Adams, Charles Francis (1807-1886; House of Representatives, 1841-1843;
      Senate, 1844-1845; U.S. House, 1859-1861; Minister to Great Britain, 1861-1868)
Adams, John (1735-1826; Chief Justice of Mass. Supreme Court, 1776; U.S. Minister to
      Great Britain, 1785-1788; Vice President of U.S., 1789-1797; President of U.S., 1797-1801) Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848; U.S. Senate, 1803-1808; U.S. Secretary of State, 1817-1825;
       President of the U.S., 1825-1829; U.S. House, 1831-1848)
Adams National Historic Site
      SEE: QUINCY, MA
Adams, Samuel (1722-1803; Governor, 1794-1797)
Adams, MA
Administration and Finance (ANF) – Secretaries’ Reunion (2004)
African Meetinghouse (Boston, MA)
Albano, Salvatore R. “Sal” (1935- ; Senate, 1985- )
Alkins, Leonard C. (1944- ; Clerk of the Committee on Rules of the Two Branches, 1978- )
Allen, Frank Gilman (1874-1950; Governor, 1929-1931)
Allston, MA
      SEE: BRIGHTON, MA
American Party
      SEE: “KNOW-NOTHINGS”
American War Mothers
Ames, Butler (1871-1954; House of Representatives, 1898-1900; U.S. House, 1903-1913)
Amesbury, MA
Amherst, MA
Amick, Carol C. (House of Representatives, 1975-1977; Senate, 1977- )
Amorello, Matthew John (1958- ; Senate, 1991-1998)
Andover, MA
Andrew, John Albion (1818-1867; Governor, 1861-1866)
Andrew, Richard (1869-1956)
      See: STATE HOUSE – 104TH INFANTRY (MURAL)
                STATE HOUSE – 6TH MASS. INFANTRY
Andros, Edmond (1637-1714; Governor of New England, 1686-1689)
Angellis, Phillip M. (1948- ; Assistant Clerk of the Senate, 1980-1992)
Angle Tree Monument
Animals in World War I (Tablet)
      SEE: STATE HOUSE – TABLETS – TO THE ANIMALS IN WORLD WAR I
Anthony, Susan B. (1820-1906; American Suffragist)
Antonioni, Robert A. (1958- ; House of Representatives, 1989-1992; Senate, 1992- )
“Appleseed, Johnny” (born John Chapman)
      SEE: CHAPMAN, JOHN
      SEE ALSO: LEOMINSTER, MA
Arlington, MA
Army Nurses Memorial
      SEE: STATE HOUSE – SENATE STAIRCASE HALL
Art Deco Society of Boston
      SEE: BOSTON – ARCHITECTURE
Ashland, MA
Athol, MA
Atkins, Chester G. (1948- ; House of Representatives, 1971-1972; Senate, 1973- 1984;
      U.S. House, 1985-1993)
Attleborough, MA
Audubon, John James (1785-1851)
Audubon Society
      SEE: MASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON SOCIETY
Aylmer, John Francis (1934- ; Senate, 1971-1981)

Bachrach, George A. (1951- ; Senate, 1981- )
Backman, Jack H. (1922- ; House of Representatives, 1965-1970; Senate, 1971-1987)
Bacon, Gaspar G. (1886-1947; Senate President, 1929-32; Lieutenant Governor, 1933-1935)
Bacon, John (Senate President, 1806-1807)
Bailey, James Alderson (1867-1954; House of Representatives, 1894-1895; Senate, 1897)
Baker, Charles D.
Balser, Ruth (1948- ; House of Representatives, 1999- )
Baltimore, MD
Balukonis, Patricia Jean
Banks, Nathaniel Prentice, Jr. (1816-1894; U.S. House, 1853-1857, 1865-1873, 1875-1879,
      1889-1891; Governor, 1858-1861)
Barnstable, MA
Barrett, Michael John (1948- ; House of Representatives, 1979-1984; Senate, 1987- )
Barrios, Jarrett T. (1968- ; House of Representatives, 1992-2002; Senate 2003-20 )
Barrows, Mary Livermore (1877-1955; House of Representatives, 1929-1938)
Bartlett, George Hartnell (1838-1923)
Bartlett, Josiah (1729-1795)
Bartlett, William Francis (1840-1876)
Bartley, David M. (House Speaker, 1969-1975)
Basement Excavations (State House)
      SEE: STATE HOUSE – ADDITIONS – 1853-1856
Bates, John Lewis (1859-1946; Governor 1903-1905)
Bates, William Henry (1917-1969; U.S. House, 1950-1969)
Bay State Light Infantry
      SEE: FLAGS – U.S. – CIVIL WAR – 3RD REGIMENT
                MASS. VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
COMPANY K (BAY STATE LIGHT INFANTRY)
The Beacon (also called: the Beacon Monument, the Eagle Monument)
Beacon Hill
      SEE: BOSTON – BEACON HILL
Beacon Hill Reservoir
      SEE: BOSTON – BEACON HILL RESERVOIR
Belcher, Jonathan (1682-1757; Governor, Province of Mass. Bay, 1730-1741)
Bellingham, Richard (c. 1592-1672; Governor, Province of Mass. Bay, 1641-1642)
Bellotti, Francis X. (1923- ; Lieutenant Governor, 1963-1964; Attorney General, 1975-1986)
Belmont, MA
Bernashe, Roger Leo (Senate)
Bernard, Francis (1712-1779; Governor, Province of Mass. Bay, 1760-1769)
Bernstein, Robert Alan (1961- ; Senate, 1995-2000)
Berry, Frederick E. (1949- ; Senate, 1983- )
Bertonazzi, Louis Peter (1933- ; House of Representatives, 1969-1978; Senate, 1979-1996)
Betzger, Julie (1950-2006; Clerk to Senate Committee on Bills in the Third Reading,
      1978-2006)
Beverly, MA
Bianculli, Domenic J. (1918- ; Administrative Secretary to the Governor’s Council, 1947-1980)
Bickford, Walter E. (1942- ; House of Representatives, 1977-1983)
Bicknell, Albion Harris (1837-1915)
      SEE: LINCOLN, ABRAHAM
Big Dig
Bigelow, Albert Francis (1880-1958; House of Representatives, 1927-1946)
Bill, Richard (Colonial Council, 1740?)
Binienda, John J, Sr. (1947- ; House of Representatives, 1987- )
Birmingham, Thomas F. (1949- ; Senate, 1991- ; Senate President, 1995- )
Bissell , Israel (1752-1823; Massachusetts Post Rider)
      SEE: HINSDALE, MA
Black Legislators
Blackmar, Wilmon W. (18??-1905; Commander-in-Chief of the Department of Mass., G.A.R.;
      Judge Advocate General)
Blackstone River Valley (MA and RI)
Blanchard, Vinson (1916- ; House of Representatives, 1957-196?)
