Edward William Brooke III was an American lawyer and politician who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1967 to 1979. A member of the Republican Party,he was the first African American elected to the United States Senate by popular vote. Prior to serving in the Senate,he served as the Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1963 until 1967.
John William McCormack was an American politician from Boston,Massachusetts. An attorney and a Democrat,McCormack served in the United States Army during World War I,and afterwards won terms in both the Massachusetts House of Representatives and Massachusetts State Senate before winning election to the United States House of Representatives.
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. He then became president of the University of Massachusetts.
Suffolk University is a private research university in Boston,Massachusetts. With 7,560 students,it is the eighth-largest university in metropolitan Boston. It was founded as a law school in 1906 and named after its location in Suffolk County,Massachusetts. The university's notable alumni include mayors,dozens of U.S. federal and state judges and members of the U.S. Congress. The university is also host to its namesake public opinion poll,the Suffolk University Political Research Center.
Suffolk Downs is a former Thoroughbred race track in East Boston,Massachusetts,United States. The track opened in 1935 after being built by Joseph A. Tomasello for a cost of $2 million. It was sold in May 2017 to a developer who plans to create housing and a shopping district. The final day of live racing at the track was June 30,2019,with the facility hosting simulcast race wagering thereafter. The only remaining live horse racing in Massachusetts is at Plainridge Park Casino,which has harness racing.
Suffolk University Law School is the private,non-sectarian law school of Suffolk University located in downtown Boston,across the street from the Boston Common and the Freedom Trail,two blocks from the Massachusetts State House,and a short walk to the financial district. Suffolk Law was founded in 1906 by Gleason Archer Sr. to provide a legal education for those who traditionally lacked the opportunity to study law because of socio-economic or racial discrimination.
Kevin Hagan White was an American politician best known for serving as the mayor of Boston for four terms from 1968 to 1984. He was first elected to the office at the age of 38. He presided as mayor during racially turbulent years in the late 1960s and 1970s,and the start of desegregation of schools via court-ordered busing of school children in Boston. White won the mayoral office in the 1967 general election in a hard-fought campaign opposing the anti-busing and anti-desegregation Boston School Committee member Louise Day Hicks. Earlier he had been elected Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth in 1960 at the age of 31,and he resigned from that office after his election as Mayor.
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.
Edward J. "Chip" Clancy Jr. was a Massachusetts politician who served the 55th mayor of Lynn,Massachusetts. He was first elected in November 2001. Previously,Clancy served on the Lynn City Council. After the council,he served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and the Massachusetts Senate. In 2001,while still a member of the Massachusetts Senate,Clancy was elected as Mayor of Lynn;after his election as Mayor,Clancy resigned from the Senate. On November 3,2009 he was defeated by Republican challenger Judith Flanagan Kennedy,by a margin of 27 votes. Clancy continued to practice law and remained active in the community. Clancy died on June 6,2021 of natural causes at the age of 70,with his wife Linda and family by his side.
Lew Evangelidis is the sheriff of Worcester County,Massachusetts and a former member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
Ann-Margaret Ferrante is an American legislator in the Massachusetts House of Representatives,representing the 5th Essex district,which consists of Gloucester,Rockport,and Essex. A member of the Democratic Party,she was first elected in 2008 after defeating incumbent representative Anthony Verga in the Democratic primary. Currently,she is the Vice Chair of the House Committee on Ways and Means and sits on the House Committee on Post Audit and Oversight,House Committee on Operations,Facilities and Building Security,and the House Committee on Steering,Policy and Scheduling. She is also co-chair of the Tech Hub Caucus,which focuses on fostering growth of Massachusetts’high-tech businesses and startups.
The Boston mayoral election of 1983 occurred on Tuesday,November 15,1983,between City Councillor Raymond Flynn and former State Representative Mel King. Flynn was elected to his first term,and inaugurated on Monday,January 2,1984.
Paul Joseph Sheehy was an American politician who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives,Massachusetts Senate and was City Manager of Lowell,Massachusetts.
Walter J. Boverini was an American politician who served as the majority leader of the Massachusetts Senate from 1985 to 1994.
Charles V. Hogan was an American politician who represented the 1st Essex District in the Massachusetts Senate for over 30 years.
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.
John E. Carrigan was a justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia from his appointment on July 13,1971 to December 31,1972.
The Boston mayoral election of 1937 occurred on Tuesday,November 2,1937. Boston School Committee member Maurice J. Tobin defeated five other candidates,including former mayors James Michael Curley and Malcolm Nichols.
Elections are currently held every four years to elect the mayor of Springfield,Massachusetts.
S. Lester Ralph was an American clergyman,attorney,and politician who served as mayor of Somerville,Massachusetts from 1970 to 1978 and Middlesex County Commissioner from 1973 to 1981.
