President of the Massachusetts Senate
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The President of the Massachusetts Senate is the presiding officer. In the United States Congress, the Vice President of the United States is the ex officio President of the United States Senate. In Massachusetts, however, the President of the Senate is elected from and by the Senators. The President, therefore, typically comes from the majority party, and the President is then the de facto leader of that party.
The current President of the Massachusetts Senate is Robert Travaglini, a Democrat. Democrats have had a majority in the Senate since 1958 [1].
[edit] List of Presidents of the Massachusetts Senate
- 1781-1784 Samuel Adams
- 1785-1787 Samuel Phillips
- 1787 Samuel Adams
- 1788-1801 Samuel Phillips
- …
- 1805-1806 Harrison Gray Otis
- …
- 1808-1811 Harrison Gray Otis
- …
- ? George Smith
- ? George B. Loring
- ? Zeno Scudder (Whig)
- …
- 1914-1915 Calvin Coolidge (R)
- …
- 1941 Angier L. Goodwin (R)
- …
- 1946 Donald W. Nicholson (R)
- …
- 1947 Donald W. Nicholson (R)
- …
- Maurice A. Donahue
- 1978-1996: William Bulger (D)
- 1996-2003: Thomas Birmingham (D)
- 2003-present: Robert Travaglini (D)
This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Senate Rules (rules 1-5B relate to the President)