Blumer, Deborah D. (1941-2006; House of Representatives, 2001-2006)
Blute, Peter I. (1956- ; House of Representatives, 1987-1992; U.S. House, 1993-1997)
Bly, Belden Gerald, Jr. (1914-2006; House of Representatives, 1949-1980)
Bohigian, Robert J. (1922-2005; House of Representatives, 1959-1990)
Boland, Edward P. (1911- ; House of Representatives, 1935-1940; U.S. House, 1953-1989)
Bolling, Royal Lee, Sr. (1920-2002; House of Representatives, 1961-1968, 1971-1974;
      Senate, 1983- )
Bolton, MA
Book Preservation
      SEE: BOOKS – CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION
Books – Conservation and Restoration
Borah, William Edgar (1865-1940)
Borden, Lizzie
Bosley, Daniel E. (1953- ; House of Representatives, 1987-20 )
Boston, MA
Boston – Architecture
Boston – Arts Commission
Boston – Beacon Hill
Boston – Beacon Hill Reservoir
Boston – Bill of Rights Walkway
Boston – Black Heritage Trail
Boston – Christ Church
Boston City Architect
Boston City Hospital
Boston Coliseum
Boston Common
Boston – Custom House
Boston – Dorchester
Boston – East Boston
Boston – Faneuil Hall
Boston – First Night
Boston – Graveyards – Historic
Boston – Hancock House
Boston – Harbor Islands
Boston – King’s Chapel
Boston – Literary Trail
Boston – Long Wharf
Boston Marathon
Boston – North End
Boston – Old Corner Bookstore
Boston – Old South Meeting House
Boston – Old State House
Boston – Old West Church
Boston – Park Place
Boston – Parker House Hotel
Boston Post Canes
Boston – Province House
Boston – Public Garden
Boston – South End
Boston Stone
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Boston Tea Party
"The Boston Tea Party" (Mural)
      SEE: REID, ROBERT (MURALS)
Boston – Theaters
Boston – Town House
Boston – Views (including aerials)
Boston – Vilna Shul
Boston – West End
Bottomley, John K. (Assistant Secretary to Governor Saltonstall, 1941- )
Boutwell, George Sewall (1818-1905; House of Representatives, 1842-1844, 1847-1850;
      Governor, 1851-1853; U.S. House, 1863-1869; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1869-1873;
      U.S. Senate, 1873-1877)
Boverini, Walter J. (1925- ; House of Representatives, 1971-1972; Senate, 1973- )
Bowdoin, James (1726-1790; Governor, 1785-1787)
Bowker, Philip G. (1899-1955; House of Representatives, 1933-1940; Senate, 1947-1955)
Boyer, Douglas C. (1951- ; Second Assistant Clerk of the Senate, 1980-1992)
Brackett, John Quincy Adams (1842-1918; Governor, 1890-1891)
Bradford, Robert Fiske (1902-1983; Governor, 1947-1949)
Bradford, William (1590-1657)
Bradford Manuscript
      SEE: STATE HOUSE – STATE LIBRARY
Bradstreet, Anne Dudley (c. 1612-1672)
Bradstreet, Simon (1603-1697; Governor, Mass. Bay Colony, 1679 and following)
Braintree, MA (Methodist Church)
Braman, Col. Jarvis Dwight (1799-1850)
Brennan, John A., Jr. (1945- ; House of Representatives, 1973-1974; Senate, 1997- )
Brewer, Stephen Michael (1948- ; House of Representatives, 1989-1996; Senate, 1997- )
Brewster, MA
Bridgewater, MA
Briggs, George Nixon (1796-1861; U.S. House, 1830-1843; Governor, 1844-1851)
Brigham, Charles (1841-1925)
Brighton, MA
Brimfield, MA
Bristol County, MA
Britland, John (1935- ; Executive Council, 1975-1984)
Brockton, MA
Brodney, Edward (1910- )
      SEE: STATE HOUSE – BRODNEY MURALS
Brooke, Edward W. (1919- ; Massachusetts Attorney General, 1963-1966;
       U.S. Senate, 1967-1979)
Brookline , MA
Brooks, John (1752-1825; Governor, 1816-1823)
Brown, Robert Stephen (1869-1954; House of Representatives, 1925-1926)
Buchanan, James (1791-1868)
Buckland, MA
Buckley, Anna P. (1924- ; Senate, 1973-1988)
Buckley, John R.
Buckley, Thomas J.
Buczko, Thaddeus “Ted” (1926- ; House of Representatives, 1959-1964;
      State Auditor, 1964-1981)
Buell, Robert C. (1931- ; House of Representatives, 1969-1978; Senate, 1979- )
Bulfinch, Charles (1763-1844)
Bulger, William M. (1934- ; House of Representatives, 1961-1970; Senate, 1971-1996,
       Senate President, 1978-1996)
Bullock, John W. (1929- ; Senate, 1973-1976)
Bump, Suzanne M. (1956- ; House of Representatives, 1985-1993; Secretary of Labor and
       Workforce Development, 2007-20 )
Bunker Hill Monument
Bunte, Doris (1933- ; House of Representatives, 1973-1986)
Burke, Anthony J. (1931- ; House of Representatives, 1959-1968; Legislative Service Bureau,
1973-1992)
Burke, Edward Lawrence (1943- ; Senate, 1971-1992)
Burke, James A. (1910-1983; U.S. House, 1959-1979)
Burke, John P. (1954- ; Senate, 1979-1990)
Burke, Kevin M. (1946- ; House of Representatives, 1975-1979; Secretary of Public Safety,
       2007-20 )
Burlingame, Anson (1820-1870; U.S. House, 1855-1860; Minister to China, 1861-1867)
Burnet, William (1688-1729; Governor, 1728-1729)
Burrill, Ellen Mudge (1863-1937; Secretary to the Sergeant-at-Arms; author)
Businger, John A. (1945- ; House of Representatives, 1971-1974)
Butler, Benjamin Franklin (1818-1893; U. S. House, 1867-1875; Governor, 1883-1884)
Butler Bible
      SEE: BUTLER, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Butler Flag
      SEE: BUTLER, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Butler, William Morgan (1861- ; House of Representatives, 1890-1891; Senate, 1892-1895,
      President of the Senate, 1894-1895; U.S. Senate, 1924- )
Buttrick, Maj. John (1731-1791; minuteman commander at North Bridge, Concord, 1775)
Byrd, Richard Evelyn (1888-1957; American admiral and polar explorer)

Fairbanks House
       SEE: DEDHAM, MA
Fagan, James H. (1947- ; House of Representatives, 1993- )
Fairhaven, MA
Fall River, MA
Falmouth, MA
Faneuil Hall
       SEE: BOSTON – FANEUIL HALL
Farragut, David Glasgow (1801-1870)
       SEE: FLAGS – STATE HOUSE
Fessenden, Franklin G. (Justice)
54th Mass. Regiment (Civil War)
       SEE: SHAW, ROBERT GOULD
                 U.S. – HISTORY – CIVIL WAR, 1861-1865 – REGIMENTAL HISTORIES – 54TH MASS.
55th Mass. Regiment (Civil War)
       SEE: ROME, PRIVATE GEORGE R.
                 U.S. – HISTORY – CIVIL WAR, 1861-1865 – REGIMENTAL HISTORIES –
                     55TH MASS.
