The mayor of Boston is the head of the municipal government in Boston,Massachusetts. Boston has a mayor-council system of government. Boston's mayoral elections are non-partisan,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.
Massachusetts shares with the five other New England states a governmental structure known as the New England town. Only the southeastern third of the state has functioning county governments;in western,central,and northeastern Massachusetts,traditional county-level government was eliminated in the late 1990s. Generally speaking,there are four kinds of public school districts in Massachusetts:local schools,regional schools,vocational/technical schools,and charter schools.
Patrick Andrew Collins was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts and Mayor of Boston from 1902 until his death.
Robert Edward Travaglini is an American politician and lobbyist. From 2003 through 2007,he served as President of the Massachusetts Senate. He represented the first Middlesex and Suffolk senate district,encompassing portions of Boston,Revere,Winthrop,and Cambridge.
Charles F. "Jeff" Sullivan was an American politician who served as the 57th Lieutenant Governor for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1949 to 1953. Sullivan was also a member of the Worcester,Massachusetts Common Council,a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives,a Massachusetts State Senator and the Mayor of Worcester,Massachusetts from 1946 to 1949.
John E. Kerrigan was the acting Mayor of Boston in 1945 after then-Mayor Maurice J. Tobin became Governor of Massachusetts.
Albert Palmer was an American schoolteacher,businessman,and politician from Candia New Hampshire,and Boston,Massachusetts,who served as mayor of Boston from January 1,1883,to January 7,1884.
Rufus Smith Frost was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
Eben Francis Stone was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
George Keverian was an American Democratic Party politician who served as the Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1985 until 1991. In his role in the legislature,he was an advocate for greater openness in leadership,free speech and government reform.
Marcos A. Devers is a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives,since January 2019,after having served in the same position from 2011 until 2017. Devers also is a former acting mayor of Lawrence,Massachusetts;when he served as acting mayor from September to November 2001,he became the first Dominican-American to execute the role of mayor in the United States and the first Latino mayor in Massachusetts.
Thomas William McGee was an American politician who served as a member of the Lynn,Massachusetts City Council (1956–1963) and Democratic member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1963–1991),serving as its Speaker from 1975 to 1984. He was the father of former Massachusetts state Senator and Mayor of Lynn Thomas M. McGee.
Ronald Joseph Mariano is an American politician currently serving as the Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. A Democrat from Quincy,he was first elected to the House in a December 1991 special election. He was appointed assistant majority leader in February 2009 and was appointed majority leader in January 2011 by then-speaker Robert DeLeo,who he succeeded as speaker upon DeLeo's retirement in 2020. He represents the 3rd Norfolk district.
Antonio F. D. "Tony" Cabral is the current member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives for the 13th Bristol district.
Jeffrey N. Roy is a State Representative in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,Massachusetts General Court. Roy represents the 10th Norfolk District,which includes the Town of Franklin,Massachusetts in its entirety and Precincts 2,3 and 4 of the Town of Medway,Massachusetts. Roy was elected on the 6th of November,2012.
Charles Moses Strauss was an American businessman and politician. Moving to Arizona Territory for health reasons,he served as the territory's Superintendent of Public Instruction as well as Mayor of Tucson. He also played a key role in establishing the University of Arizona.
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John Barrett III is an American politician serving as a Democratic member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. He was elected to the post on November 7,2017,filling the vacant seat previously held by Gailanne Cariddi,who had died of cancer in June 2017. He represents the furthest northwest district in the state,the 1st Berkshire district. Barrett serves on three committees in the chamber:the Joint Committee on Marijuana Policy,the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing,and the Joint Committee on Election Laws. Barrett was reelected to the House of Representatives in 2018.
Bud Williams is a State Representative who represents the 11th Hampden District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. He represents the city of Springfield. Williams serves as the Vice Chair of the House Committee on Redistricting,and on the House Committee on Ways and Means,the Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies,the Joint Committee on Education,and the Joint Committee on Ways and Means.
Edward J. Kennedy Jr. is an American politician,and member of the Massachusetts Senate from the 1st Middlesex district. He has previously served as the 90th Mayor of Lowell (2016–2018).
