The Massachusetts General Court,formally the General Court of Massachusetts,is the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts located in the state capital of Boston. The name "General Court" is a holdover from the earliest days of the Massachusetts Bay Colony,when the colonial assembly,in addition to making laws,sat as a judicial court of appeals. Before the adoption of the state constitution in 1780,it was called the Great and General Court,but the official title was shortened by John Adams,author of the state constitution. It is a bicameral body. The upper house is the Massachusetts Senate which is composed of 40 members. The lower body,the Massachusetts House of Representatives,has 160 members;until 1978,the state house had 240 members. It meets in the Massachusetts State House on Beacon Hill in Boston.
Cape Verdean Americans are an ethnic group of Americans whose ancestors were Cape Verdean. In 2010,the American Community Survey stated that there were 95,003 Americans living in the US with Cape Verdean ancestors.
Therese Murray is an American politician who served as President of the Massachusetts Senate from 2007 to 2015. Murray,a Democrat,was the first woman to lead a house of the Massachusetts General Court. She represented the Plymouth and Barnstable district in the Massachusetts Senate from 1993 to 2015.
The Massachusetts general election,2008 were held on November 4,2008 throughout Massachusetts. Among the elections which took place were those for the office of President of the United States,John Kerry's seat in the Senate,all ten seats in the Massachusetts delegation to the House of Representatives,all eight seats in the Massachusetts Governor's Council,and all of the seats of the Massachusetts Senate and Massachusetts House of Representatives. There were also three ballot questions:to eliminate the commonwealth's income tax;to decriminalize possession of a small amount of marijuana;and to prohibit greyhound racing. Numerous local elections also took place throughout the state.
Donaldo Pereira Macedo is a Cape Verdean-American critical theorist,linguist,and expert on literacy,critical pedagogy and multicultural education studies. Until 2019 he was Distinguished Professor of Liberal Arts and Education at the University of Massachusetts Boston. He was also the founder of the Master of Arts Program in Applied Linguistics at the University of Massachusetts Boston,and chaired the program until approximately 2012.
Daniel A. Wolf is an American entrepreneur,aircraft pilot,and politician. In 1989,he founded the Cape Cod-based airline Cape Air,which originally flew between Provincetown and Boston in Massachusetts,and has since expanded internationally. In 2010,he was elected to the Massachusetts Senate to represent the Cape and Islands district. He ran unopposed in 2012,and was subsequently re-elected to a third term in 2014. During his tenure,he has emerged as a progressive leader in the Senate,advocating for renewable energy,increased minimum wage,and universal health care.
Harriette L. Chandler is an American politician who was the 94th President of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts State Senator for the 1st Worcester district,which includes parts of the city of Worcester,where she resides,and the towns of Boylston,Holden,Princeton,and West Boylston,and parts of Clinton and Northborough. She is a Democrat who has served since January 2001. From 1995 to 2001 she was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. Prior to serving in the Massachusetts legislature,she was a member of the Worcester school committee from 1991 to 1994. She is the first woman from Worcester ever to be elected to the Massachusetts Senate.
The 155th Massachusetts General Court,consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives,met from January 1,1947,to June 18,1948,during the governorship of Robert F. Bradford,in Boston.
Massachusetts Senate's Cape and Islands district in the United States is one of 40 legislative districts of the Massachusetts Senate. It covers 66.7% of Barnstable County,all of Dukes County,and all of Nantucket County population in 2010. Democrat Julian Cyr of Truro has represented the district since 2017. He is running unopposed for re-election in the 2020 Massachusetts general election.
Massachusetts Senate's Plymouth and Barnstable district in the United States is one of 40 legislative districts of the Massachusetts Senate. It covers 33.3% of Barnstable County and 17.6% of Plymouth County population. Democrat Susan Moran of Falmouth has represented the district since May 2020,after a special election was called when Republican Vinny deMacedo of Plymouth resigned in November 2019.
Massachusetts Senate's Plymouth and Norfolk district in the United States is one of 40 legislative districts of the Massachusetts Senate. It covers 9.1% of Norfolk County and 20.5% of Plymouth County population. Republican Patrick O'Connor of Weymouth has represented the district since 2016.
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st Plymouth district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers part of the city of Plymouth in Plymouth County. Republican Matt Muratore of Plymouth has represented the district since 2015.
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 3rd Barnstable district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers part of Barnstable County. Republican David Vieira of Falmouth has represented the district since 2011.
The 191st Massachusetts General Court was the meeting of the legislative branch of the state government of Massachusetts,composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives. It convened in Boston at the Massachusetts State House,on January 2,2019,and ended on January 6,2021,during the fifth and sixth years of the governorship of Charlie Baker. Senate and House districts were drawn based on the 2010 Census.
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 5th Barnstable district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers parts of Barnstable County and Plymouth County. Since 2021,Steven Xiarhos of the Republican Party has represented the district.
The 2020 Massachusetts House of Representatives election took place on November 3,2020. It elected members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. Democrats achieved a net gain of 1 seat. One independent,Susannah Whipps,was also elected. Incumbent Speaker Robert DeLeo won re-election but resigned before the new session to take a position at Northeastern University;Ronald Mariano replaced him as Speaker.
The 193rd Massachusetts General Court is the current meeting of the legislative branch of the state government of Massachusetts,composed of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives. It first convened in Boston at the Massachusetts State House on January 4,2023,on the last day of the governorship of Charlie Baker and is scheduled to continue until January 7,2025,during the first two years of Governor Maura Healey's first term.
Christopher Richard Flanagan is an American politician who serves as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives for the 1st Barnstable district,representing Brewster,Dennis,and Yarmouth. Flanagan has represented the district since 2023.
