Charles Gordon Atherton was an American politician and lawyer from New Hampshire. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives from 1837 to 1843. He was elected to the United States Senate from 1843 to 1849 and then again in 1853. He was a Democrat.
John Joseph Douglass was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts.
The Massachusetts Republican Party (MassGOP) is the Massachusetts branch of the U.S. Republican Party.
Martin Michael Lomasney was an American Democratic politician from Boston,Massachusetts.
William Sarsfield McNary was an American Democratic politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Boston,Massachusetts,and exercised tremendous influence over the Massachusetts Democratic Party.
Samuel Lincoln was an Englishman and progenitor of many notable United States political figures,including his 4th-great-grandson,President Abraham Lincoln,Maine governor Enoch Lincoln,and Levi Lincoln Sr. and Levi Lincoln Jr.,both of whom served as Massachusetts Representatives,Governor and Lieutenant Governor. Because of Samuel Lincoln's descendants,his fortuitous arrival in the Massachusetts Bay Colony,and the fact that his ancestry is known for several generations,he is considered the father of the most prominent branch of Lincolns in the United States.
In 1888 the directors of the Holyhood Cemetery Association purchased land in West Roxbury to develop St. Joseph Cemetery. At about 200 acres (81 ha),St. Joseph is one of the largest cemeteries in New England.
Jacob Bitzer was an American businessman,real estate agent,and politician who served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
Edwin Francis Lyford was an American lawyer and politician who served on the Springfield,Massachusetts,city council,as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and in the Massachusetts State Senate.
James E. Tolman was an American lawyer,and politician who served as the mayor of Gloucester,Massachusetts,and as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
Harry Choate Foster was an American politician who served as a member of the Massachusetts General Court and as mayor of Gloucester,Massachusetts. He was expelled from the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1916 for conduct unbecoming a member of the General Court after he collected money from people interested in pending legislation.
Theodore A. Glynn was an American politician who served as clerk of the Roxbury District Court and commissioner of the Boston Fire Department. He was a candidate for mayor of Boston in 1925.
Elizabeth Miranda is a Cape Verdean-American community organizer and politician. She is a state senator representing the Massachusetts Senate's 2nd Suffolk district after winning a five-way Democratic Primary Election,and advancing to an uncontested race in the 2022 Massachusetts general election. Prior to that,since January 2019,Miranda had served as the Democratic Massachusetts State Representative for the Fifth Suffolk district. Her district comprises parts of the Dorchester and Roxbury neighborhoods of Boston. She is a member of the Massachusetts Black and Latino Legislative Caucus.
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 4th Norfolk district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers parts of Norfolk County and Plymouth County. Democrat James Murphy of Weymouth has represented the district since 2001. Candidates for this district seat in the 2020 Massachusetts general election are Paul Rotondo and incumbent James Murphy.
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 2nd Plymouth district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers part of Plymouth County. The seat is currently vacant since the death of Republican Representative Susan Williams Gifford of Wareham who represnted the district from 2003 until her death in 2024.
The 114th Massachusetts General Court,consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives,met in 1893 during the governorship of William E. Russell. Alfred S. Pinkerton served as president of the Senate and William Emerson Barrett served as speaker of the House.
The Old Colony Street Railway Company was a horse-drawn and electric streetcar railroad operated on the streets of Boston,Massachusetts and communities south of the city. Founded in 1881 as the Brockton Street Railway Company,via lease and merger it became a primary mass transit provider for southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Its immediate successor was the Bay State Street Railway,and its modern successor is the state-run Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA).
George Newton Swallow was an American politician who served in the Massachusetts General Court and on the Massachusetts Governor's Council. He was the Republican nominee for Mayor of Boston in the 1903 Boston mayoral election
Horace Hale Atherton was an American politician from Saugus,Massachusetts,who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives after being elected to the 109th Massachusetts General Court in 1887. He represented the twentieth Essex district,and went on to also serve in the 110th Massachusetts General Court. He subsequently was a member of the Massachusetts Senate for two terms. He was a member of the Executive Council of 1898.
Adelbert S. Atherton was an American politician from Chicopee,Massachusetts,who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives after being elected to the 125th Massachusetts General Court in 1903. Prior to being a state legislator for the second district,he was initially a farmer,then an auctioneer;and finally a merchant,and owner of a general store.
