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John Walter Olver (born September 3, 1936), American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1991, representing the First District of Massachusetts, a primarily rural district that makes up most of Western Massachusetts. Image File history File links John_Olver&Karzai. ... Image File history File links John_Olver&Karzai. ... The President of Afghanistan is Afghanistans head of state, head of government, and the commander-in-chief of the armed forces. ... Hamid Karzai (Pushtu: حامد کرزي, Dari: حامد کرزی) (born December 24, 1957) is the current and first democratically elected President of Afghanistan (since December 7, 2004). ... September 3 is the 246th day of the year (247th in leap years). ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Democratic Party is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... The chamber of the United States House of Representatives is located in the south wing of the Capitol building, in Washington, D.C.. This photograph shows a rare glimpse of the four vote tallying boards (the blackish squares across the top), which display each members name and vote as... Massachusetts Congressional District 1 is a congressional district in western and central Massachusetts. ... Western Massachusetts is a geographical region of the state of Massachusetts which contains the Berkshires and the Pioneer Valley. ...


He was born in Honesdale, Pennsylvania, but has called Amherst, Massachusetts home since 1963. He earned a B.S. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, an M.S. from Tufts University, and a Ph.D. in chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He served as a chemistry professor at the Franklin Technical Institute in Joplin, Missouri, at MIT and at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The Wayne County courthouse Honesdale is located in an area known as the lake region of the Poconos. The surrounding area provides many recreational opportunities including: boating, fishing, hiking, hunting, skiing, biking, and rafting. ... Amherst is a town located in Hampshire County, Massachusetts. ... A Bachelor of Science (B.S., B.Sc. ... Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, or RPI, is a private university in Troy, New York, near Albany, founded in 1824 by Stephen Van Rensselaer. ... A masters degree is an academic degree usually awarded for completion of a postgraduate or graduate course of one to three years in duration. ... Tufts University is a private university located in Medford, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston. ... Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. ... Multicolored chemicals are frequent hallmarks of chemistry. ... Mapúa Institute of Technology (MIT, MapúaTech or simply Mapúa) is a private, non-sectarian, Filipino tertiary institute located in Intramuros, Manila. ... Multicolored chemicals are frequent hallmarks of chemistry. ... Joplin is a city located in parts of southern Jasper County and northern Newton County in the southwestern corner of Missouri. ... Mapúa Institute of Technology (MIT, MapúaTech or simply Mapúa) is a private, non-sectarian, Filipino tertiary institute located in Intramuros, Manila. ... The University of Massachusetts Amherst (otherwise known as UMass Amherst or simply UMass) is a university in Amherst, Massachusetts. ...


Political career

He served two terms as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1969 to 1973, and then nine terms in the Massachusetts Senate from 1973 to 1991. The Massachusetts House of Representatives is the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court, the bicameral state legislature of Massachusetts. ... The Massachusetts Senate is the upper house of the Massachusetts General Court, the bicameral state legislature of Massachusetts. ...


On February 18, 1991, first district congressman Silvio Conte died just one month after taking office for his 17th term. That June, Olver, who had just been sworn in for his 10th term in the state senate, narrowly defeated Republican Steve Pierce in a special election for the 1st district Congressional seat, becoming the first Democrat to win the seat since it changed from being the 13th district in 1895. He won the seat in his own right by 8 points in 1992 and has only faced one truly serious challenge since, from future Lieutenant Governor Jane Swift in 1996 (the same year Governor William Weld gave Senator John Kerry the closest race a Democratic senator has faced in Massachusetts in almost two decades). The 1st District had long been considered the most Republican district in heavily Democratic Massachusetts, but rapidly swung into the Democratic column in the 1990s. In 1994 — a year in which district after district fell to the Republicans nationally, — Olver ran unopposed. February 18 is the 49th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Silvio Ottavio Conte (November 9, 1921 - February 8, 1991) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from January 3, 1959 until his death. ... 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. ... Massachusetts Congressional District 1 is a congressional district in western and central 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. ... Jane Swift Jane Maria Swift (born February 24, 1965) is an American politician from western Massachusetts. ... William Weld William Floyd Weld (born July 31, 1945) was the Republican Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1991 to 1997, resigning to pursue the ambassadorship to Mexico. ... Seal of the Senate The United States Senate is one of the two chambers of the Congress of the United States, the other being the House of Representatives. ... John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is the junior United States Senator from Massachusetts. ... The U.S. House election, 1994 was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1994 which occurred in the middle of President Bill Clintons first term. ...


Olver is the only member of the Appropriations Committee from Massachusetts, and is ranking Democrat on the Transportation and Treasury Subcommittee. The Committee on Appropriations, or Appropriations Committee (often referred to as simply Appropriations, as in Hes on Appropriations) is a committee of the United States House of Representatives. ... The United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Treasury, and Housing and Urban Development, The Judiciary, District of Columbia is a Congressional subcommittee of the United States House Committee on Appropriations. ...


John Olver is married to Rose Olver, a professor at Amherst College. They have one daughter, Martha. Amherst College is an independent liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts, USA. It is the third oldest college in Massachusetts. ...


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Silvio O. Conte		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 1st district
June 4, 1991 – present		 Incumbent
Massachusetts Congressional Delegation currently serving in the United States Congress
Senators : Edward Kennedy (D), John Kerry (D)
Representative(s) : John Olver (D), Richard Neal (D), Jim McGovern (D), Barney Frank (D), Marty Meehan (D), John F. Tierney (D), Ed Markey (D), Mike Capuano (D), Stephen Lynch (D), Bill Delahunt (D)

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John Olver - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (363 words)
John Walter Olver (born September 3 1936), American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1991, representing the First District of Massachusetts, a primarily rural district that makes up most of Western Massachusetts.
Olver is the only member of the Appropriations Committee from Massachusetts, and is ranking Democrat on the Transportation and Treasury Subcommittee.
John Olver is married to Rose Olver, a professor of psychology and women's and gender studies at Amherst College.
Health Report - 18/11/2002: Head Injuries (1130 words)
John Olver: Yes, it is unique, and what we’ve wanted to see is the long-term, not only outcome in terms of return to work, but also the sort of psycho-social outcome, what they’re still experiencing at ten years post injury.
John Olver: Well employment was somewhat disappointing, in that if you look at people who were employed before the accident, at two and five years we were getting about 50% back to work, but this had gone down to 39% at the ten year mark, so people had difficulty maintaining employment.
John Olver: Look we didn’t look at that specifically, but we know that that is the case, that particularly when they’re not employed, they’re bored, there’s not a lot of activities in the community that can engage young people.
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