Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Charles Francis Adams |
Diplomat |
18-Aug-1807 |
21-Nov-1886 |
US Ambassador to the UK, 1861-68 |
John Quincy Adams |
Head of State |
11-Jul-1767 |
23-Feb-1848 |
6th US President, 1825-29 |
Chester G. Atkins |
Politician |
14-Apr-1948 |
|
Congressman from Massachusetts, 1985-93 |
Nathaniel P. Banks |
Politician |
30-Jan-1816 |
1-Sep-1894 |
House Speaker, Governor of Massachusetts |
Peter Blute |
Politician |
28-Jan-1956 |
|
Congressman from Massachusetts, 1993-97 |
Edward Boland |
Politician |
1-Oct-1911 |
4-Nov-2001 |
Congressman from Massachusetts, 1953-89 |
George S. Boutwell |
Politician |
28-Jan-1818 |
27-Feb-1905 |
Senator, Governor, US Treasury Secretary |
Anson Burlingame |
Diplomat |
14-Nov-1820 |
23-Feb-1870 |
US Ambassador to China, 1861-70 |
Benjamin Franklin Butler |
Attorney |
5-Nov-1818 |
11-Jan-1893 |
Criminal lawyer, Civil War general |
Michael E. Capuano |
Politician |
9-Jan-1952 |
|
Congressman, Massachusetts 8th |
Rufus Choate |
Attorney |
1-Oct-1799 |
13-Jul-1859 |
Attorney and Senator from Massachusetts |
Silvio O. Conte |
Politician |
9-Nov-1921 |
8-Feb-1991 |
Congressman from Massachusetts, 1959-91 |
Paul Cronin |
Government |
14-Mar-1938 |
5-Apr-1997 |
Congressman from Massachusetts, 1973-75 |
James M. Curley |
Politician |
20-Nov-1874 |
12-Nov-1958 |
Four-time Mayor of Boston |
Caleb Cushing |
Politician |
17-Jan-1800 |
2-Jan-1879 |
US Attorney General, 1853-57 |
Henry Laurens Dawes |
Politician |
30-Oct-1816 |
5-Feb-1903 |
US Senator from Massachusetts, 1875-93 |
Bill Delahunt |
Politician |
18-Jul-1941 |
|
Congressman from Massachusetts, 1997-2011 |
Samuel Dexter |
Politician |
14-May-1761 |
4-May-1816 |
US Secretary of War, Treasury |
Brian J. Donnelly |
Politician |
2-Mar-1946 |
|
Congressman from Massachusetts, 1979-93 |
Robert Drinan |
Politician |
15-Nov-1920 |
28-Jan-2007 |
Jesuit priest, Massachusetts Congressman |
Joseph D. Early |
Politician |
31-Jan-1933 |
9-Nov-2012 |
Congressman from Massachusetts, 1975-93 |
Edward Everett |
Politician |
11-Apr-1794 |
15-Jan-1865 |
Governor of Massachuetts, 1836-40 |
Barney Frank |
Politician |
31-Mar-1940 |
|
Congressman from Massachusetts, 1981-2013 |
Foster Furcolo |
Politician |
29-Jul-1911 |
5-Jul-1995 |
Governor of Massachusetts, 1957-61 |
Elbridge Gerry |
Politician |
17-Jul-1744 |
23-Nov-1814 |
Patron saint of Gerrymandering |
Frederick H. Gillett |
Politician |
16-Oct-1851 |
31-Jul-1935 |
Speaker of the House, 1919-25 |
Margaret Heckler |
Politician |
21-Jun-1931 |
|
US Secretary of HHS, 1983-85 |
Christian Herter |
Politician |
28-Mar-1895 |
30-Dec-1966 |
US Secretary of State, 1959-61 |
George F. Hoar |
Politician |
29-Aug-1826 |
30-Sep-1904 |
US Senator from Massachusetts, 1877-1904 |
William R. Keating |
Politician |
6-Sep-1952 |
|
Congressman, Massachusetts 10th |
John F. Kennedy |
Head of State |
29-May-1917 |
22-Nov-1963 |
35th US President, 1961-63 |
Joseph P. Kennedy III |
Politician |
4-Oct-1980 |
|
Congressman, Massachusetts 4th |
Joseph Patrick Kennedy II |
Politician |
24-Sep-1952 |
|
