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Parent topics
- United States of America [r]: A country of North America, north of Mexico, south of Canada. [e]
- New England [r]: Region of the northeastern USA consisting of the 6 states Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. [e]
Subtopics
Cities and towns
- Boston [r]: A city in the north-east of the United States of America, capital of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. [e]
- Cambridge, Massachusetts [r]: City separated from Boston, Massachusetts by the Charles River; home of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology [e]
- Chatham, Massachusetts [r]: A town and port on the southern coast of Cape Cod in Massachusetts, in the "middle cape" just before the peninsula turns to the north [e]
- Dennis, Massachusetts [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Harwich, Massachusetts [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Hyannis, Massachusetts [r]: A town, containing villages, on Cape Cod in Massachusetts; seat of Barnstable County [e]
- New Bedford, Massachusetts [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Springfield, Massachusetts [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Worcester, Massachusetts [r]: Add brief definition or description
Politics and government
State government
- Deval Patrick [r]: Governor of the U.S. state of Massachusetts, 2006-present [e]
U.S. Senators
- Edward Kennedy [r]: (February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009) known as Ted Kennedy, a United States Senator from Massachusetts. He was the youngest brother of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy and Robert Kennedy. [e]
- John Kerry [r]: (born December 11, 1943, Denver, Colorado, U.S.) The junior Senator from Massachusetts, a Democrat, serving from 1985, and unsuccessful Presidential candidate in 2004; Senate Committee on Finance [e]
U.S. House of Representatives
- Mike Capuano [r]: U.S. Representative (D-Massachusetts), House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, House Committee on Financial Services and Committee on House Administration; co-chair Congressional Sudan Caucus; Congressional Progressive Caucus; former mayor, Somerville, Massachusetts [e]
- Bill Delahunt [r]: Representative from Massachusetts to the U.S. House of Representatives; Democrat representing Cape Cod and the southern shore; reelected five times and unopposed in 2008; House Judiciary Committee; co-chair Congressional Working Group on Cuba; Co-Founder, Out of Iraq Caucus [e]
- Barney Frank [r]: U.S. Representative (D-Massachusetts) and first openly gay Member of Congress; Chair, House Financial Services Committee; honorary president, Americans for Democratic Action; Congressional Progressive Caucus; voted against 2002 Iraq War resolution; 0% "true liberal" 2008 rating from American Conservative Union [e]
- John Olver [r]: U.S. Representative (D-Massachusetts), House Appropriations Committee: Chair, Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, Energy and Water Development Appropriations Subcommittee; Democratic Senior Whip; Congressional Progressive Caucus; Congressional Caucus on Bosnia; 0% "true liberal" 2008 rating from American Conservative Union; voted against 2002 Iraq War resolution; former state legislator and chemistry professor, University of Massachusetts at Amherst [e]
- Stephen Lynch [r]: U.S. Representative (D-Massachusetts), House Financial Services Committee, U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Chair, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia, Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs; co-founder, Congressional Labor and Working Families Caucus; co-chair Task Force on Terrorism and Proliferation Financing; ironworker and union member [e]
- Jim McGovern [r]: U.S. Representative (D-Massachusetts), Vice Chair House Rules Committee;House Budget Committee; co-chair of Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission and House Hunger Caucus; opposed 2002 Iraq War authorization; former House professional staff [e]
- Ed Markey [r]: U.S. Representative (D-Massachusetts), chair of Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, House Energy and Commerce Committee: chair Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment, 20 years as Chair or Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Telecommunications; House Natural Resources Committee; network neutrality advocate; 0% "true liberal" 2008 rating from American Conservative Union; Congressional Caucus on Bosnia; Out of Iraq Caucus [e]
- Marty Meehan [r]: Chancellor of the University of Massachusetts, Lowell; former U.S. Representative (D-Massachusetts); Out of Iraq Caucus [e]
- Richard Neal (politician) [r]: U.S. Representative (D-Massachusetts), House Ways and Means Committee: Chair Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures; At-Large Whip for the House Democrats; co-chairman of the New England Congressional Caucus; 0% "true liberal" 2008 rating from American Conservative Union; Chairman of the Friends of Ireland; former mayor, Springfield, Massachusetts [e]
- John Tierney [r]: U.S. Representative, (D-Massachusetts), U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor,House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: chair, Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs; House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee; Congressional Progressive Caucus [e]
Social, cultural, and educational
- Boston College [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Boston University [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Brandeis University [r]: A Jewish-sponsored but nonsectarian United States university, in Waltham, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston [e]
- Bridgewater State College [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Cape Cod Community College [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Harvard University [r]: Institution of higher education in located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [e]
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology [r]: A private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological research. [e]
- Northeastern University [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Smith College [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Wheaton College [r]: Add brief definition or description
Cuisine
Industry and agriculture
- Commercial fishing [r]: The harvesting of edible marine life on a commercial basis, usually using purpose-built vessels and equipment [e]
- Cod [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Haddock [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Herring [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Lobster [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Quahog [r]: A North Atlantic coastal clam. [e]
- Razor clam [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Mussel [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Scallop (shellfish) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Scup [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Squid (animal) [r]: Add brief definition or description
Geographical and geological features
- Cape Cod [r]: A large L-shaped peninsula, with significant offshore islands, of the U.S. state of Massachusetts, having the easternmost point in the U.S., and an economy involving commercial fishing and tourism [e]
- Hyannis, Massachusetts [r]: A town, containing villages, on Cape Cod in Massachusetts; seat of Barnstable County [e]
- Hyannisport, Massachusetts [r]: A village within Hyannis, Massachusetts; site of the Kennedy family compound [e]
- Chatham, Massachusetts [r]: A town and port on the southern coast of Cape Cod in Massachusetts, in the "middle cape" just before the peninsula turns to the north [e]
- Martha's Vinyard [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Nantucket [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Hyannis, Massachusetts [r]: A town, containing villages, on Cape Cod in Massachusetts; seat of Barnstable County [e]
Noteworthy places
People
- Henry David Thoreau [r]: (1817-62) New England transcendentalist philosopher, naturalist, and writer; one of key inspirations for the modern conservation movement. [e]
- Ralph Waldo Emerson [r]: (1803-82) American poet, essayist, and lecturer; leading exponent of New England transcendentalism. [e]
- Louisa May Alcott [r]: (1832-88) American writer; best known for her autobiographical novel Little Women. [e]
- Nathaniel Hawthorne [r]: (1804-64) American novelist and short story writer, best known for The Scarlet Letter and The House of the Seven Gables. [e]
Federal
- Institutions and installations such as military (West Point), research facilities (Los Alamos), National Paks, Wilderness areas
Massachusetts state history
Other related topics
Associated U.S. states
- New England states
- Maine [r]: A State in New England, in the north-east USA. [e]
- New Hampshire [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Vermont [r]: 14th state of the USA [e]
- Rhode Island [r]: Smallest state in the United States, located in the New England region. [e]
- Connecticut [r]: 5th state of the USA [e]
Native American
- Tribes, reservations, etc
Miscellaneous
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Massachusetts General Hospital [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Lincoln Laboratories [r]: Add brief definition or description
- MITRE Corporation [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute [r]: Add brief definition or description
