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The Senate comprises 40 elected members from 40 single-member senatorial districts in the state. Descended from the colonial legislature, the current Massachusetts Senate was established in June 1780 upon the adoption of the Massachusetts Constitution. The first General Court met in October 1780 and consisted of one-year elected terms for both ...
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 (the "Cape and Islands" district covers Dukes, Nantucket, and parts of Barnstable counties). Senators serve two-year terms, without term limits. [1] The Senate ...
"1998 State Senate General Election". Sec.state.ma.us. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "1998 State Representative General Election". Sec.state.ma.us. Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1999-2000, hdl:2452/630105 – via State Library of Massachusetts; Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1999 ...
Massachusetts House of Representatives; State delegation to the United States Senate; State delegation to the United States House of Representatives; For years in which a United States presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes, and whether they won the election or lost the ...
The 189th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 2015 and 2016 during the governorship of Charlie Baker. Stan Rosenberg served as president of the Senate and Robert DeLeo served as speaker of the House.
Rulli, elected twice as a state senator since 2018, said his accomplishments include being a co-sponsor and advocate for legislation in 2022 that generally eliminated the requirement to get a ...
Before 1914, and the enforcement of the Seventeenth Amendment, the state's U.S. senators were chosen by the Massachusetts General Court, and before 1935, their terms began March 4. The current senators are Democrats Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey. Ted Kennedy was Massachusetts's longest-serving senator, serving from 1962 until his death in 2009.
The 5-foot-long (1.5 m) pine carving of the cod was offered by Representative John Rowe in 1784 in commemoration of the state's maritime economy and history. Two previous carvings of the cod existed during the legislature's colonial era; the first destroyed in a fire in 1747, and the second during the American War of Independence .