Congressman from Massachusetts, 1987-99 |
Thomas J. Lane |
Politician |
6-Jul-1898 |
14-Jun-1994 |
Congressman from Massachusetts, 1941-63 |
George P. Lawrence |
Politician |
19-May-1859 |
21-Nov-1917 |
Congressman, committed suicide |
Henry Cabot Lodge |
Politician |
12-May-1850 |
9-Nov-1924 |
US Senator from Massachusetts, 1893-1924 |
Stephen Lynch |
Politician |
31-Mar-1955 |
|
Congressman, Massachusetts 9th |
Torbert H. Macdonald |
Politician |
6-Jun-1917 |
21-May-1976 |
Congressman from Massachusetts, 1955-76 |
Horace Mann |
Educator |
4-May-1796 |
2-Aug-1859 |
Massachusetts education reformer |
Ed Markey |
Politician |
11-Jul-1946 |
|
US Senator from Massachusetts |
Joseph W. Martin, Jr. |
Politician |
3-Nov-1884 |
6-Mar-1968 |
Congressman from Massachusetts, 1925-67 |
Nicholas Mavroules |
Politician |
1-Nov-1929 |
25-Dec-2003 |
Congressman from Massachusetts, 1979-93 |
John W. McCormack |
Politician |
21-Dec-1891 |
22-Nov-1980 |
Speaker of the House, 1962-70 |
James McGovern |
Politician |
20-Nov-1959 |
|
Congressman, Massachusetts 3rd |
Marty Meehan |
Politician |
30-Dec-1956 |
|
Congressman from Massachusetts, 1993-2007 |
Joseph Moakley |
Politician |
27-Apr-1927 |
28-May-2001 |
Congressman from Massachusetts, 1973-2001 |
William H. Moody |
Judge |
23-Feb-1853 |
2-Jul-1917 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1906-10 |
F. Bradford Morse |
Politician |
7-Aug-1921 |
18-Dec-1994 |
Congressman from Massachusetts, 1961-72 |
Richard Neal |
Politician |
14-Feb-1949 |
|
Congressman, Massachusetts 2nd |
Tip O'Neill |
Politician |
9-Dec-1912 |
5-Jan-1994 |
Speaker of the House, 1977-87 |
John Olver |
Politician |
3-Sep-1936 |
|
Congressman, Massachusetts 1st |
Timothy Pickering |
Politician |
17-Jul-1745 |
29-Jan-1829 |
US Secretary of State, 1795-1800 |
Josiah Quincy |
Educator |
4-Feb-1772 |
1-Jul-1864 |
President of Harvard, 1829-45 |
Edith Nourse Rogers |
Politician |
19-Mar-1881 |
10-Sep-1960 |
Congresswoman from Massachusetts, 1925-60 |
James M. Shannon |
Politician |
4-Apr-1952 |
|
Congressman from Massachusetts, 1979-85 |
Joseph Story |
Judge |
18-Sep-1779 |
10-Sep-1845 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1812-45 |
Gerry Studds |
Politician |
12-May-1937 |
14-Oct-2006 |
Congressman from Massachusetts, 1973-97 |
John Tierney |
Politician |
18-Sep-1951 |
|
Congressman, Massachusetts 6th |
Peter G. Torkildsen |
Politician |
28-Jan-1958 |
|
Congressman from Massachusetts, 1993-97 |
Niki Tsongas |
Politician |
26-Apr-1946 |
|
Congresswoman, Massachusetts 5th |
Paul Tsongas |
Politician |
14-Feb-1941 |
18-Jan-1997 |
US Senator from Massachusetts, 1979-85 |
Artemas Ward |
Military |
26-Nov-1727 |
28-Oct-1800 |
Major General of the Continental Army |
Daniel Webster |
Politician |
18-Jan-1782 |
24-Oct-1852 |
The completest man |
John W. Weeks |
Politician |
11-Apr-1860 |
12-Jul-1926 |
US Secretary of War, 1921-25 |
Richard B. Wigglesworth |
Government |
25-Apr-1891 |
22-Oct-1960 |
Congressman from Massachusetts, 1928-58 |
Robert Charles Winthrop |
Politician |
12-May-1809 |
16-Nov-1894 |
Speaker of the 30th Congress |