West Tisbury

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  • John F. Kennedy

    Portrait of John F. Kennedy

    Office Overview

    • Office: U.S. Senator from Massachusetts
    • Status: Former
    • Government Level: Federal
    • Jurisdiction: United States; Massachusetts
    • District: Massachusetts (Class 1 seat)
    • Party: Democratic
    • Selection Method: Elected; reelected in 1958
    • Service Began: January 3rd, 1953
    • Scheduled Term End: January 3rd, 1965
    • Last Election for This Office: November 4th, 1958; 1,362,926 votes
    • Service Ended: December 22nd, 1960; resigned

    Public Office Contact

    This Page records historical service. Historical office contact details have not been verified; the official resources below provide institutional information.

    Official Resources

    Sources and Verification

    Last Reviewed: October 18th, 2026

    Portrait Credit: U.S. Senate Historical Office (credit); Undated image published in the named institutional biography; capture date Not Verified

    • Scheduled Term End: 1958 reelection was for a six-year term that began Jan. 3, 1959; actual service ended on resignation Dec. 22, 1960.
    • Service Ended: The official Senate service endpoint precedes the presidential inauguration in January 1961.

  • John F. Kerry

    Portrait of John F. Kerry

    Office Overview

    • Office: U.S. Senator from Massachusetts
    • Status: Former
    • Government Level: Federal
    • Jurisdiction: United States; Massachusetts
    • District: Massachusetts (Class 2 seat)
    • Party: Democratic
    • Selection Method: Elected; initially appointed on January 2nd, 1985 to fill the preceding term’s one-day vacancy
    • Scheduled Term End: January 3rd, 2015
    • Service Began: January 2nd, 1985
    • Service Ended: February 1st, 2013; resigned
    • Last Election for This Office: November 4th, 2008

    Public Office Contact

    This Page records historical service. Historical office contact details have not been verified; the official resources below provide institutional information.

    Official Resources

    Sources and Verification

    Last Reviewed: October 18th, 2026

    Portrait Credit: U.S. Senate Historical Office (credit); Undated image published in the named institutional biography; capture date Not Verified

    • Scheduled Term End: Kerry was elected to the six-year term beginning Jan. 3, 2009; resignation ended service Feb. 1, 2013.
    • Service Began: The Senate table’s footnote distinguishes the initial vacancy appointment from the elected full term beginning January 3rd, 1985.

  • Samuel Adams

    Seal of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

    Office Overview

    • Office: Governor of Massachusetts
    • Status: Former
    • Government Level: State
    • Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
    • District: Statewide
    • Party: Not Verified
    • Selection Method: elected
    • Scheduled Final Term: 1796 annual term; successor Governor Increase Sumner sworn in June 2nd, 1797
    • Service Began: 1794
    • Service Ended: June 2nd, 1797
    • Service Intervals: 1794–June 2nd, 1797
    • Last Election for This Office: 1796 annual gubernatorial election, as recorded in the Tufts archival edition

    Public Office Contact

    This Page records historical service. Historical office contact details have not been verified; the official resources below provide institutional information.

    Official Resources

    Sources and Verification

    Last Reviewed: October 18th, 2026

    Jurisdiction Artwork Credit: Official jurisdictional seal from the existing governed MPD media package; Jurisdiction artwork; not a photograph of the officeholder

    Image Context: Jurisdiction artwork. The Seal of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts identifies Commonwealth of Massachusetts; it does not identify or endorse the politician or this directory.

    • Scheduled Final Term: Annual election/term character comes from the 1780 Constitution; exact start day for Adams’s final annual term is not established here.
    • Service Began: This Page covers the elected governorship. The earlier acting-governor period remains separate; the individual 1794 oath day is unverified.
    • Service Ended: The date is the successor transition boundary: the Adams Papers edition documents Sumner and Gill being sworn in on June 2nd.
    • Last Election for This Office: The edition identifies Adams as the highest vote-getter and describes its Massachusetts data as beta. The cited original return has not been independently examined; no vote total is presented here.

  • Karyn Polito

    Seal of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

    Office Overview

    • Office: Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
    • Status: Former
    • Government Level: State
    • Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
    • District: Statewide
    • Party: Republican
    • Selection Method: elected
    • Service Began: January 8th, 2015
    • Service Ended: January 5th, 2023
    • Last Election for This Office: 2018 general election; Baker–Polito ticket won 1,781,341 votes
    • Scheduled Final Term: January 3rd, 2019–January 5th, 2023 (statutory schedule; actual service may differ)

    Public Office Contact

    This Page records historical service. Historical office contact details have not been verified; the official resources below provide institutional information.

    Official Resources

    Sources and Verification

    Last Reviewed: October 18th, 2026

    Jurisdiction Artwork Credit: Official jurisdictional seal from the existing governed MPD media package; Jurisdiction artwork; not a photograph of the officeholder

    Image Context: Jurisdiction artwork. The Seal of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts identifies Commonwealth of Massachusetts; it does not identify or endorse the politician or this directory.

    • Service Ended: The end is the shared executive-term transition boundary; the successor administration began that day.
    • Scheduled Final Term: The constitutional executive-term cycle is identified separately from the documented 2015 oath.

  • Michael Stanley Dukakis

    Portrait of Michael Stanley Dukakis

    Office Overview

    • Office: Governor of Massachusetts
    • Status: Former
    • Government Level: State
    • Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
    • District: Statewide
    • Party: Democratic
    • Selection Method: elected
    • Scheduled Final Term: January 8th, 1987–January 3rd, 1991
    • Service Intervals: January 2nd, 1975–January 4th, 1979; January 6th, 1983–January 3rd, 1991
    • Last Election for This Office: 1986 general election; Dukakis–Murphy ticket won 1,157,786 votes

    Public Office Contact

    This Page records historical service. Historical office contact details have not been verified; the official resources below provide institutional information.

