The Kennedy family is an American political family that has long been prominent in American politics,public service,entertainment,and business. In 1884,35 years after the family's arrival from Ireland,Patrick Joseph "P. J." Kennedy became the first Kennedy elected to public office,serving in the Massachusetts state legislature until 1895. There was at least one Kennedy family member in federal elective office from 1947,when P. J. Kennedy's grandson John F. Kennedy became a member of Congress from Massachusetts,until 2011,when Patrick J. Kennedy II retired as a member of Congress from Rhode Island.
The Massachusetts General Court is the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The name "General Court" is a hold-over 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. It meets in the Massachusetts State House on Beacon Hill in Boston.
The Massachusetts House of Representatives is the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court,the state legislature of the Commonwealth 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.
Edward Patrick Boland was an American politician from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. A Democrat,he was a representative from Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district.
Angelo J. Puppolo Jr. is a politician from Springfield,Massachusetts. A Democrat,he currently serves as the 12th Hampden District representative in the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
Mark V. Falzone is an American political figure who is the President of Scenic America and a former member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
John H. Rogers is a Democratic member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives,representing the 12th Norfolk District since 1992,which includes all of Norwood and parts of Walpole.
Patricia Deats Jehlen is a former teacher and current Massachusetts State Senator of the Democratic Party. She represents the Second Middlesex District. That includes the cities of Cambridge,wards 9 to 11,inclusive,Medford and Somerville,and the town of Winchester,precincts 4 to 7,inclusive,in the County of Middlesex. She has served the Massachusetts State Senate since 2005. She also served the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1991–2003. She resides in Somerville,MA.
Kate Hogan is an American politician from Stow,Massachusetts. A Democrat,she is a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives representing the 3rd Middlesex district. She was first elected in 2008 and took office on January 7,2009.
Robert Alfred DeLeo is a former American politician from the state of Massachusetts. He served as Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 2009 to 2020,having succeeded Salvatore DiMasi,who resigned due to allegations of an ethics violation.
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.
Paul A. Schmid III has served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 8th Bristol district since 2011. In the 189th session (2015–2016),he assumed a leadership position as the Chairperson,Joint Committee on Environment,Natural Resources and Agriculture,a committee he joined in 2011.
Brian M. Ashe is an American politician who represents the 2nd Hampden District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and was a member of the Longmeadow,Massachusetts Select Board from 2001 to 2008. He is the son of Donald E. Ashe,Hampden County Register of Deeds.
Thomas M. "Tommy" Petrolati is an American politician who represented the 7th Hampden district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and was a member of the Ludlow,Massachusetts Board of Selectmen from 1984 to 1986.
Angelo D'Emilia is the current representative for the 8th Plymouth district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives,which includes Bridgewater,Raynham,and precinct 6 of Easton.
James Arciero is an American politician. He is a state legislator serving in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and is a Democrat.
Aaron Vega is an American state legislator who previously represented the 5th Hampden district of the Massachusetts House of Representatives,co-owner of a yoga business,and a former film editor. He has been nominated for the Argentine Film Critics Association's Silver Condor Award for Best Film for directing jazz documentary Van Van - Empezóla fiesta!,and has worked on several PBS documentaries including American Experience and Ken Burns' Jazz. A member of the Democratic Party,Vega began his political career in 2009 when he successfully ran as a city councilor in Holyoke,and subsequently ran successfully for state representative for the 5th Hampden district in 2012.
Patricia G. Fiero is an American politician who represented the 5th Essex District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1984 to 1991.
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 5th Bristol 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 Bristol County. Democrat Pat Haddad of Somerset has represented the district since 2001.
Edward R. "Ted" Philips is an American politician who is the Representative for the 8th Norfolk District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
