Category: Massachusetts

Representative | Democrat-Republican | VARNUM, Joseph Bradley, (brother of James Mitchell Varnum), a Representative and a Senator from Massachusetts; born in Dracut, Middlesex County, Mass., January 29, 1750 or 1751; largely self-taught; farmer; served in the Revolutionary Army; member, State house of representatives 1780-1785; member, State senate 1786-1795; delegate to the State convention that ratified… Continue reading Joseph Varnum

Auditor / Comptroller | Democrat | Thomas J. Buckley on Wikipedia Thomas J. Buckley on OurCampaigns.com

Treasurer | Democrat | FURCOLO, John Foster, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in New Haven, Conn., July 29, 1911; graduated from New Haven High School, New Haven, Conn.; graduated from Yale University, New Haven, Conn., 1933; LL.B., Yale University, New Haven, Conn., 1936; lawyer, private practice; United States Navy; elected as a Democrat to the… Continue reading Foster Furcolo

Secretary of State | Democrat | Kevin White on Wikipedia Kevin White on OurCampaigns.com

Attorney General | Republican | BROOKE, Edward William, III, a Senator from Massachusetts; born in Washington, D.C., October 26, 1919; attended the public schools of Washington, D.C.; graduated from Howard University, Washington, D.C., in 1941; graduated, Boston University Law School 1948; captain, United States Army, infantry, with five years of active service in the European… Continue reading Edward Brooke

Representative | Federalist | PICKERING, Timothy, a Senator and a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Salem, Mass., July 17, 1745; attended the grammar school and graduated from Harvard College in 1763; clerk in the office of register of deeds in Salem; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1768 and commenced practice in Salem; selectman… Continue reading Timothy Pickering

Representative | Whig | DAVIS, JOHN, (father of Horace Davis, great-great grandfather of Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.), a Representative and a Senator from Massachusetts; born in Northboro, Mass., January 13, 1787; attended Leicester Academy, and graduated from Yale College in 1812; studied law; admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Worcester, Mass., in 1815;… Continue reading John Davis

David’s comment: Decided to attend to Constitutional Convention after a brush with an anti-vaxxer riot in Marblehead, MARepresentative | Democrat-Republican | GERRY, Elbridge, (great-grandfather of Peter Goelet Gerry), a Delegate and a Representative from Massachusetts and a Vice President of the United States; born in Marblehead, Mass., July 17, 1744; pursued classical studies and graduated… Continue reading Elbridge Gerry

Representative | Republican | LODGE, HENRY CABOT, (great-grandson of George Cabot, grandfather of Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., and John Davis Lodge), a Representative and a Senator from Massachusetts; born in Boston, Mass., May 12, 1850; attended a private school and graduated from Harvard University in 1871; editor of the North American Review 1873-1876; graduated from… Continue reading Henry Cabot Lodge

Representative | Whig | WINTHROP, Robert Charles, a Representative and a Senator from Massachusetts; born in Boston, Mass., May 12, 1809; graduated from Harvard University in 1828; studied law with Daniel Webster; admitted to the bar in 1831 and practiced in Boston; member, State house of representatives 1835-1840, and served as speaker 1838-1840; elected as… Continue reading Robert Charles Winthrop