    Official Resources

    Sources and Verification

    Last Reviewed: October 18th, 2026

    Portrait Credit: National Governors Association (source); photographer Not Verified; Undated image published in the named institutional biography; capture date Not Verified

    • Scheduled Final Term: 1987 start is directly corroborated by the institutional catalog’s dated swearing-in record; constitutional provision supports statutory term boundary; NGA confirms actual ending date.

  • Deval Patrick

    Seal of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

    Office Overview

    • Office: Governor of Massachusetts
    • Status: Former
    • Government Level: State
    • Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
    • District: Statewide
    • Party: Democratic
    • Selection Method: elected
    • Scheduled Final Term: January 6th, 2011–January 8th, 2015
    • Service Intervals: January 4th, 2007–January 8th, 2015
    • Last Election for This Office: 2010 general election; Patrick–Murray ticket won 1,112,283 votes

    Public Office Contact

    This Page records historical service. Historical office contact details have not been verified; the official resources below provide institutional information.

    Official Resources

    Sources and Verification

    Last Reviewed: October 18th, 2026

    Jurisdiction Artwork Credit: Official jurisdictional seal from the existing governed MPD media package; Jurisdiction artwork; not a photograph of the officeholder

    Image Context: Jurisdiction artwork. The Seal of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts identifies Commonwealth of Massachusetts; it does not identify or endorse the politician or this directory.

    • Scheduled Final Term: NGA identifies the second swearing-in and the actual final day; no third term was sought.

  • William “Bill” Weld

    Portrait of William “Bill” Weld

    Office Overview

    • Office: Governor of Massachusetts
    • Status: Former
    • Government Level: State
    • Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
    • District: Statewide
    • Party: Republican
    • Selection Method: elected
    • Service Began: January 3rd, 1991
    • Service Ended: July 29th, 1997
    • Last Election for This Office: 1994 general election; Weld–Cellucci ticket won 1,533,390 votes
    • Scheduled Final Term: January 5th, 1995–January 7th, 1999 (statutory schedule; actual service may differ)

    Public Office Contact

    This Page records historical service. Historical office contact details have not been verified; the official resources below provide institutional information.

    Official Resources

    Sources and Verification

    Last Reviewed: October 18th, 2026

    Portrait Credit: National Governors Association (source); photographer Not Verified; Undated image published in the named institutional biography; capture date Not Verified

    • Service Ended: The governor record and the account of Cellucci taking over agree on this transition date.
    • Scheduled Final Term: The constitutional cycle begins on the first Thursday of January. Actual service ended early on July 29th, 1997.

  • Charles “Charlie” Baker

    Portrait of Charles “Charlie” Baker

    Office Overview

    • Office: Governor of Massachusetts
    • Status: Former
    • Government Level: State
    • Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
    • District: Statewide
    • Party: Republican
    • Selection Method: elected
    • Scheduled Final Term: January 3rd, 2019–January 5th, 2023
    • Service Began: January 8th, 2015
    • Service Ended: January 5th, 2023
    • Last Election for This Office: 2018 general election; Baker–Polito ticket won 1,781,341 votes

    Public Office Contact

    This Page records historical service. Historical office contact details have not been verified; the official resources below provide institutional information.

    Official Resources

    Sources and Verification

    Last Reviewed: October 18th, 2026

    Portrait Credit: National Governors Association (source); photographer Not Verified; Undated image published in the named institutional biography; capture date Not Verified

    • Scheduled Final Term: Scheduled term is recorded separately from the independently listed actual interval.
    • Service Ended: The date identifies the documented transfer to the successor administration.

  • Maura Tracy Healey

    Maura Tracy Healey, Attorney General of Massachusetts

    Office Overview

    • Office: Attorney General of Massachusetts
    • Status: Former
    • Government Level: State
    • Jurisdiction: Commonwealth of Massachusetts
    • District: Commonwealth
    • Party: Democratic
    • Last Election for This Office: November 6th, 2018 · 1,874,209 votes · 69.9% of nonblank votes
    • Scheduled Final Term: January 16th, 2019 – January 18th, 2023, subject to successor qualification
    • Service Began: January 21st, 2015
    • Service Ended: January 5th, 2023 (resigned)
    • Current Office: Governor of Massachusetts

    Public Office Contact

    For current public office contact information, visit Maura Tracy Healey’s Governor of Massachusetts profile.

    Official Resources

    Sources and Verification

    Last Reviewed: October 17th, 2026

    Portrait Credit: Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office.

  • Sarah Thulin

    Aquinnah, Massachusetts, appears on a municipal entry sign marked EST. 1870.

    Office Overview

    • Office: Martha's Vineyard Land Bank Commissioner for Aquinnah
    • Jurisdiction: Martha's Vineyard Land Bank
    • District: Aquinnah
    • Party: Not Verified
    • Current Term: Term cohort through 2027; exact endpoint Not Verified
    • How Chosen: Elected on May 16th, 2024; the election date is not treated as an oath or service-start date.
    • Body: Martha's Vineyard Land Bank Commission

    For comments about Sarah Thulin’s service as Aquinnah Town Moderator, use the Aquinnah Town Moderator Page; this Page remains the discussion record for Martha's Vineyard Land Bank Commissioner for Aquinnah.

    Public Office Contact

    • Martha's Vineyard Land Bank Commission: Martha's Vineyard Land Bank Commission, 40 Meetinghouse Way, Edgartown, Massachusetts 02539

    Official Resources

    Sources and Verification

    Last Verified: September 16, 2026