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Massachusetts Governor's Council

If the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor were both vacant, the Council would act as chief executive.


Gerard F. Doherty

Doherty also worked as a campaign coordinator for United States Senator Edward M. Kennedy and Massachusetts Governor Endicott Peabody.

Somesville, Maine

Somes was requested by the Massachusetts governor, Francis Bernard, to settle there and establish mills (Shettleworth, & Vandenbergh, 2001).

William H. J. Ely

Ely was the second cousin of Massachusetts Governor Joseph B. Ely, since they shared a greatgrandfather, Rev. Elihu Ely (1777-1839), son of Captain Levi Ely (1732-1780).


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Berkshire East Ski Resort

Notable skiers during this time included former Massachusetts Governor Endicott Peabody and Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy.

Bob Schieffer

Schieffer also moderated the third debate of the presidential candidates in 2012, between President Obama and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, on October 22 in Boca Raton, Florida.

Borderland State Park

In 1906, Oakes Ames, a Harvard botanist (son of Massachusetts governor Oliver Ames and grandson of U.S. Representative Oakes Ames), and his wife Blanche Ames Ames (daughter of Mississippi governor Adelbert Ames, but not related to Oakes Ames), an artist and feminist, purchased land on the border of Sharon and Easton.

Boston Sports Megaplex

Ultimately, the administration of Massachusetts Governor William Weld pushed for construction of a full "Megaplex" at the crosstown site, with Boston Mayor Thomas Menino favoring construction of a new, stand-alone convention center in South Boston.

Commonwealth Classic

In 1995, the basketball rivalry was officially designated as the "Commonwealth Classic" by then-Massachusetts Governor William Weld and members of the Massachusetts General Court who were among the nearly 20,000 spectators to watch the game at the new FleetCenter (now the TD Banknorth Garden).

Cranbrook Schools

Cranbrook has many notable alumni, including designer Florence Knoll, former U.S. Senator Alan K. Simpson, Heisman Trophy winner Pete Dawkins, Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, former Massachusetts governor and 2012 Presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his wife Ann Romney (née Davies), columnist Michael Kinsley, Sun Microsystems founder Scott McNealy, former professional soccer player Alexi Lalas, and actress Selma Blair.

Dukakis

Michael Dukakis, former Massachusetts Governor and Presidential candidate

Eric Kriss

Eric Arthur Kriss (born 1949) is a musician and business executive who served as Secretary of Administration and Finance in Massachusetts Governor Romney's cabinet (January 2003 – October 2005), and as assistant A&F secretary under Governor William Weld (January 1991 – February 1993).

John Pierpont

He ran for Massachusetts governor during the 1840s as a Liberty Party candidate, and in 1850 as a Free Soil Party candidate for the US House of Representatives.

Michael Bavaro

In attendance was former Massachusetts governor Michael Dukakis, Academy Award-winning actress Estelle Parsons, and many of the people who worked and shopped in The Basement over the past 100 years.

Milton Romney

Romney is the cousin of George W. Romney, father of former Massachusetts Governor and 2012 Republican Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney.

Nancy Worley

Worley's lawyers revealed a letter, sent by State Treasurer Kay Ivey to her employees, soliciting campaign contributions for the 2008 presidential campaign of former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney.

Naushon Island

Naushon Island was at one time the property of James Bowdoin III (1752–1811), son of Massachusetts' governor James Bowdoin II (1726–1790) and appointed by President Thomas Jefferson to serve as the U.S. plenipotentiary to Spain.

Porcellian Club

Among its living members are Massachusetts' Governor Leverett Saltonstall, Congressman Hamilton Fish, Yachtsman Harold Stirling Vanderbilt, Poloist Thomas Hitchcock Jr., U. S. Ambassador to Italy William Phillips, Journalist Joseph Alsop, Richard Whitney, now of Sing Sing Prison, of whom all good Porkies prefer not to speak.

Samuel Wesley Stratton

In 1927, he served as one of three members as an Advisory Committee to Massachusetts Governor Alvan T. Fuller, along with President Abbott Lawrence Lowell of Harvard and Probate Judge Robert Grant.

Seabrook Station Nuclear Power Plant

Another vocal opponent of the plant was former Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis, who blocked the opening for several years due to environmental issues as well as concern about emergency evacuation plans.

Wayne DuMond

This recalled a 1988 television commercial that attacked Michael Dukakis for his approval as Massachusetts governor of a furlough program that allowed convicted murderer Willie Horton to escape and commit more crimes.

Wonderland Greyhound Park

The track laid off the remaining 75-80 workers and closed its doors after Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick vetoed a gaming bill that could have allowed the park to add slot machines.