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Keith Falconer Fletcher
Keith Falconer Fletcher was born in Altamont, New York, on September 24, 1900, and died in Modesto, California, in 1987. He was a book dealer. He served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, 6th Hampden District, from 1937 to 1942. He was educated at Sidney High School in New York, Hamilton College (New York), Hamilton College, and completed his graduate studies at Harvard University. He was a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Prior to serving in the House of Representatives, Fletcher served on the Springfield, Massachusetts, Springfield City Council (1936). See also * Massachusetts legislature: 1937–1938 Massachusetts legislature, 1937–1938, 1939 Massachusetts legislature, 1939, 1941–1942 Massachusetts legislature, 1941–1942 Sources *Public Officials of Massachusetts 1941-42 Howard's "Who's Who" of the Legislature 1900 births 1987 deaths Hamilton College (New York) alumni Harvard University alumni Members of the Massachusetts House of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massachusetts House Of Representatives
The Massachusetts House of Representatives is the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court, the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is composed of 160 members elected from 14 counties each divided into single-member electoral districts across the Commonwealth. The House of Representatives convenes at the Massachusetts State House in Boston. Qualifications Any person seeking to get elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives must meet the following qualifications: * Be at least eighteen years of age * Be a registered voter in Massachusetts * Be an inhabitant of the district for at least one year prior to election * Receive at least 150 signatures on nomination papers Representation Originally, representatives were apportioned by town. For the first 150 persons, one representative was granted, and this ratio increased as the population of the town increased. The largest membership of the House was 749 in 1812 (214 of these being from the D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
