Martin Thomas Meehan is an American academic administrator,politician,and attorney. Since July 2015,Meehan has served as the President of the University of Massachusetts after serving as Chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Lowell since September 2007.
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.
The Boston Brahmins,or Boston elite,are members of Boston's historic upper class. From the late 19th century through the mid-20th century,they were often associated with a cultivated New England accent,Harvard University,Anglicanism,and traditional British-American customs and clothing. Descendants of the earliest English colonists are typically considered to be the most representative of the Boston Brahmins. They are considered White Anglo-Saxon Protestants (WASPs).
Joseph Patrick Kennedy II is an American businessman,Democratic politician,and a member of the Kennedy family. He is a son of former United States Senator Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy,and he is a nephew of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy and former U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy.
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.
The mayor of Boston is the head of the municipal government in Boston,Massachusetts,United States. Boston has a mayor–council government. Boston's mayoral elections are nonpartisan,and elect a mayor to a four-year term;there are no term limits. The mayor's office is in Boston City Hall,in Government Center.
Thomas Michael Menino was an American politician who served as the mayor of Boston,from 1993 to 2014. He was the city's longest-serving mayor. He was elected mayor in 1993 after first serving three months in the position of "acting mayor" following the resignation of his predecessor Raymond Flynn. Before serving as mayor,Menino was a member of the Boston City Council and had been elected president of the City Council in 1993.
John E. Kerrigan was an American politician,the acting mayor of Boston in 1945 after then-Mayor Maurice J. Tobin became governor of Massachusetts.
The Boston City Council is the legislative branch of government for the city of Boston,Massachusetts,United States. It is made up of 13 members:9 district representatives and 4 at-large members. Councillors are elected to two-year terms,and there is no limit on the number of terms an individual can serve. Boston uses a strong-mayor form of government in which the city council acts as a check against the power of the executive branch,the mayor. The council is responsible for approving the city budget;monitoring,creating,and abolishing city agencies;making land use decisions;and approving,amending,or rejecting other legislative proposals.
Joseph Albert Armand"Skippy" Roberge was an American professional baseball player,an infielder whose professional career lasted for ten seasons between 1939 and 1952 and included 177 games played in Major League Baseball for the Boston Braves.
The Yorick Club was a private social club in Lowell,Massachusetts,which twenty prominent young Lowell men founded in February 1882. The club went bankrupt in 1979 and was dissolved;its former clubhouse is now Cobblestones Bar &Restaurant.
Ulysses John Lupien Sr. was an American businessman and politician who served as Massachusetts director of civil service and city manager of Lowell,Massachusetts.
Armand P. Mercier was a mayor and city councillor of Lowell,Massachusetts.
Richard Johnson is an American politician and city manager who served as Mayor of Taunton,Massachusetts and City Manager of Lowell,Massachusetts.
Brian J. Martin is an American education and political figure who served as Headmaster of Lowell High School in Lowell,Massachusetts from 2013 to 2017. He previously served as Lowell's Mayor and City Manager.
John F. Cox is an American attorney,politician,and city manager who served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and as City Manager of Lowell,Massachusetts.
C. Gerald Lucey (1913-1989) was an American politician who served as Mayor of Brockton,Massachusetts and was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
Paul Grattan Kirk was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.
Henry A. Scagnoli (1922–2015) was an American government official who served as deputy mayor and fire commissioner during the administration of Boston Mayor John F. Collins.
Francis Xavier Joyce was an American politician who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and in the Boston City Council.
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