William Michael Bulger is an American former Democratic politician,lawyer,and educator from South Boston,Massachusetts. His eighteen-year tenure as President of the Massachusetts Senate is the longest in history. After leaving office,he became president of the University of Massachusetts.
The Massachusetts House of Representatives is the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court,the state legislature of Massachusetts. It is composed of 160 members elected from 14 counties each divided into single-member electoral districts across the Commonwealth. The House of Representatives convenes at the Massachusetts State House in Boston,the state capital of Massachusetts.
The president of the Massachusetts Senate is the presiding officer. Unlike the United States Congress,in which the vice president of the United States is the ex officio president of the United States Senate,in Massachusetts,the president of the Senate is elected from and by the senators. The president,therefore,typically comes from the majority party,and the president is then the de facto leader of that party.
James Anthony Burke was a United States Representative from Massachusetts from 1959 to 1979.
Robert F. Murphy was an American politician who was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. In 1949 Murphy became the first Democrat to serve as the Majority Leader of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. Murphy also served as the 59th lieutenant governor of Massachusetts from January 1957 to October 6,1960,when he was appointed by political foe Foster Furcolo to take over the scandal-ridden Metropolitan District Commission. Murphy was the son of Franklin E. Murphy,a telegrapher from Danvers,Massachusetts. Robert's mother,Alice Murphy,worked as a milliner in Boston.
Robert Henry Quinn (1928-2014) was a Massachusetts attorney and politician.
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.
Harriette L. Chandler is an American politician who was the 94th President of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts State Senator for the 1st Worcester district,which includes parts of the city of Worcester,where she resides,and the towns of Boylston,Holden,Princeton,and West Boylston,and parts of Clinton and Northborough. She is a Democrat who has served since January 2001. From 1995 to 2001 she was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. Prior to serving in the Massachusetts legislature,she was a member of the Worcester school committee from 1991 to 1994. She is the first woman from Worcester ever to be elected to the Massachusetts Senate.
David Paul Linsky is an American lawyer and politician who currently represents the 5th Middlesex District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
Frank A. Moran is an American state legislator serving in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. He served on the Lawrence,Massachusetts City Council from 2008 –2013,including three years as Council President. He is a member of the Massachusetts Black and Latino Legislative Caucus.
Michael J. Grant is an American Republican politician who serves as the Majority Leader of the Florida House of Representatives. He has represented Florida's 75th district since 2016. From 2004 to 2008,he represented the 71st district.
William Q. "Biff" MacLean Jr. is an American politician who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and the Massachusetts Senate.
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.
James G. Moran was an American politician who served as President of the Massachusetts Senate from 1935 to 1936.
The 149th Massachusetts General Court,consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives,met in 1935 and 1936 during the governorship of James Michael Curley. James G. Moran served as president of the Senate and Leverett Saltonstall served as speaker of the House.
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 18th Suffolk district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers part of the city of Boston in Suffolk County and part of Brookline in Norfolk County. Since 2005,Michael J. Moran of the Democratic Party has represented the district.
The 1852–53 Massachusetts gubernatorial election consisted of an initial popular vote held on November 8,1852,followed by a legislative vote conducted on January 12,1853,which elected Whig Party nominee John H. Clifford. The ultimate task of electing the governor had been placed before the Massachusetts General Court because no candidate received the majority of the vote required for a candidate to be elected through the popular election.
The 1851–52 Massachusetts gubernatorial election consisted of an initial popular vote held on November 10,1851,followed by a legislative vote conducted on January 12,1852. Incumbent Democrat Governor George S. Boutwell was reelected to a second term in office. The ultimate task of electing the governor had been placed before the Massachusetts General Court because no candidate received the majority of the vote required for a candidate to be elected through the popular election.
The 1850–51 Massachusetts gubernatorial election consisted of an initial popular held on November 11,1850 that was followed by a legislative vote that was conducted on January 11,1851. It saw the election of Democratic Party nominee Emory Washburn. The ultimate task of electing the governor had been placed before the Massachusetts General Court because no candidate received the majority of the vote required for a candidate to be elected through the popular election.
