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Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County,Massachusetts,United States. Part of the Boston metropolitan area,at the 2020 U.S. Census the city's population was 118,403,making it the fourth most populous city in the state,behind Boston,Worcester,and Springfield. It is one of two de jure county seats of Middlesex County,although the county's executive government was abolished in 1997. Situated directly north of Boston,across the Charles River,it was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in England,once also an important center of the Puritan theology embraced by the town's founders.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge,Massachusetts. Established in 1861,MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science,and is one of the most prestigious and highly ranked academic institutions in the world.
Suffolk County is located in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,in the United States. As of the 2020 census,the population was 797,936,making it the fourth-most populous county in Massachusetts. The county comprises the cities of Boston,Chelsea,Revere,and Winthrop. The traditional county seat is Boston,the state capital and the largest city in Massachusetts. The county government was abolished in 1999,and so Suffolk County today functions only as an administrative subdivision of state government and a set of communities grouped together for some statistical purposes. Suffolk County is located at the core of the Boston-Cambridge-Newton,MA-NH Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the greater Boston-Worcester-Providence,MA-RI-NH-CT Combined Statistical Area.
Worcester is a city and county seat of Worcester County,Massachusetts,United States. Named after Worcester,Worcestershire,England,as of the 2020 census the city's population was 206,518,making it the second-most populous city in New England after Boston. Worcester is approximately 40 miles (64 km) west of Boston,50 miles (80 km) east of Springfield and 40 miles (64 km) north-northwest of Providence. Due to its location near the geographic center of Massachusetts,Worcester is known as the "Heart of the Commonwealth";a heart is the official symbol of the city.
Attleboro is a city in Bristol County,Massachusetts,United States. It was once known as "The Jewelry Capital of the World" for its many jewelry manufacturers. According to the 2020 census,Attleboro had a population of 46,461.
Concord is a town in Middlesex County,Massachusetts,in the United States. At the 2020 census,the town population was 18,491. The United States Census Bureau considers Concord part of Greater Boston. The town center is near where the confluence of the Sudbury and Assabet rivers forms the Concord River.
Framingham is a city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. Incorporated in 1700,it is located in Middlesex County and the MetroWest subregion of the Greater Boston metropolitan area. The city proper covers 25 square miles (65 km2) with a population of 72,362 in 2020,making it the 14th most populous municipality in Massachusetts. Residents voted in favor of adopting a charter to transition from a representative town meeting system to a mayor–council government in April 2017,and the municipality transitioned to city status on January 1,2018.
Plymouth is a town in Plymouth County,Massachusetts,in Greater Boston. The town holds a place of great prominence in American history,folklore,and culture,and is known as "America's Hometown". Plymouth was the site of the colony founded in 1620 by the Mayflower Pilgrims,where New England was first established. It is the oldest municipality in New England and one of the oldest in the United States. The town has served as the location of several prominent events,one of the more notable being the First Thanksgiving feast. Plymouth served as the capital of Plymouth Colony from its founding in 1620 until the colony's merger with the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1691. The English explorer John Smith named the area Plymouth and the region 'New England' during his voyage of 1614. It was a later coincidence that,after an aborted attempt to make the 1620 trans-Atlantic crossing from Southampton,the Mayflower finally set sail for America from Plymouth,England.
The Massachusetts Senate is the upper house of the Massachusetts General Court,the bicameral state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Senate comprises 40 elected members from 40 single-member senatorial districts in the state. All but one of the districts are named for the counties in which they are located. Senators serve two-year terms,without term limits. The Senate convenes in the Massachusetts State House,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.
Wheaton College is a private liberal arts college in Norton,Massachusetts. Wheaton was founded in 1834 as a female seminary. The trustees officially changed the name of the Wheaton Female Seminary to Wheaton College in 1912 after receiving a college charter from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It remained one of the oldest institutions of higher education for women in the United States until men began to be admitted in 1988. It enrolls 1,669 undergraduate students with no graduate students.
Massachusetts,officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,is the most populous state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders on the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Maine to the east,Connecticut and Rhode Island to the south,New Hampshire and Vermont to the north,and New York to the west. The state's capital and most populous city,as well as its cultural and financial center,is Boston. Massachusetts is also home to the urban core of Greater Boston,the largest metropolitan area in New England and a region profoundly influential upon American history,academia,and the research economy,Originally dependent on agriculture,fishing,and trade. Massachusetts was transformed into a manufacturing center during the Industrial Revolution. During the 20th century,Massachusetts's economy shifted from manufacturing to services. Modern Massachusetts is a global leader in biotechnology,engineering,higher education,finance,and maritime trade.
Peter Gerard Torkildsen is an American Republican Party politician from Massachusetts. He represented the 13th Essex district,including his hometown of Danvers,in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1985 to 1991 and represented Massachusetts's 6th congressional district,covering much of Essex County,for two terms in the U.S. House from 1993 to 1997. Torkildsen also served as chair of the Massachusetts Republican Party from 2007 to 2009.
Massachusetts's 5th congressional district is a congressional district in eastern Massachusetts. The district is represented by Katherine Clark. Massachusetts congressional redistricting after the 2010 census has changed the borders of the district starting with the elections of 2012,with the new 3rd district largely taking the place of the old 5th. The 5th district covers many of the communities represented in the old 7th district. Its current municipalities are Arlington,Ashland,Belmont,parts of Cambridge,Framingham,Holliston,Lexington,Lincoln,Malden,Medford,Melrose,Natick,Revere,Sherborn,Southborough,Stoneham,parts of Sudbury,Waltham,Watertown,Wayland,Weston,Winchester,Winthrop,and Woburn,which are primarily found in Middlesex as well as Suffolk and Worcester Counties. As of 2010,the population of the 5th congressional district was 727,515. On July 15,2013,Ed Markey resigned from the seat to become the junior Senator from Massachusetts. On December 10,2013,Democrat Katherine Clark won a special election to fill the seat for the remainder of the 113th Congress. She was sworn into office on December 12,2013 and serves as the Assistant Speaker of the United States House of Representatives for the 117th Congress.
The Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth is the principal public information officer of the government of the U.S. state of Massachusetts.
As a result of the Massachusetts general election,2006,the Democrats picked up one open seat in the Massachusetts State Senate,the only change from the previous session. The current session began in January,2007,and consists of 35 Democrats and 5 Republicans.
New England is a region comprising six states in the Northeastern United States:Connecticut,Maine,Massachusetts,New Hampshire,Rhode Island,and Vermont. It is bordered by the state of New York to the west and by the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick to the northeast and Quebec to the north. The Atlantic Ocean is to the east and southeast,and Long Island Sound is to the southwest. Boston is New England's largest city,as well as the capital of Massachusetts. Greater Boston is the largest metropolitan area,with nearly a third of New England's population;this area includes Worcester,Massachusetts,Manchester,New Hampshire,and Providence,Rhode Island.
Boston,officially the City of Boston,is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th-most populous city in the country. The city boundaries encompass an area of about 48.4 sq mi (125 km2) and a population of 675,647 as of 2020. It is the seat of Suffolk County. The city is the economic and cultural anchor of a substantially larger metropolitan area known as Greater Boston,a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) home to a census-estimated 4.8 million people in 2016 and ranking as the tenth-largest MSA in the country. A broader combined statistical area (CSA),generally corresponding to the commuting area and including Providence,Rhode Island,is home to approximately 8.2 million people,making it the sixth most populous in the United States.
Elections are held every two years to elect the mayor of Worcester,Massachusetts.
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