John F. Tierney is an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts from 1997 to 2015. He is a Democrat who represented the state's 6th district,which includes the state's North Shore and Cape Ann. Born and raised in Salem,Massachusetts,Tierney graduated from Salem State College and Suffolk University Law School. He worked in private law and served on the Salem Chamber of Commerce from 1976 to 1997. Tierney first ran for the House of Representatives in 1994 against Republican incumbent Peter G. Torkildsen,losing by a small margin. He defeated Torkildsen in a rematch in 1996.
John Foster Furcolo was an American lawyer,writer,and Democratic Party politician from Massachusetts. He was the state's 60th governor,and also represented the state as a member of the United States House of Representatives. He was the first Italian-American governor of the state,and an active promoter of community colleges.
Cognos Incorporated was an Ottawa,Ontario-based company making business intelligence (BI) and performance management (PM) software. Founded in 1969,at its peak Cognos employed almost 3,500 people and served more than 23,000 customers in over 135 countries until being acquired by IBM on January 31,2008. While no longer an independent company,the Cognos name continues to be applied to IBM's line of business intelligence and performance management products.
Thomas Michael "Tom" Finneran,is a radio talk host and former Massachusetts Democratic politician who served as Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from April 1996 to September 2004. He represented the district that included parts of the Boston neighborhoods of Dorchester,Mattapan and Hyde Park as well as parts of the town of Milton for 26 years.
Deval Laurdine Patrick is an American politician,civil rights lawyer,author,and businessman who served as the 71st governor of Massachusetts from 2007 to 2015. He was first elected in 2006,succeeding Mitt Romney,who chose not to run for reelection to focus on his 2008 presidential campaign. He was reelected in 2010. He was the first African-American Governor of Massachusetts and the first Democratic Governor of the state in 16 years since Michael Dukakis left office in 1991. Patrick served from 1994 to 1997 as the United States Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division under President Bill Clinton. He was briefly a candidate for President of the United States in the 2020 U.S. presidential election.
Bruce Alan Major is a Canadian-born American businessman and former ice hockey player. He played 4 games in the National Hockey League for the Quebec Nordiques during the 1990–91 season.
Dianne Wilkerson is a former Democratic member of the Massachusetts Senate,representing the 2nd Suffolk District from 1993 to 2008.
Robert Alfred DeLeo is an American former 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.
Mark Lawrence Wolf is a Senior Judge for the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts and founder and chair of Integrity Initiatives International.
Charles Gibbons was a U.S. politician who served as the Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1953 to 1955 as a Republican. As of 2022,he was the last Republican to serve as Speaker of the Massachusetts House.
Aaron Michlewitz is a Democratic member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 3rd Suffolk District,within the city of Boston,Massachusetts. The 3rd Suffolk District encompasses the North End,Waterfront,Chinatown,South End,Financial District,Bay Village,Leather District,and parts of Beacon Hill,and Back Bay neighborhoods.
The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe is one of two federally recognized tribes of Wampanoag people in Massachusetts. Recognized in 2007,they are headquartered in Mashpee on Cape Cod. The other Wampanoag tribe is the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) on Martha's Vineyard.
Ruth B. Balser is an American state legislator serving in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. She is a Newton resident and a member of the Democratic Party.
David M. Nangle is an American state legislator and convicted felon who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1999 to 2020. He is a Lowell resident and a member of the Democratic Party. While a member of the House,he served as the chair of the House Ethics committee. In February 2021,Nangle pleaded guilty to charges of wire fraud,bank fraud,making false statements to a bank,and filing false tax returns and was sentenced to 15 months in prison and two years of supervised release. He was released from federal custody on November 10,2022.
Cory Atkins is an American politician who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1999 to 2019. Atkins is a Concord resident and a member of the Democratic Party.
The MBM scandal was an American political scandal of the 1970s which involved members of the Massachusetts Senate extorting money from McKee-Berger-Mansueto,Inc. (MBM),the consulting company supervising the construction of the University of Massachusetts Boston campus at Columbia Point.
Francis H. Woodward is a former American politician who was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1977 to 1993.
David Mancovitz was an American attorney and politician from Boston,Massachusetts.
James H. Kelly was an American politician who served as Boston Fire Commissioner and a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
The 185th Massachusetts General Court,consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives,met in 2007 and 2008 during the governorship of Deval Patrick. Therese Murray served as president of the Senate and Salvatore DiMasi served as speaker of the House.
