George Lloyd Murphy was an American actor and politician. Murphy was a song-and-dance leading man in many big-budget Hollywood musicals from 1930 to 1952. He was the president of the Screen Actors Guild from 1944 to 1946,and was awarded an honorary Oscar in 1951. Murphy served from 1965 to 1971 as U.S. Senator from California,the first notable American actor to be elected to statewide office in California,predating Ronald Reagan and Arnold Schwarzenegger,who each served two terms as governor. He is the only United States Senator represented by a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
The Boston Brahmins or Boston elite are members of Boston's traditional upper class. They are often associated with Harvard University,Anglicanism,and traditional British American customs and clothing. Descendants of the earliest English colonists are typically considered to be the most representative of the Boston Brahmins. They are considered White Anglo-Saxon Protestants (WASPs).
Leverett A. Saltonstall was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts. He served three two-year terms as the 55th Governor of Massachusetts,and for more than twenty years as a United States senator (1945–1967). Saltonstall was internationalist in foreign policy and moderate on domestic policy,serving as a well-liked mediating force in the Republican Party. He was the only member of the Republican Senate leadership to vote for the censure of Joseph McCarthy.
George Cabot was an American merchant,seaman,and politician from Massachusetts. He represented Massachusetts in the U.S. Senate and was the presiding officer of the infamous Hartford Convention.
James Roosevelt II was an American businessman,Marine,activist,and Democratic Party politician. The eldest son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt,he served as an official Secretary to the President for his father and was later elected to the United States House of Representatives representing California,serving 5 terms from 1955 to 1965. He received the Navy Cross while serving as a Marine Corps officer during World War II.
The 79th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government,composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington,D.C.,from January 3,1945,to January 3,1947,during the last months of Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency,and the first two years of Harry Truman's presidency. The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the 1940 United States census.
Donald William Nicholson was an American politician from the state of Massachusetts.
Thomas Aloysius Flaherty was a member of the US House of Representatives from Massachusetts. Flaherty was born in Boston,Massachusetts,December 21,1898. He attended the public schools,Boston College High School and Northeastern University Law School.
Arthur William Coolidge was a Massachusetts politician who served multiple positions within the state government.
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.
The Massachusetts Republican Party (MassGOP) is the Massachusetts branch of the U.S. Republican Party.
Frederick Bancroft Willis was an American politician who served as Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1945 to 1948.
The 1946 United States Senate election in Massachusetts was held on November 5,1946. Incumbent Democratic Senator David I. Walsh ran for re-election to a fifth term in office,but was defeated by Republican former Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.,who returned from service in World War II.
The 1944 United States Senate special election in Massachusetts was held on November 7,1944. Republican Governor Leverett Saltonstall was elected to finish the term of Henry Cabot Lodge,Jr.,who had resigned from the Senate to serve in World War II.
Frank P. Bennett Jr. was an American politician,banker,and editor who served in the Massachusetts General Court. He was the son of Massachusetts State Representative Frank P. Bennett.
Chester A. Dolan Jr. was an American politician who served as President of the Massachusetts Senate in 1949. He was the first Democrat to hold this position in 106 years.
Harris Sawyer Richardson was an American politician who served as President of the Massachusetts Senate from 1948 to 1949 and again in 1950.
The Boston mayoral election of 1945 occurred on Tuesday,November 6,1945. Former Mayor of Boston James Michael Curley defeated acting mayor John E. Kerrigan and four other candidates.
Russell Abner Wood was an American politician who was a Perennial candidate for statewide office in Massachusetts. He served as Massachusetts State Auditor from 1939 to 1941.
The 1944 Massachusetts general election was held on November 7,1944,throughout Massachusetts. Primary elections took place on July 11.