Fingold, George (1908-1958; Attorney General, 1953-1958)
Finnegan, John J. (1938- ; House of Representatives, 1967-1981; Auditor, 1981- )
Finneran, Thomas M. (1950- ; House of Representatives, 1979-2004; Speaker of the House,
       1996-2004)
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Fitchburg, MA
Fitzerald, Redmond Stephen (1882-1954; House of Representatives, 1913-1915)
Fitzgerald, Susan Walker (1871- ; House of Representatives, 1923-1924)
       SEE: DONALDSON, SYLVIA
Flags – Butler
       SEE: BUTLER, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Flags – Mount Rushmore Flag
Flags – Preservation
       SEE ALSO: FOWLER, AMELIA
Flags – State House
Flags – State House – Miscellaneous Correspondence
Flags – U.S.
Flags – U.S. – Civil War
Flags – U.S. – Civil War – Gifts
Flags – U.S. – Civil War – 2nd Battery (Light) – Mass. Artillery
Flags – U.S. – Civil War – 3rd Regiment Mass. Volunteer Infantry, Company K (Bay State
       Light Infantry)
Flags – U.S. – Civil War – 5th Mass. Cavalry
Flags – U.S. – Civil War – 6th Regiment Mass. Volunteer Infantry
Flags – U.S. – Civil War – 8th Regiment Mass. Volunteer Infantry
Flags – U.S. – Civil War – 9th Regiment Mass. Volunteer Infantry
       SEE ALSO: O’LEARY, TIMOTHY
Flags – U.S. – Civil War – 17th Regiment Mass. Volunteer Infantry
Flags – U.S. – Civil War – 19th Regiment Mass. Volunteer Infantry
Flags – U.S. – Civil War – 20th Regiment Mass. Volunteer Infantry
Flags – U.S. – Civil War – 21st Regiment Mass. Volunteer Infantry
Flags – U.S. – Civil War – 22nd Regiment Mass. Volunteer Infantry
Flags – U.S. – Civil War – 23rd Regiment Mass. Volunteer Infantry
Flags – U.S. – Civil War – 24th Regiment Mass. Volunteer Infantry
Flags – U.S. – Civil War – 25th Regiment Mass. Volunteer Infantry
Flags – U.S. – Civil War – 26th Regiment Mass. Volunteer Infantry
Flags – U.S. – Civil War – 27th Regiment Mass. Volunteer Infantry
Flags – U.S. – Civil War – 28th Regiment Mass. Volunteer Infantry
Flags – U.S. – Civil War – 29th Regiment Mass. Volunteer Infantry
Flags– U.S. – Civil War – 30th Regiment Mass. Volunteer Infantry
Flags – U.S. – Civil War – 31st Regiment Mass. Volunteer Infantry
Flags – U.S. – Civil War – 32nd Regiment Mass. Volunteer Infantry
Flags – U.S. – Civil War – 33rd Regiment Mass. Volunteer Infantry
Flags– U.S. – Civil War – 34th Regiment Mass. Volunteer Infantry
Flags – U.S. – Civil War – 54th Regiment Mass. Volunteer Infantry
Flags – U.S. – Civil War – 55th Regiment Mass. Volunteer Infantry
Flags – U.S. – Massachusetts
Flags – U.S. – Mexican War
Flags – U.S. – Spanish American War
Flags – U.S. – War of 1812
Flags – U.S. – World War I
Flags – U.S. – World War II
Flaherty, Charles F. (1938- ; House of Representatives, 1967-1996; Speaker of the House,
1991-1996)
Flaherty, John E. (1910- ; House of Representatives, 1941-1946)
Flaherty, Thomas Aloysius (1898- ; House of Representatives, 1935-1938; U.S. House,
1939- )
Flood, John H. (1939- ; House of Representatives, 1981-1990)
Flynn, Raymond L. (Mayor of Boston)
Foch, Ferdinand (1851-1929; French marshal) (1921 visit)
Foley, Daniel J. (1921- ; Senate, 1969-1982; Legislative Research, 1985- )
Foley, Edward Patrick (1938- ; Executive Council, 1993- )
Foley, Joseph M. (Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms and Chief Court Officer of the Senate, 1982- )
Fonseca, Mary Leite (1915-2005; Senate, 1953-1984)
Forman, Peter (1958- ; House of Representatives, 1981-1994; Deputy and Acting Secretary of
       Administration and Finance, 2000- )
Forry, Linda Dorcena (1973- ; House of Representatives, 2005-20 )
Fort Sumter Flag
       SEE: FLAGS – STATE HOUSE
Foss, Eugene Noble (1858-1939; U.S. House, 1910-1911; Governor, 1911-1914)
Fowle, Jonathan
       SEE: FLAGS – STATE HOUSE
Fowler, Amelia
       SEE ALSO: FLAGS – PRESERVATION
Fox, Gloria L. (1942- ; House of Representatives, 1985-20 )
Foy, Douglas I. (1947- ; Secretary of the Office for Commonwealth Development, 2003-2006) Framingham, MA
Francis, Henry M. (1836-1908; architect)
       SEE: FITCHBURG, MA
Frank, Barney (1940- ; U.S. House, 1981- )
Frank, Elsie (Goluck) (d. 2005)
Franklin, MA
Franklin County, MA
French, Daniel Chester (1850-1931)
       SEE: HOOKER, JOSEPH
Frost, Archie Norwood (1872-1955; House of Representatives, 1899-1901; Senate 1902-1903) Fuller, Alvan Tufts (1878-1958; U.S. House, 1917-1921; Governor 1925-1929)
Furcolo, Foster J. (1911-1995; Governor, 1957-1961)

Gabrieli, Chris (candidate for Congress, 1998)
Gage, Thomas (1721-1787; Commander in Chief, British Army in North America, 1763-1773;
      last Governor of Provincial Massachusetts, 1774
Galvin, William Francis (1950- ; House of Representatives, 1975-1991; Secretary, 1995- )
Gardner, MA
Garrison, Althea (1940- ; House of Representatives, 1993- )
Gauch, Ronald W. (1938- ; House of Representatives, 1993- )
Gavel-to-Gavel (WGBH)
Gay, Dorothy A. Kelly (1943- ; Executive Council, 1993- )
General Court
      SEE: MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL COURT
Genereux, P.E. (1892-1977; State House photographer)
George, Thomas Nicholis (1938- ; House of Representatives, 1997- )
Gerry, Elbridge (1744-1814; U.S. House, 1789-1793; Governor, 1810-1812; Vice President of
      the U.S., 1813-1814)
Gifford, Stephen Nye (1815-1886; House of Representatives, 1850; Auditor, 1855; Clerk of
      the Senate, 1858-1886)
Giglio, Anthony P. (1941- ; House of Representatives, 1989- )
Gill, Moses (1733-1800; Lieutenant Governor, 1794-1800)
Giordano, Larry F. (1945- ; House of Representatives, 1987- )
Gloucester, MA
Goguen, Emile J. (1933- ; House of Representatives, 1991-2006)
Golden, William Brownell (1948- ; Senate, 1985- )
