| 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 |