NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Jane Swift

Jane Maria Swift (born February 24, 1965) is an American politician from Melrose, Massachusetts. A Republican, she served as Acting Governor of Massachusetts from 2001 to 2003. Swift is the first woman to serve as a Governor of Massachusetts (albeit unelected). She is also the first and only U.S. Governor to give birth while in office. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Current Governor Mitt Romney The Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the executive magistrate of the United States Commonwealth of Massachusetts. ... Paul Cellucci Argeo Paul Cellucci (born April 24, 1948) better known as Paul Cellucci, is an American politician and diplomat, former Governor of Massachusetts, and former Ambassador to Canada. ... Willard Mitt Romney (born March 12, 1947), known by the American public as Mitt Romney, was the 70th Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. ... John Hancock, first Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the executive magistrate of the United States Commonwealth of Massachusetts. ... Year 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Paul Cellucci Argeo Paul Cellucci (born April 24, 1948) better known as Paul Cellucci, is an American politician and diplomat, former Governor of Massachusetts, and former Ambassador to Canada. ... Paul Cellucci Argeo Paul Cellucci (born April 24, 1948) better known as Paul Cellucci, is an American politician and diplomat, former Governor of Massachusetts, and former Ambassador to Canada. ... Kerry Murphy Healey, Ph. ... February 24 is the 55th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ... The Republican Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States of America, along with the Democratic Party. ... Chuck Hunt is the former First Gentleman of Massachusetts and the husband of former Massachusetts Acting Gov. ... February 24 is the 55th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ... Melrose is a city located in the Greater Boston metropolitan area and Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. ... Official language(s) English Capital Boston Largest city Boston Area Ranked 44th - Total 10,555 sq mi (27,360 kmÂ²) - Width 183 miles (295 km) - Length 113 miles (182 km) - % water 13. ... The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party) [1], is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... The Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the executive magistrate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. ... Female Republican Governor Female Democratic Governor Female Republican and Democratic Governor Twenty-nine women have been or are currently serving as the governor of an American state, including two in an acting capacity. ...

Descended from an Irish-Italian political family in Berkshire County, Massachusetts in the town of North Adams, she learned politics from her father who was active in the Republican party in town, county, and state government. She graduated from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut in 1987, where she was a member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. Berkshire County is a county located in on the western edge of the U.S. state of Massachusetts. ... North Adams is a city in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. ... Trinity College is a private liberal arts college in Hartford, Connecticut. ... Nickname: Location in Hartford County, Connecticut Coordinates: , Country State NECTA Hartford Region Capitol Region Named 1637 Incorporated (city) 1784 Consolidated 1896 Government - Type Mayor-council - Mayor Eddie Perez Area - City 18. ... Kappa Kappa Gamma (ÎšÎšÎ“) is a college womens fraternity, founded on October 13, 1870 at Monmouth College, Illinois. ...

Massachusetts politics

Swift served as a state senator, an executive with the Massachusetts Port Authority, and as the commonwealth's consumer affairs secretary before being elected lieutenant governor. The Massachusetts Senate is the upper house of the Massachusetts General Court, the bicameral state legislature of Massachusetts. ... Massachusetts Port Authority, or Massport, is an independent agency of the state of Massachusetts. ...

She was elected Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts in 1998 and became Acting Governor in 2001 when Governor Argeo Paul Cellucci became the United States Ambassador to Canada. John Hancock, first Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the executive magistrate of the United States Commonwealth of Massachusetts. ... Every four years, Massachusetts holds state-wide elections for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of the Commonwealth, and Treasurer. ... Paul Cellucci Argeo Paul Cellucci (born April 24, 1948) better known as Paul Cellucci, is an American politician and diplomat, former Governor of Massachusetts, and former Ambassador to Canada. ... This is a list of ambassadors from the United States to Canada. ...

Swift became the first governor of any state to give birth while in office (twin girls, born May 15, 2001). She continued to exercise executive authority during her maternity leave, including chairing a meeting of the Massachusetts Governor's Council by teleconference from her hospital bed. is the 135th day of the year (136th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... The Governors Council (also known as the Executive Council) of Massachusetts is a popularly-elected board which oversees judicial nominations. ... // Bold textBold textBold textBold textIn telecommunication, teleconference is the live exchange and mass articulation of information among persons and machines remote from one another but linked by a telecommunications system, usually over the phone line. ...

