The Massachusetts General Court,formally the General Court of Massachusetts,is the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts located in the state capital of Boston. The name "General Court" is a holdover from the earliest days of the Massachusetts Bay Colony,when the colonial assembly,in addition to making laws,sat as a judicial court of appeals. Before the adoption of the state constitution in 1780,it was called the Great and General Court,but the official title was shortened by John Adams,author of the state constitution. It is a bicameral body. The upper house is the Massachusetts Senate which is composed of 40 members. The lower body,the Massachusetts House of Representatives,has 160 members;until 1978,the state house had 240 members. It meets in the Massachusetts State House on Beacon Hill in Boston.
Vernon James Ehlers was an American physicist and politician who represented Michigan in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1993 until his retirement in 2011. A Republican,he also served eight years in the Michigan Senate and two in the Michigan House of Representatives.
The Texas House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Texas Legislature. It consists of 150 members who are elected from single-member districts for two-year terms. There are no term limits. The House meets at the State Capitol in Austin.
The Florida House of Representatives is the lower house of the Florida Legislature,the state legislature of the U.S. state of Florida,the Florida Senate being the upper house. Article III,Section 1 of the Constitution of Florida,adopted in 1968,defines the role of the Legislature and how it is to be constituted. The House is composed of 120 members,each elected from a single-member district with a population of approximately 180,000 residents. Legislative districts are drawn on the basis of population figures,provided by the federal decennial census. Representatives' terms begin immediately upon their election.
The Michigan House of Representatives is the lower house of the Michigan Legislature. There are 110 members,each of whom is elected from constituencies having approximately 77,000 to 91,000 residents,based on population figures from the 2020 U.S. census. Its composition,powers and duties are established in Article IV of the Michigan Constitution.
Captain James K. Dressel was an Air Force pilot,and a Michigan politician in the 1970s and early 1980s. Although he was a conservative Republican,in 1983 he co-sponsored the state's first bill to protect gay and lesbian people from discrimination in employment and housing. He was profiled in Randy Shilts' book Conduct Unbecoming in the chapter "Heroes".
Carrie Mae Pittman Meek was the United States Representative for Florida's 17th congressional district,from 1993 to 2003. Having been elected in the September 1992 primary with no general election opponent,she was the first African American since the Reconstruction era elected to represent Florida in the United States Congress,where she advocated for the poor and for members of minority groups. An educator,legislator,stateswoman and a member of the Democratic Party,she served from 1979 to 1982 in the Florida House of Representatives,from 1982 to 1992 in the Florida Senate,and from 1993 to 2003,as a congresswoman in the United States House of Representatives. She was the founder of the Carrie Meek Foundation.
Robert Alton "Bob" Gammage was a Texas politician,having served as a Democrat in the Texas House of Representatives,the Texas State Senate,and the United States House of Representatives.
The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Minnesota:
Steven Jack Rudy is a Kentucky politician and agribusiness owner,serving as a Republican member of the Kentucky House of Representatives since defeating longtime Representative Charles Geveden in 2004. He has served as the House Majority Leader since 2021.
Paul C. Hillegonds was a Republican member of the Michigan House of Representatives. He served as co-speaker with Democrat Curtis Hertel from 1993 until 1994.
Curtis Hertel Jr. is an American politician who served as a state senator from 2015 to 2023,for the 23rd district in Michigan,representing the Greater Lansing Area.
Ramona Lee Etta Barnes was a Republican politician in the state of Alaska. She served in the Alaska House of Representatives for two periods spanning 1979 and 1985 and 1987 and 2001. She was the first female Speaker of the House in Alaska.
The Michigan Townships Association (MTA) is a non-profit organization based in U.S. state of Michigan. It is one of the largest local government associations in the United States. The MTA was formed in 1953 and now claims nearly 99% of Michigan's 1,240 townships as members.
Gloria Travis Tanner was a politician and public figure in Colorado. A Democrat,she served in the Colorado House of Representatives from 1985-1994. In 1994,she became the first African American woman to serve as a Colorado state senator. In 2000,she founded a leadership and training institute for black women in Colorado. She was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame in 2002.
David M. Gubow is a judge in Michigan and a former Democratic member of the Michigan House of Representatives.
Stephen Paul Dresch was a scholar and professor and a one-term Republican member of the Michigan House of Representatives,serving the western end of the Upper Peninsula in the early 1990s.
Bill Bullard Jr. was an American politician. He was a Republican member of both houses of the Michigan Legislature and local official in Oakland County.
Mary Carney Brown was an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the Michigan House of Representatives from 1977 through 1994.
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