Patrick Guerriero is a former Massachusetts state legislator,mayor,and advocate for marriage equality. In 2002,after serving as then-Governor Jane Swift's deputy chief of staff,Guerriero became the nation's first openly gay candidate for lieutenant governor when he was chosen by Swift to be her running mate.
Jane Maria Swift is an American politician and nonprofit executive who served as the 69th lieutenant governor of Massachusetts from 1999 to 2003 and,concurrently,as acting governor from April 2001 to January 2003. She was the first woman to perform the duties of governor of Massachusetts. At the time she became acting governor,Swift was 36 years old,making her the youngest female governor or acting governor in U.S. history.
Stanley C. Rosenberg is an American politician who served as President of the Massachusetts Senate from January 2015 until December 2017. Rosenberg was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1986 and served as the representative for Amherst and Pelham until 1991 when he won a special election for the State Senate seat being vacated by Congressman John Olver. A Democrat,Rosenberg resigned from the Senate on May 4,2018,amidst a sexual harassment scandal involving his husband,Bryon Hefner.
Brian Augustine Joyce was an American politician who was a Massachusetts State Senator for the Democratic Party. He served for nine terms,representing the Norfolk,Bristol and Plymouth district,which includes Avon,Braintree Precincts 1A,1B,2A &2B,Canton,East Bridgewater Precinct 4,Easton Precincts 3-6,Milton,Randolph,Sharon Precincts 2 &3,Stoughton,and West Bridgewater.
Salvatore Francis "Sal" DiMasi is a former Democratic state representative in Massachusetts. The former Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives originally joined the state legislature in 1979,as a member of the Democratic Party. He eventually resigned from this post in January 2009,just six months prior to being indicted on several Federal charges,including conspiracy to defraud the federal government,extortion,mail fraud and wire fraud. DiMasi was found guilty on 7 of 9 federal corruption charges on June 15,2011. DiMasi is the third consecutive Massachusetts house speaker to later become a convicted felon due to crimes committed in office.
Karen Eileen Spilka is an American politician and attorney serving as a Democratic member of the Massachusetts Senate. She represents the towns of Ashland,Framingham,Holliston,Hopkinton,Medway and Natick in the MetroWest region of Massachusetts. She has served as the 95th President of the Massachusetts Senate since July 2018. Previously she served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 2001 to 2005.
Ulysses Currie was an American politician from Maryland. A member of the Democratic Party,he represented District 25 in Prince George's County,first in the house of delegates from 1987 to 1995,then in the senate from 1995 to 2019. Currie was the Chair of the Budget and Taxation Committee before having to resign the chairmanship because of an ethics violation.
Brian Kelsey is an American politician and former member of the Tennessee State Senate. A member of the Republican party,he was elected to represent District 31,which encompassed the following parts of Shelby County:Cordova,East Memphis,and Germantown.
Viriato Manuel Pereira de Macedo,also popularly known as Vinny deMacedo,is a Cape Verdean American politician,and was the Massachusetts State Senator for the Plymouth and Barnstable District,which comprises the communities of Bourne,Falmouth,Kingston,Pembroke,Plymouth,and Sandwich. He is a Republican who was sworn into the Massachusetts Senate on January 7,2015. In November 2019 deMacedo resigned from the Massachusetts Senate to take a job in higher education.
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.
John F. Keenan is a member of the Massachusetts State Senate for the Norfolk and Plymouth district.
Linda J. Melconian is a former American state legislator who served as the first woman Majority Leader in the history of the Massachusetts Senate. A member of the Democratic Party,she represented the greater Springfield area as its State Senator from 1983-2005. In 2017 Melconian was invited by the U. S. House of Representatives Historian’s Office to participate in an oral interview and transcript as part of the Oral History Project commemorating the 100th anniversary of the first woman elected to Congress. The work which was released in 2019,including an oral interview,transcript,video clips,photos,and biography from the Office of the House Historian can be viewed at their website https://history.house.gov/Oral-History/Women/Linda-Melconian/
David M. Nangle is an American state legislator and convicted felon who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1999 to 2020. He is a Lowell resident and a member of the Democratic Party. While a member of the House,he served as the chair of the House Ethics committee. In February 2021,Nangle pleaded guilty to charges of wire fraud,bank fraud,making false statements to a bank,and filing false tax returns and was sentenced to 15 months in prison and two years of supervised release. He was released from federal custody on November 10,2022.
Joseph J. C. DiCarlo was an American politician who served in both houses of the Massachusetts General Court. He was expelled from the Senate in 1977 after he was convicted of extortion. He is the first Massachusetts State Senator to be expelled.
Ronald Conrad MacKenzie was an American attorney and Republican politician who served in the Massachusetts Senate from 1967 to 1977. He resigned following his conviction for extortion,conspiracy,and other related offenses.
Francis H. Woodward is a former American politician who was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1977 to 1993.
Dean A. Tran is an American politician from Fitchburg,Massachusetts,who was elected to the Massachusetts Senate in 2017 in a special election. He represented the Worcester and Middlesex District,and is a Republican. Before his election to the Massachusetts Senate,Tran was a member of the Fitchburg City Council.
The 109th Massachusetts General Court,consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives,met in 1888 during the governorship of Oliver Ames. Halsey J. Boardman served as president of the Senate and Charles J. Noyes served as speaker of the House.
Barbara A. Hildt is an American politician who represented the 1st Essex District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1983 to 1993.
Norman Hill White was an American publisher and politician.