By the end of her term, Swift was extremely unpopular with voters in the state (at one point having the dubious honor of a single-digit approval rating). This unpopularity was due in part to a perceived lack of effectiveness and in part to apparent abuses of her gubernatorial privileges, including her use of a State Police helicopter to return from Boston to her home in North Adams and the use of State House aides to watch her children. The Massachusetts State Police (MSP) is an agency of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety responsible for criminal law enforcement and traffic vehicle regulation across the state. ... The Massachusetts State House Full view of the south side The Massachusetts State House is the state capitol of Massachusetts. ...

Massachusetts does not have a Governor's Mansion. However, during the Swift Administration, it was given serious consideration. For security reasons after 9/11, Swift was driven daily to the state capital, spending up to six hours commuting as profiled on CBS's 60 Minutes. She rode in a van which had been converted into a mobile office. A sequential look at United Flight 175 crashing into the south tower of the World Trade Center The September 11, 2001 attacks (often referred to as 9/11â€”pronounced nine eleven or nine one one) consisted of a series of coordinated terrorist[1] suicide attacks upon the United States, predominantly... Not to be confused with a BBC news magazine program of the same name. ...

In 2001, her poll numbers sinking during a political campaign, she vetoed a unanimous ruling by the Board of Appeals for the commutation of the sentence of Gerald Amirault, who was serving an 18 year sentence for molesting children at a pre-school based on suspicious evidence (recovered memories) from young children. As a result, Mr. Amirault spent three more years in prison (18 years in all). This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Gerald Amirault Gerald Tooky Amirault was convicted in 1986 of molesting and raping eight 3 and 4 year-old children at the Fells Acres Day Care Center in Malden, Massachusetts, run by his family, in one of the hysteria induced child-molestation cases of the 1980s. ... A repressed memory, according to some theories of psychology, is a memory (often traumatic) of an event or environment which is stored by the unconscious mind but outside the awareness of the conscious mind. ...

She withdrew from the 2002 gubernatorial primary to make way for Mitt Romney, who went on to win the Republican nomination and the election. Every four years, Massachusetts holds state-wide elections for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of the Commonwealth, and State Treasurer. ... Willard Mitt Romney (born March 12, 1947), known by the American public as Mitt Romney, was the 70th Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. ...

Since leaving office, Swift has moved back to Western Massachusetts, but has continued to commute to the Boston area for a fellowship at Harvard University in the Kennedy School of Government's Institute of Politics. Among her co-fellows were former New Hampshire Governor Jeanne Shaheen and Martin Mackin of Ireland. Western Massachusetts is a loosely defined geographical region of the state of Massachusetts which contains the Berkshires and the Pioneer Valley. ... Nickname: City on the Hill, Beantown, The Hub (of the Universe)1, Athens of America, The Cradle of Revolution, Puritan City, Americas Walking City Location in Massachusetts, USA Counties Suffolk County Mayor Thomas M. Menino(D) Area - City 232. ... Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and a member of the Ivy League. ... John F. Kennedy School of Government The John F. Kennedy School of Government is a public policy school and one of the graduate schools of Harvard University. ... Jeanne Shaheen (born January 28, 1947) was the first woman to be elected governor of the U.S. state of New Hampshire. ...

Her official portrait was unveiled in the Massachusetts State House in 2005. The Massachusetts State House Full view of the south side The Massachusetts State House is the state capitol of Massachusetts. ...

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Electoral history

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Allen (October 6, 1874-October 5, 1950) was a governor of the state of Massachusetts. ... Joseph Buell Ely (February 22, 1881-June 13, 1956) was a governor of the state of Massachusetts. ... James Michael Curley (November 20, 1874-November 12, 1958) was an American political figure who served in the United States House of Representatives, as the mayor of Boston, Massachusetts, and as governor of Massachusetts. ... Charles Francis Hurley (November 24, 1893-March 24, 1946) was a governor of the state of Massachusetts. ... Leverett A. Saltonstall (September 1, 1892 â€“ June 17, 1979) was an American politician who served as Governor of Massachusetts (1939 - 1945) and as a United States Senator (1945 - 1967). ... Maurice Joseph Tobin (May 22, 1901â€“July 19, 1953) was a Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts, governor of the U.S. state of Massachusetts, and U.S. Secretary of Labor. ... 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Trivia

Electoral history

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