was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts. A member of the Democratic Party,he served in the U.S. House of Representatives representing Massachusetts's 10th congressional district from 1997 to 2011. Delahunt did not seek re-election in 2010,and left Congress in January 2011. He was succeeded by Norfolk County District Attorney Bill Keating.
Paul Efthemios Tsongas was an American politician who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1979 until 1985 and in the United States House of Representatives from 1975 until 1979. A member of the Democratic Party,he ran for president in 1992. He won eight contests during the presidential primaries,but lost the nomination to Bill Clinton,who later won the general election. Born in Lowell,Massachusetts,Tsongas graduated from Dartmouth College,Yale Law School and the Kennedy School of Government. After working for the Peace Corps and as an aide to Congressman F. Bradford Morse,Tsongas successively won election as a city councilor and county commissioner.
Joseph Patrick Kennedy II is an American businessman,Democratic politician,and a member of the Kennedy family. He is a son of former United States Senator Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy,and he is a nephew of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy and former U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy.
Howard Matthew Moses Long is an American former professional football defensive end who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons. He spent his entire career with the Oakland and Los Angeles Raiders franchise,who selected him in the second round of the 1981 NFL draft. Long received eight Pro Bowl and three first-team All-Pro selections while helping the team win Super Bowl XVIII. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2000.
Gregory Maguire is an American novelist. He is the author of Wicked,Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister,and several dozen other novels for adults and children. Many of Maguire's adult novels are inspired by classic children's stories. Maguire published his first novel,The Lightning Time,in 1978. Wicked,published in 1995,was his first novel for adults. It was adapted into a popular Broadway musical in 2003,which was later adapted into a two-part musical film,with the first half released in 2024 and the second half scheduled to be released in 2025.
Peter Ignatius Blute is a former American politician who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives. He served two terms,between January 3,1993,and January 3,1997,representing Massachusetts' 3rd congressional district. As of 2024,Blute and colleague Peter G. Torkildsen remain the last Republicans elected to serve in the United States House delegation from Massachusetts.
James Michael Shannon is an American Democratic politician from Massachusetts. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1979 to 1985,and later as the Massachusetts Attorney General.
Frank Bradford Morse was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts. He had a notable career in the United States Congress and the United Nations. In Congress,he served in various capacities for nearly twenty years,the last twelve as Congressman from Lowell,Massachusetts. In 1972,he became Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and in 1976,the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme. He received a Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Award for his career as an international public servant.
Theodore C. "Ted" Speliotis is a former Democratic member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives,representing the 13th Essex District. He lives in Danvers,Massachusetts.
The 1986 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 4,1986. Michael Dukakis was elected Governor of Massachusetts for a third term. He defeated Republican George Kariotis by a 69–31% margin. This was the last time a Democrat was elected governor of Massachusetts until 2006.
Marcos A. Devers is a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives,since January 2019,after having served in the same position from 2011 until 2017. Devers also is a former acting mayor of Lawrence,Massachusetts;when he served as acting mayor from September to November 2001,he became the first Dominican-American to execute the role of mayor in the United States and the first Latino mayor in Massachusetts.
Ludlow High School is the public high school of Ludlow,Massachusetts,United States,located at 500 Chapin Street. It is next to Ludlow Town Hall. The high school is the only public high school in the town and services all of its residents. Ludlow high school normally scores close to the state average on standardized tests such as Massachusetts' MCAS and the SAT Reasoning Test.
A Massachusetts general election was held on November 4,1986 in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Thomas M. "Tommy" Petrolati is an American politician who represented the 7th Hampden district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and was a member of the Ludlow,Massachusetts Board of Selectmen from 1984 to 1986.
Jeffrey N. Roy is a State Representative in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,Massachusetts General Court. Roy represents the 10th Norfolk District,which includes the Town of Franklin,Massachusetts in its entirety,and Precincts 2,3,and 4 of the Town of Medway,Massachusetts. Roy was elected on the 6th of November,2012.
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.
FEC v. Massachusetts Citizens for Life was a lawsuit filed by the US Federal Election Commission.
