Michael Everett Capuano is an American politician and attorney who served as a U.S. Representative of Massachusetts from 1999 to 2019. A Democrat,his district included the northern three-fourths of Boston,as well as parts of Cambridge,his hometown of Somerville,and other communities immediately north and south of Boston. Prior to being elected to Congress,he served as an Alderman and Mayor of Somerville.
Thomas James McIntyre was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party,he served as a United States Senator from New Hampshire from 1962 to 1979.
Brian Joseph Donnelly was an American diplomat and politician. He was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts from 1979 to 1993,and was the United States Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago from 1994 to 1997.
Thomas Hopkinson Eliot was an American lawyer,politician,and academic who served as chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis and as a congressman in the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts.
The Massachusetts Democratic Party (MassDems) is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in Massachusetts. It is chaired by Steve Kerrigan and is the dominant party in the state,controlling all nine of the state's U.S. House seats,both U.S. Senate seats,all six elected statewide offices including the governorship,and supermajorities in both houses of the state legislature.
Richard R. Tisei is an American politician and real estate agent from Massachusetts. A Republican,he served in both chambers of the Massachusetts General Court for a combined 26 years,eventually becoming Minority Leader in the Massachusetts Senate. He was the Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts in 2010 and the nominee for Congress from Massachusetts's 6th district in 2012 and 2014.
Joseph Francis O'Connell was an American lawyer,academic,and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Boston,Massachusetts from 1907 to 1911.
Michael Joseph McEttrick was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
The 1936 United States Senate election in Massachusetts was held on November 3. Incumbent Democratic Senator Marcus A. Coolidge declined to stand for re-election. Republican Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. won the race to succeed him over Democratic Boston mayor James Michael Curley and former Suffolk County prosecutor Thomas C. O'Brien.
The 1978 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 7,1978. Former Massachusetts Port Authority executive director Edward J. King was elected to a four-year term,from January 4,1979,until January 6,1983. King won the Democratic nomination by defeating incumbent governor of Massachusetts Michael Dukakis in the Democratic primary.
A Massachusetts general election was held on November 7,1978 in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Chester A. Dolan Jr. was an American politician who served as President of the Massachusetts Senate from 1949 to 1950. He was the first Democrat to hold this position in 106 years.
John J. Buckley III was an American politician who served as Sheriff of Middlesex County Massachusetts from 1970 to 1980.
John S. Parsons (1836–1911) was an American politician who served as Mayor of Gloucester,Massachusetts.
Cornelius Francis Kiernan was an American politician and judge who served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and a special justice in the Somerville and Lowell District Courts.
Charles W. Hedges was an American politician who was a member of the Quincy,Massachusetts,city council,Massachusetts House of Representatives,Massachusetts Senate and sheriff of Norfolk County,Massachusetts,from 1961 to 1975.
Edwin Lawrence Olander Jr. was an American World War II flying ace and politician.
Thomas Joseph Hannon was an American politician who served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1935 to 1941 and from 1955 to 1957 and the Boston City Council from 1942 to 1952.
The 1944 Massachusetts general election was held on November 7,1944,throughout Massachusetts. Primary elections took place on July 11.
The 1942 Massachusetts general election was held on November 3,1942,throughout Massachusetts. Primary elections took place on September 15.