Gomes, Shirley A. (1940- ; House of Representatives, 1995- )
Goodwin, Angier L. (1881-1975; Senate President, 1941; U.S. House, 1943-1955)
Grand Union Flag
      SEE: FLAGS – STATE HOUSE
Grant, Albert Fosdick (1872-1955; House of Representatives, 1906-1907)
Grant, Ulysses Simpson (1822-1885)
Great Union Flag
      SEE: FLAGS – STATE HOUSE
Green, Karen F. (1956- ; Executive, 1993-1994)
Green, Thomas H. (1883- ; House of Representatives, 1918-1920)
Greenfield, MA
Greenhalge, Frederic Thomas (1842-1896; House of Representatives, 1885; U.S. House,
      1889-1891; Governor, 1894-1896)
Groton, MA
Groveland, MA
Guerriero, Patrick C. (1968- ; House of Representatives, 1993-1998)
Guild, Curtis, Jr. (1860-1915; Lieutenant Governor, 1903-1905; Governor 1906-1909;
      Ambassador to Russia, 1910-1913)
Guzzi, Paul H. (1942- ; House of Representatives, 1971-1974; Secretary, 1975-1978)

Hale, Herbert Dudley (1866-1908; architect)
Halifax Explosion Memorial Bell Tower
Hall, Robert A. (1946- ; Senate, 1973- )
Hallways – State House
      SEE: STATE HOUSE – CORRIDORS
Ham, Harry Howard (1883-1954; House of Representatives, 1907-1909)
Hancock, John (1737-1793; President of the Provincial Congress, 1774-1775; First Signer
      of the Declaration of Independence, 1776; First Governor under the Constitution,
      1780-1785, 1787-1793)
Hancock House
      SEE: BOSTON – HANCOCK HOUSE
Hanley, Edward (Secretary of Administration and Finance, 1979- )
Hanson, MA
Harkins, Lida Eisenstadt (1944- ; House of Representatives, 1989- )
Harnisch, Joseph J. (1883- ; House of Representatives, 1933-1941)
Harold, Paul D. (1948- ; Senate. 1979- )
Harrington, Kevin Brian (1929- ; Senate, 1959-1978, Senate President, 1971-1978)
Harrington, Michael J. (1936-1997; U.S. House, 1969-1979)
Harshbarger, L. Scott (1941- ; Attorney General, 1991-1998)
Harvard, MA
Harvard University – 350th Anniversary, 1986
Harwich, MA
Hastings, William Soden (1798-1842; House of Representativess, 1828; Senate, 1829-1833;       U.S. House, 1837-1842)
Hawke, Robert D. (1932- ; House of Representatives, 1991-1996)
Hayes, George Henry Washington (1871-1954; House of Reprentatives, 1913)
Haynes, John (Governor, Mass. Bay Colony, 1635-1636)
Hayward, Jeffery John (1960- ; House of Representatives, 1991-1994)
Healey, Jeremiah J. (1872-1954; House of Representatives, 1921-1932; 1935-1938)
Healy, Kerry (1960- ; Lieutenant Governor, 2003- )
Heckler, Margaret M. (1931- ; U.S. House, 1967-1983)
Hennessey, Edward F. (Chief Justice, Supreme Judicial Court of Mass., 1976-1989)
Herter, Albert (1871-1950) – Murals
      SEE: STATE HOUSE – HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Herter, Christian Archibald (1895-1966; U.S. House, 1943-1952; Governor, 1953-1957
      U.S. Secretary of State, 1959-1961)
Hickey, Francis J., Jr. (1928- ; House of Representatives, 1955-1958)
Hicks, Louise Day (1923- ; U.S. House, 1971-1973)
Hillman, Reed V. (1948- ; House of Representatives, 1999-2004)
Hinckley, Thomas (Governor, Plymouth Colony, 1680-1686, 1689-1692)
Hinsdale , MA
Historic New England
      SEE: SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF NEW ENGLAND ANTIQUITIES
Hoar, George Frisbie (1826-1904; U.S. Senate, 1877-1904)
Holden, MA
Holmes, Sybil H. (1889-1979; Senate [first woman to serve], 1937-1941; Assistant Attorney
      General)
Holyoke, MA
Hooker, Joseph (1814-1879; Major General, Army of the Potomac, 1863)
Hooker Statue
      SEE: HOOKER, JOSEPH
Hoosac Tunnel
Hoover, Herbert (1874-1964)
Hopkinton, MA
Horton, Edward Augustus (1843-1936; Senate Chaplain, 1904-1928)
Houston, John Patrick (1955- ; Senate, 1985-1990)
Hull, Isaac (1773-1843; USS Constitution hero, War of 1812)
Humason, Donald F., Jr. (1967- ; House of Representatives, 2003- )
Hunnewell, James Melville (1879-1954; House of Representatives, 1920-1926)
Hurley, Charles Francis (1893-1946; Governor, 1937-1939)
Hurley, Michael D. (1963- ; Second Assistant Clerk of the Senate, 1999- )
Hurwitz, Nathaniel M. (1893-196?; House of Representatives, 1943-1956)
Hutchinson, Anne Marbury (1591-1643; religious leader, banished from Mass. Bay Colony)
Hutchinson, Thomas (1711-1780; Chief Justice, 1761-1769; Governor of Provincial
      Massachusetts, 1771-1774)
Hyannis, MA
      SEE: BARNSTABLE, MA
Hyde Park, MA
Hyland, Barbara C. (1943- ; House of Representatives, 1992-2000)

MacDonald, Torbert H. (1917-1976; U.S. House, 1955-1976)
Mackey, Joseph K. (1951-2007; House of Representatives, 1985-1990)
MacLean, William Q. “Biff,” Jr. (1934- ; House of Representatives, 1961-1980;
      Senate, 1981-1992)
Malia, Elizabeth Ann (1949- ; House of Representatives, 1998- )
Malone, Joseph Daniel (1954- ; State Treasurer, 1991-1998)
Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA
Mandile, Anthony M. (1946- ; House of Representatives, 1987-1992, 1995-1996)
Mann, Horace (1796-1859; House of Representatives, 1827-1830, 1832; Senate President,
      1835-1837; Secretary of the State Board of Education, 1837-1848; U.S. House, 1848-1853)
Manning, Donald (1929-2005; House of Representatives, 1961-1980)
Marblehead, MA
Marchand, David M. (Secretary of Administration and Finance, 1974- )
Markey, Edward John (1946- ; House of Representatives, 1973-1976; U.S. House, 1976- )
Markey, John F. (1925- ; Executive Council, 1977-1990)
Marlborough, MA
Marsh, Robert H. (1959- ; House of Representatives, 1987-1992)
Marshfield, MA
Martha's Vineyard, MA
Massachusetts Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
Massachusetts – Arms and Seal
Massachusetts Art Commission
Massachusetts Audubon Society
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Massachusetts Bay Tercentenary
Massachusetts Bible Society
