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 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.
Joseph James Marzilli Jr. was a member of the Massachusetts Senate. Marzilli,a Democrat,was elected to the Senate in a special election in December 2007,representing the communities of Arlington,Billerica,Burlington,Lexington and Woburn partway through his ninth term in the Massachusetts House of Representatives,representing Arlington and West Medford. He was the Senate Chair of the Committee on Tourism,Arts and Cultural Development. He also served on the Committees on Children and Families,Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Veterans' Affairs. He resigned from the chamber on November 14,2008,after charges of sexual harassment.
Operation Dollar Bill was an undercover investigation by the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation into political corruption within the state of Rhode Island.
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.
The Raven's Claw Society is an all-male senior honor society at Dickinson College. It was founded in 1896 and is the oldest senior or "hat society" on campus.
Dianne Wilkerson is a former Democratic member of the Massachusetts Senate,representing the 2nd Suffolk District from 1993 to 2008 as the first African American female to serve in the chamber.
Patricia Deats Jehlen is a former teacher and current Massachusetts State Senator of the Democratic Party. She represents the Second Middlesex District. That includes the cities of Cambridge,Ward 7 Precinct 1,Ward 8 Precinct 1,Ward 10,Medford and Somerville,and the town of Winchester,precincts 4 to 7,inclusive,in the County of Middlesex. She has served the Massachusetts State Senate since 2005. She also served the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1991 to 2003. She resides in Somerville,MA.
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.
Sal N. DiDomenico is an American state legislator who has served in the Massachusetts Senate since May 2010 and as Assistant Majority Leader since 2018. He is a Democrat representing the Middlesex and Suffolk district,which includes his hometown of Everett as well as Chelsea,Charlestown,and parts of Cambridge. In 2010,he won a special election to succeed the retiring Anthony D. Galluccio. Before that,he spent three years as Gallucio's chief of staff. From 2004 to 2010 he was a member of the Everett City Council.
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.
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.
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.
Rachael Splaine Rollins is an American lawyer and politician who served as the U.S. attorney for District of Massachusetts from 2022 to 2023. Before that,she was the district attorney for Suffolk County,Massachusetts.
