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.
Robert Cutler was an American government official who was the first person appointed as the president's National Security Advisor. He served US President Dwight Eisenhower in that role between 1953 and 1955 and from 1957 to 1958.
Charles Hunt Porter was an American businessman and politician who served as the first mayor of Quincy,Massachusetts.
Charles Forest Nelson Pratt was a Republican politician from Saugus,Massachusetts.
Robert Bradley Cutler was an American rower who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. He was also a conspiracy theorist who founded The Conspiracy Museum in Dallas.
Nancy J. Jacobson Caffyn was an American politician who served as the mayor of South Windsor,Connecticut from 1977 to 1979 as the 3rd Barnstable District representative in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1999 to 2001.
Walter Edward Lawrence was an American politician and city manager who served as a member of Massachusetts House of Representatives and as Mayor of Medford.
Harris Sawyer Richardson was an American politician who served as President of the Massachusetts Senate from 1948 to 1949 and again in 1950.
Vernon Wynne Evans was an American politician and educator from Saugus,Massachusetts who served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives,Superintendent of the Saugus Public Schools,and as a member of the Saugus Board of Selectmen.
Joan Meschino is an attorney and American politician from Hull,Massachusetts. On November 8,2016,she was elected the State Representative for the Third Plymouth district.
Samuel H. Wragg was an American politician who served as President of the Massachusetts Senate from 1937 to 1939 and sheriff of Norfolk County,Massachusetts,from 1939 to 1959.
Daniel Needham Jr. (1922–1992) was an American attorney and political figure who was a partner of Sherburne,Powers &Needham and the Republican National Committeeman from Massachusetts.
Roger Wilson Cutler was an American athlete and naval officer who served in World War I and World War II.
Roger Wilson Cutler Jr. was an American rower who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. He also served as an assistant state attorney general and held executive positions at State Street Bank and Peter Bent Brigham Hospital.
John Eliot Yerxa was an American politician who served on the Boston City Council,the Massachusetts House of Representatives,and the Massachusetts Senate.
Sybil Henry Holmes was an American politician who was the first woman elected to the Massachusetts Senate.
Jarvis Hunt was an American politician who served as President of the Massachusetts Senate from 1942 to 1944.
Joseph Russell Cotton was an American jurist and politician who served as a judge of the Massachusetts Land Court and President of the Massachusetts Senate.
Hugh Anthony Cregg was an American lawyer and politician who served as District Attorney of Essex County,Massachusetts,from 1931 to 1959.
The 1944 Massachusetts general election was held on November 7,1944,throughout Massachusetts. Primary elections took place on July 11.