Massachusetts College of Art
      SEE: MASSACHUSETTS NORMAL ART SCHOOL
Massachusetts – Constitution
Massachusetts Cultural Council
Massachusetts – Department of Revenue
Massachusetts – Division of Banks
Massachusetts General Court
Massachusetts General Court – House of Representatives – Historian
Massachusetts General Court – Senate Art Committee
Massachusetts Historical Society
Massachusetts – History – Revolution, 1775-1783
Massachusetts – Legislature
      SEE: MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL COURT
Massachusetts – Legislature – Women
Massachusetts – Militia
Massachusetts – Miscellaneous
Massachusetts Normal Art School
Massachusetts – Official Song
      SEE: STATE SONG
Massachusetts – Politics and Government
Massachusetts Proclamations
Massachusetts – Seal
      SEE: MASSACHUSETTS ARMS AND SEAL
Massachusetts – Secretary of State
Massachusetts stamps
Massachusetts State Lottery
Massachusetts Stone Bridges
Massachusetts – Superior Court
Massachusetts – Tax Commissioner
      SEE: MASSACHUSETTS – DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
Massasoit (1580?-1661; Chief of Wampanoag tribe)
Mather, Cotton (1663-1728; clergyman and author)
Mather, Richard (1596-1669; Puritan leader and author)
Mavroules, Nicholas (1929- ; U.S. House, 1979-1993)
Mayflower II (file missing as of 9/04, but items added to new file, made 12/04)
McCall, Samuel Walker (1851-1923; U.S. House, 1893-1913; Governor 1916-1919)
McCarthy, John (Commissioner of Administration and Finance, 1965-1966)
McCarthy, Robert E. (1940- ; House of Representatives, 1971-1974; Senate, 1975-1980)
McCormack Building
      SEE: JOHN W. McCORMACK STATE OFFICE BUILDING
McCormack, Edward J., Jr. (State Attorney General, 1958-1963)
McCormack, John William (1891-1980, U.S. House, 1928-1971)
McDermott, George C. (1920-2006; House of Representatives, 1961-1962; Assistant
      Sergeant-at-Arms and Chief Court Officer of the House of Representatives, 1971-1990)
McGovern, James P. (1959- ; U.S. House, 1997- )
McGovern, Patricia (1941- ; Senate, 1981-1992)
McGrail, Stephen John (1948- ; Senate, 1973-1976)
McKinnon, Allan Robert (1930- ; Senate, 1971-1984)
McLain, George Melvin (1841-1915 or 1917; skipper and designer of fishing vessels; House of
      Representatives)
McLaughlin, Edward A. (Clerk, House of Representatives, 1883-1895)
McLaughlin, Edward F., Jr. (1920- ; Lieutenant Governor, 1961-1963)
McManus, Dennis P. (1967- ; Executive Council, 1999- )
McNeill, George Edwin (Deputy Chief, Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics of Labor, 1869-1873)
Medals – Senate Reception Room
      SEE: STATE HOUSE – SENATE RECEPTION ROOM
Medford, MA
Medway, MA
Meehan, Martin T. (1956- ; U.S. House, 1993- )
Melconian, Linda J. (Senate, 1983-2004)
Melrose, MA
Merrigan, John F. (1961- ; House of Representatives, 1995-2002)
Merrimack Valley
Metayer, Elizabeth N. (House of Representatives, 1975-1984)
Meyer, George V. L. (1858-1918; House of Representatives, 1892-1895, Speaker of the House,
      1895-1896)
Middleborough, MA
Middlesex Canal
Middleton, MA
Miles, Nelson Appleton (1839-1925; Commander in Chief, U.S. Army, Spanish-American War;
      also served in Civil War and Indian Wars)
Mitchell, Charles Lewis (1829-1912; House of Representatives, 1867; he and Edwin Garrison
      Walker were the first African-American representatives)
Mitchell, Joseph S. (Executive Secretary of the Executive Council, 1943-1944)
Milton, MA
Moakley, John Joseph (1927-2001; U.S. House, 1973-2001)
Model of State House
      SEE: STATE HOUSE – MODELS
Mohawk Trail, MA
Montigny, Mark C. (1961- ; Senate, 1993- )
Monuments
      SEE: SOLDIERS' MONUMENTS
Morris, Frank, Jr. (c. 1919-2005; State Housing Board; artist)
Morse, F. Bradford (1921-1994; U.S. House, 1961-1972)
Morton, Levi P.
Morton, Marcus (1784-1864; U.S. House, 1817-1821; Governor, 1825, 1840-1841, 1843-1844)
Morton, Perez (1751-1837; House of Representatives, 1800-1811, Speaker of the House,
      1806-1808, 1810-1811)
Mosby, Col. John Singleton (1833-1916; lawyer and Confederate ranger)
Mt. Greylock
Mt. Greylock War Memorial
      SEE: SOLDIERS' MONUMENTS
Mount Rushmore Flag
      SEE: FLAGS – MOUNT RUSHMORE FLAG
Murals
      SEE: STATE HOUSE – BRODNEY MURALS
      STATE HOUSE – HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
      STATE HOUSE – MURALS
      STATE HOUSE – 104TH INFANTRY (MURAL)
      STATE HOUSE – SENATE STAIRCASE HALL
      SEE ALSO: NAMES OF INDIVIDUAL MURALS AND ARTISTS
Murphy, Edward
      SEE: HEALEY, KERRY
Murphy, Evelyn F. (1940- ; Lieutenant Governor, 1987-1990)
Murray, Therese (1947- ; Senate, 1993-20 )
Murray, Therese (1947- ; Senate, 1993- )
Museum of Afro-American History (Boston)
      SEE: AFRICAN MEETINGHOUSE (BOSTON, MA)
Myles Standish Monument
      SEE: STANDISH, MYLES

O’Brien, Edward M. (1933- ; Executive Council, 1971-1974, 1979- )
O’Brien, James D., Jr. (1947- ; Executive Council, 1987-1994)
O'Brien, Janet W. (House of Representatives, 1991-1998)
O'Brien, Capt. Jeremiah (1744-1818; Revolutionary War naval hero)
O'Brien, Shannon P. (1959- ; House of Representatives, 1987-1993; Senate, 1993-1994; State       Treasurer, 1999-2002)
Of Plimoth Plantation (William Bradford)
      SEE: STATE HOUSE – STATE LIBRARY
O’Flaherty, Eugene (1968- ; House of Representatives, 1997- )
Old Colony Railroad
Old Corner Bookstore
      SEE: BOSTON – OLD CORNER BOOKSTORE
Old Ironsides
      SEE: U.S.S. CONSTITUTION
Old North Church
      SEE: BOSTON – CHRIST CHURCH
Old South Meeting House
      SEE: BOSTON – OLD SOUTH MEETING HOUSE
Old State House
      SEE: BOSTON – OLD STATE HOUSE
O’Leary, Timothy (1831-1905; Captain, U.S. Army, 9 th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment)
