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Thomas J. Lane
Thomas Joseph Lane (July 6, 1898 – June 14, 1994) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts from 1941 to 1963, notable for having been re-elected after serving time in federal prison. Lane was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts on July 6, 1898 and graduated from Lawrence High School. Lane received an LL.B. in 1925 from Suffolk University Law School in Boston, Mass and then served in the United States Army. Massachusetts General Court Lane was lawyer in private practice and a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1927 to 1938 and a member of the Massachusetts Senate from 1939 to 1941. Congress Lane was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-seventh Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Lawrence J. Connery, and reelected to the Seventy-eighth and the nine succeeding Congresses. Lane, also, sponsored the legislation in the House of Representatives that called for the National Conference on Citize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1939 Massachusetts Legislature
The 151st Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1939 during the Governor of Massachusetts, governorship of Leverett Saltonstall. Joseph R. Cotton served as President of the Massachusetts Senate, president of the Senate and Christian Herter served as List of Speakers of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, speaker of the House. "1939 was the first year the General Court began meeting every other year instead of annually. ...No session was held in 1940 and no legislation or other materials relating thereof was published during that year." Senators Representatives See also * 76th United States Congress * List of Massachusetts General Courts References Further reading * * External links * * {{Massachusetts government Political history of Massachusetts Massachusetts legislative sessions 1939 U.S. legislative sessions, massachusetts 1939 in Massachusetts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1941–1942 Massachusetts Legislature
The 152nd Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1941 and 1942. Senators Representatives See also * 1942 Massachusetts gubernatorial election * 77th United States Congress * List of Massachusetts General Courts References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:1941-1942 Massachusetts legislature Political history of Massachusetts Massachusetts legislative sessions massachusetts 1941 in Massachusetts massachusetts 1942 in Massachusetts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1937–1938 Massachusetts Legislature
The 150th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1937 and 1938. Senators Representatives See also * 1938 Massachusetts gubernatorial election * 75th United States Congress * List of Massachusetts General Courts References External links * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:1937-1938 Massachusetts legislature Political history of Massachusetts Massachusetts legislative sessions massachusetts 1937 in Massachusetts massachusetts 1938 in Massachusetts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1935–1936 Massachusetts Legislature
The 149th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1935 and 1936 during the governorship of James Michael Curley. James G. Moran James G. Moran (May 2, 1870 – April 12, 1941) was an American politician who served as President of the Massachusetts Senate from 1935 to 1936. Early life Moran was born on May 2, 1870, in Mansfield, Massachusetts. He graduated from Mansfield ... served as president of the Senate and Leverett Saltonstall served as speaker of the House. Senators Representatives See also * 1936 Massachusetts gubernatorial election * 74th United States Congress * List of Massachusetts General Courts References Further reading * * * * . (Related to March 1936 flood) External links * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:1935-1936 Massachusetts legislature Political history of Massachusetts Massachusetts legislative sessions massachusetts 1935 in Massachusetts massachus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1933–1934 Massachusetts Legislature
The 148th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1933 and 1934. Senators Representatives See also * 1934 Massachusetts gubernatorial election * 73rd United States Congress * List of Massachusetts General Courts References External links * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:1933-1934 Massachusetts legislature Political history of Massachusetts Massachusetts legislative sessions 1933 U.S. legislative sessions, massachusetts 1933 in Massachusetts 1934 U.S. legislative sessions, massachusetts 1934 in Massachusetts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1931–1932 Massachusetts Legislature
The 147th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1931 and 1932. Senators Representatives See also * 1932 Massachusetts gubernatorial election * 72nd United States Congress The 72nd United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1931 ... * List of Massachusetts General Courts References External links * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:1931-1932 Massachusetts legislature Political history of Massachusetts Massachusetts legislative sessions massachusetts 1931 in Massachusetts massachusetts 1932 in Massachusetts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massachusetts Governor's Council
The Massachusetts Governor's Council (also known as the Executive Council) is a governmental body that provides advice and consent in certain matterssuch as judicial nominations, pardons, and commutationsto the Governor of Massachusetts. Councillors are elected by the general public and their duties are set forth in the Massachusetts Constitution. The Governor's Council has gone through many different formations throughout its history, at times being simply a legal counsel, also serving as provincial magistrates and judges, sometimes acting as an executive in the absence of a Governor, to serving as an upper house of the Massachusetts General Court. Whether going by the name of "Council of Assistants" or Governor's Council, the power of the council has ebbed and flowed, however it has remained a mainstay in New England politics from the earliest colonial days of Massachusetts Bay. History The Massachusetts Bay Colony received its first royal charter in 1629, with the founding o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1929–1930 Massachusetts Legislature
The 146th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1929 and 1930 during the governorship of Frank G. Allen Frank Gilman Allen (October 6, 1874October 9, 1950) was an American businessman and politician from Massachusetts. He was president of a successful leathergoods business in Norwood, Massachusetts, and active in local and state politics. A Repub .... Gaspar G. Bacon served as president of the Senate and Leverett Saltonstall served as speaker of the House. Senators Representatives See also * 1930 Massachusetts gubernatorial election * 71st United States Congress * List of Massachusetts General Courts References Further reading * * External links * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:1929-1930 Massachusetts legislature Political history of Massachusetts Massachusetts legislative sessions massachusetts 1929 in Massachusetts massachusetts 1930 in Massachusetts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994 Deaths
File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nelson Mandela casts his vote in the 1994 South African general election, in which he was elected South Africa's first president, and which effectively brought Apartheid to an end; NAFTA, which was signed in 1992, comes into effect in Canada, the United States, and Mexico; The first passenger rail service to utilize the newly-opened Channel tunnel; The 1994 FIFA World Cup is held in the United States; Skulls from the Rwandan genocide, in which over half a million Tutsi people were massacred by Hutus., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 1994 Winter Olympics rect 200 0 400 200 Northridge earthquake rect 400 0 600 200 Sinking of the MS Estonia rect 0 200 300 400 Rwandan genocide rect 300 200 600 400 Nelson Mandela rect 0 400 200 600 1994 F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1898 Births
Events January–March * January 1 – New York City annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York as the world's second largest. The city is geographically divided into five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx and Staten Island. * January 13 – Novelist Émile Zola's open letter to the President of the French Republic on the Dreyfus affair, '' J'Accuse…!'', is published on the front page of the Paris daily newspaper '' L'Aurore'', accusing the government of wrongfully imprisoning Alfred Dreyfus and of antisemitism. * February 12 – The automobile belonging to Henry Lindfield of Brighton rolls out of control down a hill in Purley, London, England, and hits a tree; thus he becomes the world's first fatality from an automobile accident on a public highway. * February 15 – Spanish–American War: The USS ''Maine'' explodes and sinks in Havana Harbor, Cuba, for reasons never fully established, killing 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massachusetts's 7th Congressional District
Massachusetts's 7th congressional district is a congressional district located in eastern Massachusetts, including roughly three-fourths of the city of Boston and a few of its northern and southern suburbs. The seat is currently held by Democrat Ayanna Pressley. Due to redistricting after the 2010 census, the borders of the district were changed, with most of the old 7th district redistricted to the new 5th district, and most of the old 8th district comprising the new 7th district. With a partisan lean of D+35 according to the Cook Political Report, the 7th is the most Democratic district in Massachusetts, and one of the most Democratic districts in the United States. According to ''The Boston Globe'' and the latest census data, approximately 33 percent of the population of the district were born outside of the United States, with approximately 34 percent of the population white, 26 percent African American, and 21 percent Latino. In 2019, Ayanna Presley became the firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
