Lawrence R. "Larry" Alexander (June 10, 1950 – November 6, 2012) was an American politician and lawyer.
Born on June 10, 1950, in
Gardner, Massachusetts
Gardner, officially the City of Gardner, is a city in Worcester County in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States. The population was 21,287 in the 2020 census. Gardner is home of such sites as the Blue Moon Diner, Dunn State Park, ...
, Alexander received his bachelor's degree from
Yale University
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and his
Juris Doctor
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and one of several Doctor of Law degrees. The J.D. is the standard degree obtained to practice law ...
degree from
Boston University School of Law. He was a member of the Massachusetts bar. Alexander wrote newspaper articles and a novel. He served in the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
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from 1979 to 1991 as a
Democrat
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Politics
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*A member of a Democratic Party:
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.
See also
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1979–1980 Massachusetts legislature
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1981–1982 Massachusetts legislature
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1983–1984 Massachusetts legislature
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1985–1986 Massachusetts legislature
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1987–1988 Massachusetts legislature
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1989–1990 Massachusetts legislature
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Massachusetts House of Representatives' 8th Essex district
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1950 births
2012 deaths
People from Gardner, Massachusetts
Boston University School of Law alumni
Massachusetts lawyers
Democratic Party members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Writers from Massachusetts
20th-century American lawyers
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