      SEE ALSO: FLAGS – U.S. – CIVIL WAR – 9 th REGIMENT MASS. VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
Olver, John W. (1936- ; House of Representatives, 1969-1972; Senate, 1973-1991;
      U.S. House, 1991- )
104th Infantry (Mural)
      SEE: STATE HOUSE – 104TH INFANTRY (MURAL)
O’Neill, Edward B. (1943- ; Clerk of the Senate, 1974-1998)
O’Neill, Stephen J. (Chief Secretary to the Governor, 1999-2002)
O'Neill, Thomas P., Jr. (1912-1994; House of Representatives, 1937-1952, Speaker of the       House, 1949-1952; U.S. House, 1953-1987)
O’Neill, Thomas P., III (1944- ; House of Representatives, 1973-1974; Lieutenant Governor,       1975-1982)
Orstrom, Charles A. (1878-1942?; House of Representatives, 1911- )
O'Sullivan, Kevin (1953- ; House of Representatives, 1987-1994)
Otis, James (1725-1783)
Owens, Bill (1937- ; House of Representatives, 1973-1974; Senate, 1975-1982, 1989-1992)

Raftery, Thomas M. (Chief Administrative Assistant to the Speaker of the House,
       1979-1980)
Randolph, MA
Rantoul, Robert, Jr. (1805-1852; House of Representatives, 1835-1839; U.S. Senate,
       1851-1852)
Rauschenbach, Henri S. (1947- ; House of Representatives, 1985-1988; Senate, 1989-2000)
Rawson, Edward (1615-1693; secretary of Mass. Bay Colony, 1650-1686)
Raymond, Eleanor (1887-1989, architect)
Reading, MA
Reale, Ann (Acting Secretary of Administration and Finance, 2002)
Redstone, Edward H. (State Librarian)
Rehoboth, MA
Reid, Robert (1862-1929) – Murals
      SEE ALSO: STATE HOUSE – SENATE STAIRCASE HALL
Reilly, Martin Thomas (1956- ; Senate, 1981-1988)
Reilly, Thomas F. (1942- ; Attorney General, 1999- )
Reinstein, William G. (1939-1998; House of Representatives, 1987-1998)
The Reservoir
      SEE: BOSTON – BEACON HILL RESERVOIR
Revere, Paul (1735-1818)
Rice, Brig.-Gen. Edmond (d. 1906; Civil War and Spanish War commander)
Richardson, Elliot Lee (1920-1999; Lieutenant Governor, 1965-1967; Attorney General,
      1967-1969; U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1970; U.S. Secretary
      of Defense, 1973; U.S. Attorney General, 1973; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain,
      1975-1976; U.S. Secretary of Commerce, 1976-1977; U.S. Ambassador-at-Large,
      1977-1980)
Richie, Charlotte Golar (1958- ; House of Representatives, 1995-2000)
Rineer, A. Hunter, Jr. (State Librarian)
Robbins, Edward Hutchinson (1758-1829; House of Representatives, 1781-1782,
      1784-1785, 1792-1793, Speaker of the House, 1794-1801; Lieutenant Governor, 1802-1805)
Roberts, Charles Holmes, Jr. (1894-1941; House of Representatives, 1939-1941)
Robinson, Mark E. (Secretary of Administration and Finance, 1993- )
Robinson, William S. (1818-1876; House of Representatives, 1852, 1853;
      Clerk, House of Representatives, 1862-1872)
Rockport, MA
Roe, Alfred S. (1844-1917; House of Representatives, 1892-1895; Senate, 1896-1898)
Rogeness, Mary S. (1941- ; House of Representatives, 1991- )
Rogers, Edith Nourse (1881-1960; U.S. House, 1925-1960)
Rogers, George (1933- ; Senate, 1975-1978)
Rogers, John H. (1964- ; House of Representatives, 1993- )
Rome, Pvt. George R. (Civil War soldier of 55 th Regiment Mass. Volunteer Infantry)
Romney, Willard M. (“Mitt”) (1947- ; Governor, 2003-2007)
Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919; President of the U.S., 1901-1909)
Rosenfeld, S. Stephen (1940- ; Executive, 1989-1990)
Ross, Richard John (House of Representatives, 2005- )
Rotondi, Samuel (1946- ; Senate, 1977-1982)
Rouse, Richard J. (1954- ; Clerk, Supreme Judicial Court for Suffolk County, 1989- )
Rowe, Amos (c. 1831-1899; House of Representatives, 1865, 1879)
Rowe, John (mid-17 th-c. settler of Cape Ann)
Royalston, MA
Ruane, J. Michael (1927-2006; House of Representatives, 1975-2005)
Rubin, Albert (1872- ; House of Representatives, 1935-1942)
Rudsten, Daniel (1914- ; House of Representatives, 1947-1950; Senate, 1953-1954)
Ruffin, George Lewis (1834-1886; House of Representatives, 1869-1871; municipal judge, 1883; State’s first black judge)
Rugg, Arthur P. (Chief Justice, Supreme Judicial Court, 1911-1938)
Rurak, James Paul (1911- ; Senate, 1959-1976)
Rush, Benjamin (1746-1813)
Rush, Michael F. (1973- ; House of Representatives, 2003- )
Russell, William Eustis (1857-1896; Governor, 1891-1894)

Saccardo, Frank (1930- ; Chief Court Officer of the Senate, 1998-2002)
Sacco-Vanzetti Memorial
Sacred Cod
      SEE: STATE HOUSE – HISTORIC CODFISH
Saint-Gaudens, Augustus (1848-1907)
St. Germain, D. Joseph (1893-1980; a leader of Republican Party in Mass., late 1930s –
      early 1960s)
St. Sauveur, Chevalier de (d.1778; officer in the French fleet, killed in Boston)
Salem, MA
Saltonstall Building (Boston, MA)
Saltonstall, Leverett (1892-1979; Governor, 1939-1945; U.S. Senate, 1945-1967)
Saltonstall, Richard (1586-1658; early English colonist; member and an assistant of the Mass.
      Bay Company, 1629; a founder of Watertown, MA)
Sargent, Francis W. (1915-1998; Lieutenant Governor, 1967-1970; Acting Governor, 1969-1970;       Governor, 1971-1975)
Sasso, John (Chief Secretary to the Governor, 1983-1990)
Saugus, MA
Scanlan, Patrick F. (1951- ; Senate Clerk, 1999- )
Schell, Eileen (1934- ; Secretary of Consumer Affairs, 198?- )
Schoff, Edward N. (Captain in 19 th Mass. Regiment, Civil War)
Secretary of State
      SEE: MASSACHUSETTS – SECRETARY OF STATE
Sedgwick, Theodore (1746-1813; House of Representatives, 1782-1783, 1787-1788,
      Speaker of the House, 1788; Senate, 1783-1785; U.S. House, 1789-1796, 1799-1801,
      Speaker of the House, 1798; U.S. Senate, 1796-1799)
Segal, Hyman B. (1930- ; Associate Senate Counsel, 1972-1977/78?)
