David T. Vieira is the current member of the
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 ...
for the 3rd Barnstable district. Vieira is also a Falmouth town meeting member and has been Moderator of that body since 1998.
Vieira was born in
Teaticket, Massachusetts
Teaticket is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Falmouth, Massachusetts. The population was 1,692 at the 2010 census.
Geography
Teaticket is located in the southern part of the town of Falmouth at (41.557934, -70.586815), between t ...
. He graduated from Falmouth High School and then studied at
American University. After his junior year of high school, in 1992, he attended Massachusetts
American Legion Boys State
The American Legion Boys State and American Legion Auxiliary Girls State are summer leadership and citizenship programs for high school juniors, which focus on exploring the mechanics of American government and politics. The programs are sponsor ...
and was elected to represent Massachusetts as a Senator at
American Legion Boys Nation. He later earned an MPA degree from
Suffolk University.
bio from Vieira's campaign website
/ref> David is an Eagle Scout
Eagle Scout is the highest achievement or rank attainable in the Scouts BSA program of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). Since its inception in 1911, only four percent of Scouts have earned this rank after a lengthy review process. The Eagle S ...
from Troop 42 out of East Falmouth.
See also
* 2019–2020 Massachusetts legislature
The 191st Massachusetts General Court was the meeting of the legislative branch of the state government of Massachusetts, composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives. It convened in Boston at the Massachusetts State House, on Janua ...
* 2021–2022 Massachusetts legislature
The 192nd Massachusetts General Court is the current meeting of the legislative branch of the state government of Massachusetts. It consists of elected members of the Senate and House of Representatives. It first convened in Boston at the Massachu ...
References
External links
*http://votesmart.org/candidate/54354/david-vieira#.VB-GwBZvDWA
Suffolk University alumni
Republican Party members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
People from Falmouth, Massachusetts
Living people
American University alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American politicians
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