Salem is a historic coastal city in Essex County,Massachusetts,United States,located on the North Shore of Greater Boston. Continuous settlement by Europeans began in 1626 with English colonists. Salem would become one of the most significant seaports trading commodities in early American history. It is a suburb of Boston.
John Walter Olver was an American politician and chemist who was the U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 1st congressional district from 1991 to 2013. Raised on a farm in Pennsylvania,Olver graduated from college at the age of 18 and went on to earn a PhD in chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and later taught chemistry at the University of Massachusetts Amherst for eight years.
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.
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.
Paul Edmund Kanjorski is an American politician who was the U.S. representative for Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district from 1985 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Michael Joseph "Mike" Harrington is an American politician,lawyer and a former U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
Frederick E. Berry was a disability rights advocate and Democratic politician from Massachusetts,who served as a member of the Massachusetts Senate from 1983 to 2013. He served as majority leader of the state Senate from 2003 until his retirement in 2013.
Lori A. Ehrlich is the State Representative for the Massachusetts 8th Essex District. Ehrlich won her seat on a March 4,2008 special election after her predecessor,Doug Petersen,resigned. Peterson was appointed Commissioner of Agriculture by Governor Deval Patrick. After completing Petersen's term,Ehrlich went on to win re-election in November 2008. She is Chairwoman of the Joint Committee on Export Development.
Marcos A. Devers is a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives,since January 2019,after having served in the same position from 2011 until 2017. Devers also is a former acting mayor of Lawrence,Massachusetts;when he served as acting mayor from September to November 2001,he became the first Dominican-American to execute the role of mayor in the United States and the first Latino mayor in Massachusetts.
William Prescott Jr. was a representative from Massachusetts to the 1814–15 Hartford Convention.
Mark James Cusack is the State Representative of Massachusetts from the 5th Norfolk District. Serving his sixth term in that capacity. Representative Cusack is a democrat from Braintree,Massachusetts. The 5th Norfolk District encompasses all precincts in the town of Braintree,Precinct 1 in the town of Holbrook and Precinct 4 in the town of Randolph. Currently,he serves as the Chairman of the Joint Committee on Revenue. He had previously served as the assistant to Braintree Mayor Joe Sullivan. He was sworn in on January 5,2011.
John D. Keenan is an American attorney and politician who has served as the president of Salem State University since 2017. He was the Massachusetts State Representative for the 7th Essex district,which consists of his hometown of Salem,from 2005 to 2014. He is a Democrat. Prior to serving in the Massachusetts legislature,he was assistant district attorney of Essex County and city solicitor of Salem.
Christopher Nicholas Speranzo is an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts.
Henry Percy Moulton was an American attorney who served as the United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts from March 20,1901 until his death on December 4,1905.
Janson Theodore "Ted" Vogt is a former Arizona State Representative and director of the Arizona Department of Gaming. Prior to his appointment as Gaming director by Governor of Arizona Doug Ducey in 2019,Vogt served as the executive director of the Arizona Corporation Commission. Before that,he served as Governor Doug Ducey's chief of operations,and later as the director of legislative and regulatory affairs for Traversant Group. Vogt briefly served as interim director of Arizona State Parks and Trails in 2018.
Harold "Hank" P. Naughton Jr. is an American politician. He is a state legislator who has served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives since 1995. He was born in Worcester,MA on July 4,1960 and grew up in Clinton,MA,where he still resides with his wife,Ellen,and four children. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Kimberley Layne Driscoll is an American politician and lawyer who has served as the 73rd lieutenant governor of Massachusetts since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,Driscoll previously served as the 50th mayor of Salem from 2006 to 2023. Before becoming mayor,Driscoll served as an elected member of the Salem City Council and worked as the deputy city manager and chief legal counsel for the city of Chelsea.
Paul F. Tucker is an American politician,lawyer and law enforcement officer currently serving as the District Attorney of Essex County,Massachusetts since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,Tucker served as the State Representative for Massachusetts House of Representatives' 7th Essex district from 2014 to 2022.
Frances (Flynn) Alexander was an American politician from Beverly,Massachusetts.
Jon Santiago is an American physician and Democratic politician who served in the Massachusetts state representative for the 9th Suffolk district from 2019 to March 2023. He ran a campaign for mayor of Boston in 2021,but withdrew from the race before the primary election.
