Stoddard is a town in Cheshire County,New Hampshire,United States. The population was 1,374 at the 2020 census,up from 1,232 at the 2010 census.
Michael Everett Capuano is an American politician and attorney who served as a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts from 1999 to 2019. A Democrat,his district included the northern three-fourths of Boston,as well as parts of Cambridge,his hometown of Somerville,and other communities immediately north and south of Boston. Prior to being elected to Congress,he served as an Alderman and Mayor of Somerville.
Jane Maria Swift is an American politician and nonprofit executive who served as the 69th lieutenant governor of Massachusetts from 1999 to 2003 and,concurrently,as acting governor from April 2001 to January 2003. She was the first woman to perform the duties of governor of Massachusetts. At the time she became acting governor,Swift was 36 years old,making her the youngest female governor or acting governor in U.S. history.
Shannon Patricia Elizabeth O'Brien is an American politician and attorney who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1987 through 1993,in the Massachusetts Senate from 1993 through 1995,and was the Massachusetts state treasurer from 1999 through 2003. In that last position she became the first woman to be elected in Massachusetts to statewide office by her own accord. She was the Democratic Party nominee in the 2002 Massachusetts gubernatorial election,but lost in the general election to Mitt Romney.
Robert Edward Travaglini is an American politician and lobbyist. From 2003 to 2007,Travaglini served as President of the Massachusetts Senate. He represented the first Middlesex and Suffolk senate district,encompassing portions of Boston,Cambridge,Revere,and Winthrop.
Stanley C. Rosenberg is an American politician who served as President of the Massachusetts Senate from January 2015 until December 2017. Rosenberg was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1986 and served as the representative for Amherst and Pelham until 1991 when he won a special election for the State Senate seat being vacated by Congressman John Olver. A Democrat,Rosenberg resigned from the Senate on May 4,2018,amidst a sexual harassment scandal involving his husband,Bryon Hefner.
William Appleton was an American businessman and politician from Massachusetts. He was a trader,shipowner,and banker,and served as a U.S. representative from Massachusetts from 1851 to 1855,and again from 1861 to 1862.
Keene High School (KHS) is a public high school located in Keene,New Hampshire. It serves the city of Keene and the surrounding towns of Chesterfield,Harrisville,Marlborough,Marlow,Nelson,Stoddard,Sullivan,Surry,Westmoreland and Winchester.
New Hampshire is often noted for its moderate politics and its status as a prominent swing state. Voters predominantly selected Republicans for national office during the 19th and 20th centuries until 1992. Since then,the state has been considered as a swing state. Since 2006,control of the state legislature and New Hampshire's congressional seats have switched back and forth between Republicans and Democrats,although the state has voted for the Democratic candidate in the last five presidential elections since 2004. However,while southern New Hampshire is noted for its moderate views,northern New Hampshire tends towards hardline conservative politics.
Wendy Elizabeth Long is an American attorney from New Hampshire. A member of the Republican Party,Long was the Republican and Conservative parties’nominee for U.S. Senate in New York in 2012 and 2016,losing in landslides to incumbent Democrats Kirsten Gillibrand and Chuck Schumer,respectively. She was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in support of Donald Trump in 2016.
William Richard Keating is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 9th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party,he first entered Congress in 2011,representing Massachusetts's 10th congressional district until redistricting. Keating's district currently includes Cape Cod and most of the South Coast. He raised his profile advocating for criminal justice issues in both houses of the Massachusetts General Court (1977–1999) before becoming district attorney of Norfolk County where he served three terms prior to his congressional tenure.
Patrick Michael Natale is an American politician who was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
The 2012 United States presidential election in New Hampshire took place on November 6,2012,as part of the 2012 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. New Hampshire voters chose four electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate,Vice President Joe Biden,against Republican challenger and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his running mate,Congressman Paul Ryan.
The 2012 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary took place on Tuesday,January 10,2012. Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney won the primary.
Clesson J. Blaisdell was a New Hampshire businessman and politician who served as a member of and President of the New Hampshire Senate.
John Scammon was an American politician and lawyer who served as the President of the New Hampshire Senate and as an Associate Justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court.
Enos Kittredge Sawyer was an American politician who served as the mayor of Franklin,New Hampshire,President of the New Hampshire Senate and as the New Hampshire Secretary of State.
John Kimball was an American engineer and politician who served as the mayor of Concord,New Hampshire and as the President of the New Hampshire Senate.
Bertram Ellis was an American lawyer and politician who served as a member and President of the New Hampshire Senate,and as a member and Speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives.