Shannon, Charles E., Jr. (1943-2005; Senate. 1991-2005)
Shannon, James M. (1952- ; U.S. House, 1979-1985)
Shaw, Lemuel (1781-1861; House of Representatives, 1811-1814, 1820, 1829;
      Senate, 1821-1822; Chief Justice, Supreme Judicial Court, 1830-1860)
Shaw, Robert Gould (1837-1863; Colonel of 54 th Regiment Mass. Volunteer Infantry, Civil War)
      SEE ALSO: LEWIS, EDMONIA
Shaw Memorial
      SEE: SHAW, ROBERT GOULD
Sheehan, Arthur J. (1897- ; House of Representatives, 1943-1953)
Sheehy, Paul Joseph (1934- ; House of Representatives, 1965-1972; Senate, 1985-1990)
Shelburne Falls, MA
Sheriffs
Shirley, William (1694-1771; Governor of Provincial Massachusetts, 1741-1749, 1753-1756;
      Commander in Chief, British Army in North America, 1755)
Shute, Samuel (1662-1742; Governor of Provincial Massachusetts and New Hampshire,
      1716-1723)
Siege of Boston Flag
      SEE: FLAGS – STATE HOUSE
Silbert, Coleman (1892-19 ; House of Representatives, 1920, 1921-1922)
Silsbee, Nathaniel (1773-1850; House of Representatives, 1821; Senate, 1823-1826, Senate
      President, 1823-1826; U.S. House, 1817-1821; U.S. Senate, 1826-1835)
Silver Haired Legislature
Simmons, Edward (1852-1931)
      SEE: STATE HOUSE – MEMORIAL HALL
Simmons, Mary Jane (1953- ; House of Representatives, 1993- )
Sistisky, Alan David (1942- ; House of Representatives, 1969-1972; Senate, 1973-1978)
6th Mass. Infantry (Mural)
      SEE: STATE HOUSE – 6TH MASS. INFANTRY
Smith, Kevin M. (1954- ; Chief of Staff to the Governor, 1995-1997)
Smith, Samuel, Jr. (1714-1785; House of Representatives, 1781)
Smith, Uriel (1780-1863; House of Representatives, 1813-1815, 1817, 1827, 1832)
Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities (now Historic New England)
Soldiers' Monuments
Somerville, MA
Southbridge, MA
Southgate, J. Francis (1883- ; House of Representatives, 1933-1941)
Spilka, Karen (1953- : House of Representatives, 2003- )
“Spirit of Massachusetts” (schooner)
Sprague, JoAnn (1931- ; House of Representatives, 1993-1998; Senate, 1999- )
Springfield, MA
Stafford Hill Memorial
      SEE: SOLDIERS' MONUMENTS
Standish, Myles (c. 1584-1656)
State Archives at Columbia Point
      SEE ALSO: STATE HOUSE – STATE ARCHIVES
State Capitols
      SEE: CAPITOLS
State Flag
      SEE: FLAGS – U.S. – MASSACHUSETTS
State Flower
State House – Additions – 1831
State House – Additions – 1853-1856
State House – Additions – 1895
State House – Additions – 1914-1917
State House – American Liberty Elm
State House – Archives Museum
      SEE: STATE HOUSE – STATE ARCHIVES
State House – Arms and Seals – Ashburton Park Gate
State House – Atrium
      SEE: STATE HOUSE – GREAT HALL
State House – Bas Reliefs
State House – Basement Underpinning, 1855
      SEE: STATE HOUSE – ADDITIONS – 1853-1856
State House – Beacon Street Facade (Views of State House from Beacon Street after
      Addition of the Wings)
State House – Bookstore
State House – Bowdoin Street Facade
      SEE: STATE HOUSE-ADDITIONS – 1895
State House – Brodney Murals
State House – Bulfinch Front (Views of State House from Beacon Street before Addition of
the Wings)
State House – Bulfinch Rear (Views of State House from Rear before Additions)
State House – Bureau of State Office Buildings
State House – Cannons
State House – Centennial – 1898
      SEE: STATE HOUSE – 100TH ANNIVERSARY, 1898
State House – Civil War Nurses Hall
      SEE: STATE HOUSE – SENATE STAIRCASE HALL
State House – Coal Pocket
      SEE: STATE HOUSE – GROUNDS
State House – Committee Rooms
State House – Corinthian Columns
State House – Cornerstones
State House – Corridors
State House – Council Chamber
State House – Cupola
      SEE: STATE HOUSE – DOME
State House – Dome
State House – Doric Dames
State House – Doric Hall
State House – Electrification of
State House – Fire Apparatus
State House – Flag Poles
State House – Flag Project
State House – Floor Plan
State House – Foley Mural (shows WWII scene)
State House – Furnishings
State House – G.A.R. Room (Room 27)
State House – Gardner Auditorium
State House – Gavels
State House – Governor's Office
State House – Great Hall
State House – Grounds
State House – Guidebooks
State House – Hall of Flags
      SEE: STATE HOUSE – MEMORIAL HALL
State House – Hearing Rooms
State House – Historic Codfish
State House – House of Representatives
State House – John F. Kennedy Statue
State House – Liberty Bell
      SEE: STATE HOUSE – DORIC HALL
State House – Lying-in-State
State House – Main Staircase Hall State House – Memorial Hall
State House – Miscellaneous
State House – -Models
State House – Murals
      SEE ALSO: NAMES OF INDIVIDUAL MURALS AND ARTISTS
State House – Nurses Hall
      SEE: STATE HOUSE – SENATE STAIRCASE HALL
State House – 100th Anniversary (1898)
State House – 104th Infantry (Mural)
State House – 150th Anniversary (1948)
State House Project to Honor the Contributions of Women (1997- )
State House – Remodeling
State House – Remodeling – 1867
State House – Remodeling – 1999-2002 (exterior renovation; info. about scrim)
State House – Renovations
      SEE: STATE HOUSE – REMODELING
State House – Repairs
State House – Repairs – 1991
State House – Repairs – 2000
State House – Sacred Cod
      SEE: STATE HOUSE – HISTORIC CODFISH
State House – Senate
State House – Senate Art Committee
      SEE: MASSACHUSETTS – GENERAL COURT – SENATE ART COMMITTEE
State House-Senate Chamber
      SEE ALSO: FLAGS – U.S. – WAR OF 1812
State House – Senate Reading Room
State House – Senate Reception Room
State House – -Senate Staircase Hall
      SEE ALSO: REID, ROBERT – MURALS
State House – Sergeants-at-Arms – Portraits
State House – 6th Mass. Infantry (Mural)
State House – State Archives
      SEE ALSO: STATE ARCHIVES AT COLUMBIA POINT
State House – State Library
State House – Steps
State House – Tablets – To the Animals in World War I
State House – Views (including aerials)
State House – Weddings and Wedding Proposals
State House – Windows
State House – Women’s Leadership Project
      SEE: STATE HOUSE – PROJECT TO HONOR THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF WOMEN
