Lakeville is a town in Plymouth County,Massachusetts,United States. The population was 11,523 at the 2020 census.
Middleborough is a town in Plymouth County,Massachusetts,United States. The population was 24,245 at the 2020 census. The census-designated place of Middleborough Center corresponds to the main village and commercial center of the town. It is the second largest municipality by land area in Massachusetts and nineteenth largest in New England. Middleborough proclaims itself to be the "Cranberry Capital of the World". Cranberry production remains a significant part of the local economy. In 2015,approximately 1,400 acres of the town were used to grow the crop,accounting for 3% of all land used to harvest cranberry bogs in the United States.
Rochester is a town in Plymouth County,Massachusetts,United States. The population was 5,717 at the 2020 census.
The Reserve Officers' Training Corps is a group of college- and university-based officer-training programs for training commissioned officers of the United States Armed Forces.
John Foster Furcolo was an American lawyer,writer,and Democratic Party politician from Massachusetts. He was the state's 60th governor,and also represented the state as a member of the United States House of Representatives. He was the first Italian-American governor of the state,and an active promoter of community colleges.
William Henry Hunt was the 29th United States Secretary of the Navy,Minister to the Russian Empire and a judge of the Court of Claims.
Massachusetts's 9th congressional district is located in eastern Massachusetts. It is represented by Democrat William R. Keating. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of D+6,it is the least Democratic district in Massachusetts,a state with an all-Democratic congressional delegation.
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.
William M. Straus is a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. He represents the 10th Bristol District comprising the towns of Fairhaven;New Bedford:Ward 3:Precinct A,Ward 4:Precincts D,E;Marion;Mattapoisett;and Rochester.
Thomas J. Calter III is the former town administrator of Kingston,Massachusetts. He previously represented the 12th Plymouth District,which includes the towns of Kingston and Plympton and parts of Plymouth,Duxbury,Halifax,and Middleborough,in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Abijah Bigelow was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
Richard Walker Mallary was an American businessman and politician. He served for three years as a U.S. Representative from Vermont and was the Republican nominee for United States Senator in 1974,losing narrowly to Patrick Leahy. He died by suicide with terminal prostate cancer on September 27,2011.
Timothy Childs Jr. was a U.S. Representative from New York. He represented Monroe County for eight non-consecutive terms in Congress between 1829 and 1843.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is governed by a set of political tenets laid down in its state constitution. Legislative power is held by the bicameral General Court,which is composed of the Senate and House of Representatives. The governor exercises executive power with other independently elected officers:the Attorney General,Secretary of the Commonwealth,and Auditor. The state's judicial power rests in the Supreme Judicial Court,which manages its court system. Cities and towns act through local governmental bodies to the extent that they are authorized by the Commonwealth on local issues,including limited home-rule authority. Although most county governments were abolished during the 1990s and 2000s,a handful remain.
William Richard Keating is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 9th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party,he first entered Congress in 2011,representing Massachusetts's 10th congressional district until redistricting. Keating's district includes Cape Cod and most of the South Coast. He raised his profile advocating for criminal justice issues in both houses of the Massachusetts General Court from 1977 to 1999 before becoming district attorney of Norfolk County,where he served three terms before being elected to Congress.
Ebenezer Sproat,surname also spelled Sprout,was an officer of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War,a pioneer to the Ohio Country,and one of the founders of Marietta,Ohio,the first permanent American settlement in the Northwest Territory. He served throughout the entire American war of independence,from April 1775 through November 1783,achieving the rank of colonel. After the war,he was a pioneer and surveyor in the Northwest Territory,and became a leader of the militia at Marietta during the Northwest Indian War. He was the first sheriff in the Northwest Territory and Ohio,serving fourteen years as sheriff of Washington County,the oldest county in Ohio.
Anthony W. Petruccelli is an American politician who served as a Massachusetts state senator for the First Suffolk and Middlesex district,which includes his neighborhood of East Boston and parts of Revere,Winthrop,and Cambridge. He is a Democrat who served from 2007 to 2016. In 2016,Petrucelli left the Senate to join a Boston lobbying firm. Prior to serving in the Senate,he was a state representative from 1999 to 2007. Petruccelli was born and raised in East Boston,parents are Richard and Dianne (Tanner) Petruccelli. He is one of four children,Richard,Debra and Diana. He attended East Boston Central Catholic School,Boston Latin,and Boston College High School,where he was a 3 sport varsity athlete. He attended and played football at the University of Rochester in Rochester,NY. Upon completing 4 years at the University of Rochester,he returned home where he served as a Community Liaison for the East Boston Neighborhood to Mayor Thomas Menino.
James Frederick Shurtleff was an American journalist,politician,and city manager.
Jeffrey N. Roy is a State Representative in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,Massachusetts General Court. Roy represents the 10th Norfolk District,which includes the Town of Franklin,Massachusetts in its entirety,and Precincts 2,3,and 4 of the Town of Medway,Massachusetts. Roy was elected on the 6th of November,2012.
William Q. "Biff" MacLean Jr. is an American politician who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and the Massachusetts Senate.