State House – Women's Rest Room
State House – World War Chaplains (Bas-relief)
State Motto
      SEE: MASSACHUSETTS – ARMS AND SEAL
State Seal
      SEE: MASSACHUSETTS – ARMS AND SEAL
State Song
Stebbins, Emma (1815-1882)
      SEE: MANN, HORACE
Sterling, MA
Stevenson, Thomas Greeley (1836-1864; Brigadier General, Mass. Volunteer Infantry
      1st Division, 9th Corps)
Stiller, Charles M. (1894-1987; page to House Clerk, 1912- ; Deputy Assessor, Income Tax
      Division, 1918- ; Secretary to Gov. Cox, 1921- ; Industrial Accident Board, 1922-1934;
      Secretary to the Motor Vehicle Appeals Board, 1935-1962)
Stoddart, Douglas W. (1952- ; House of Representatives, 1991-2000)
Stoneham, MA
Stoughton, William (1631-1701; Acting Governor, Province of Mass. Bay, 1694-99, 1700-1701)
Stratton, Charles Sherwood, "Tom Thumb" (1838-1883)
Straus, William M. (1956- ; House of Representatives, 1993- )
Strong, Maj. Gen. George C. (d. 1863; on Maj. Butler’s staff; fatally wounded at Ft. Wagner, SC)
Studds, Gerry E. (1937-2006; U.S. House, 1973-1997)
Sturbridge, MA
Sudbury, MA
Sullivan, James (1744-1808; Associate Justice, Supreme Judicial Court, 1776-1782;
       Attorney General, 1790-1807; Governor, 1807-1808)
Sullivan, John T. (1906- ; House of Representatives, 1939-1942)
Sullivan, Kevin (Secretary of Transportation and Construction; Secretary of Administration and
      Finance, 2002- )
Sumner, Charles (1811-1874; U.S. Senate, 1851-1874)
      SEE ALSO: LEWIS, EDMONIA
Sumner, Increase (1746-1799; Senate, 1780-1782; Associate Justice, Supreme Judicial Court,
      1782-1797; Governor, 1797-1799)
Swampscott, MA
Sweetnam, Anne D. (1944- ; Legislative Engrossing, 1962- )
Swift, Jane Maria (1965- ; Senate, 1991-1996; Lieutenant Governor, 1999-2001;
      Acting Governor, 2001-2002)
Sydney, Ronny Metz (House of Representatives, 1999-2000)

Wadlin, Horace G. (1851-1925; House of Representatives, 1884-1885,1887-1888)
Wakefield, MA
Waldoboro Light Infantry Company
      SEE: FLAGS – U.S. – WAR OF 1812
Walker, Edwin Garrison (1831-1901; House of Representatives, 1867; he and Charles Lewis
      Mitchell were state’s first African-American representatives)
Walker, Henry Oliver (1843-1929)
      SEE: STATE HOUSE – MEMORIAL HALL
Wall, Henry Erving, Jr. (1934- ; Senate, 1991-1992)
Walsh, David Ignatius (1872-1947; House of Representatives, 1900-1901; Lieutenant Governor,
      1913; Governor, 1914-1916; U.S. Senate, 1919-1925, 1926-1947)
Walsh, Marian (1954- ; House of Representatives, 1989-1992; Senate, 1993- )
Waltham, MA
War Memorials
      SEE: SOLDIERS' MONUMENTS
Ward, Joseph D. (1914- ; House of Representatives, 1949-1956; Secretary of the
      Commonwealth, 1959-1960; Senate, 1963-1972)
Washburn, William Barrett (1820-1887; U.S. House, 1863-1871; Governor, 1872-1874;
      U.S. Senate, 1874-1875)
Washington, D.C.
Washington, George (1732-1799)
      SEE: STATE HOUSE – DORIC HALL
Washington Elm Gavels
      SEE: STATE HOUSE – GAVELS
Watch and Ward Society
Watertown, MA
Webb, Robert D. (1926- ; Legislative Research Bureau, 1970-1990)
Webber, Peter Colbourne (1952- ; Senate, 1981-1990)
Webster, Amos
      SEE: FLAGS – U.S. – CIVIL WAR
Webster, Daniel (1782-1852; House of Representatives, 1822; U.S. House (representing
      New Hampshire), 1813-1817; U.S. House, 1823-1827; U.S. Senate, 1827-1841; 1845-1850;
      U.S. Secretary of State, 1841-1843; 1850-1852)
Welch, William F. (1949- ; Clerical Assistant to Clerk of the Senate, 1973-1980;
      Calendar Clerk, 1980-1998; Assistant Clerk of the Senate, 1999- )
Weld, William F. (1945- ; Governor, 1991-1997)
Wellesley, MA
Wellfleet, MA
Wells, Wellington (1868- ; House of Representatives, 1919; Senate, 1920-1928, Senate
      President, 1925-1928)
Westminster, MA
Weston, MA
Westport, MA
Westwood, MA
Wetmore, Robert D. (1930- ; House of Representatives, 1965-1976; Senate, 1977-1996)
Wheelwright, John (1592-1679; colonial minister, Quincy, Mass.; Commissioner to England,
      1657-1664)
White, Kevin H. (mayor of Boston, 1968-1983)
White, W. Paul (1945- ; House of Representatives, 1973-1988; Senate, 1989-1998)
Whitney, Eli (1765-1825; inventor)
Whitney, Otis M. (1909- ; House of Representatives, 1937-1942; Executive Council,
      1946-1954)
Whittier, John Greenleaf (1807-1892; poet and abolitionist)
Whittier, Sumner Gage (1911- ; House of Representatives, 1941-1942; Senate, 1943-1952;
      Lieutenant Governor, 1953-1956)
Wilbraham, MA
Winchester, MA
Wilkins, Raymond S. (Counsel to Gov. Saltonstall, 1941- )
Williams, Ted, Tunnel
      SEE: TED WILLIAMS TUNNEL
Williamstown, MA
Wilmington, MA
Wilson, Henry (1812-1875; House of Representatives, 1841-1842, 1846, 1850;
      Senate, 1844-1845, 1851, Senate President, 1851-1852; U.S. Senate, 1855-1873;
      Vice-President of the U.S., 1873-1875)
Winchendon, MA
Winslow, Edward (1595-1655); Governor of Plymouth Colony, 1633, 1636, 1644)
Winslow, Josiah (1628-1680; Governor of Plymouth Colony, 1673-1680)
Winthrop, John (1588-1649; Governor of Colonial Massachusetts, 1630-1634, 1637-1640,
      1642-1644, 1646-1649)
Winthrop, John, Jr.(1606-1676; Assistant, General Court, Mass. Bay Colony, 1635-1649;
      Governor, Colony of Connecticut, 1657, 1659-1676)
Winthrop, MA
Winthrop, Robert Charles (1809-1894; House of Representatives, 1835-1840, Speaker,
      1838-1840; U.S. House, 1840-1842, 1842-1850, Speaker, 1847-1849; U.S. Senate,
       1850-1851)
Woburn, MA
Woodworth, Francis H. (House of Representatives, 1977-1992)
Woodworth, Roger H. (d.2000; aide to Sen. Edward Brooke and Sen. Margaret Heckler;
      adviser to Sen. Brian P. Lees)
Wolcott, Roger (1847-1900; House of Rrepresentatives, 1882-1884; Lieutenant Governor,
      1893-1896; Governor, 1896-1900)
Worcester, MA
World War Mothers of New England
World War Chaplains
      SEE: STATE HOUSE – WORLD WAR CHAPLAINS
Wright, Carroll Davidson (1840-1909; Senate, 1872-1873, Chief of Mass. Bureau of Statistics
      of Labor, 1873-1878; U.S. Commissioner of Labor, 1885-1905)