Robert Travaglini

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Robert Travaglini
Travaglini in the 1980s.
93rd President of the Massachusetts Senate
In office
January 1, 2003 – March 19, 2007
Preceded byTom Birmingham
Succeeded byTherese Murray
Member of the Massachusetts Senate from 1st Suffolk and Middlesex district[1]
In office
1992–2007
Preceded byMichael LoPresti Jr.
Succeeded byAnthony Petruccelli
Boston City Councilor from District 1
In office
1984–1993
Preceded bydistrict created
Succeeded byDiane J. Modica
Personal details
Born
Robert Edward Travaglini

(1952-07-20) July 20, 1952 (age 71)
Lobbyist

Robert Edward Travaglini (born July 20, 1952 in

Boston, Cambridge, Revere, and Winthrop
.

Career

Travaglini began his career as an executive assistant to then

Kevin White
.

After earning experience as an assistant, Travaglini entered the political world in the

1983 election for the Boston City Council. He was elected as the councilor for District 1,[2] and was subsequently re-elected to four two-year terms. In November 1992, Travaglini was elected to the Massachusetts Senate, and served both as a state senator and city council member during 1993.[3]

In 1999, Travaglini moved up in rank to

Italian-American to lead either legislative branch in Massachusetts.[4]

Travaglini resigned from the senate position in 2007, in order to start a lobbying firm, Travaglini Eisenberg Kiley, and later one called Travaglini Scorzoni Kiley.[5][6]

Education

Travaglini attended

Political Science in 1974.[7]

Personal life

Travaglini, a longtime resident of

In 2008, Travaglini spent $30,000 on an oil-on-canvas portrait by Boston-based artist Thomas Ouellette, which now hangs in the Senate Reading Room of the Massachusetts State House, alongside former Senate Presidents such as Calvin Coolidge and Horace Mann. As of 2008, only eleven Senate Presidents have portraits in the State House.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Candidate: Robert Travaglini", PD43+ Massachusetts Election Statistics, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, retrieved June 1, 2020
  2. ^ "Robert E. Travaglini - UMass Boston". www.beaconsathletics.com. Archived from the original on 2015-09-05.
  3. ^ "Lawyer seeks at-large City Council seat". The Boston Globe. April 24, 1993. p. 15. Retrieved March 3, 2018 – via pqarchiver.com.
  4. ^ Keller, Jon (March 2003). "The Godfathers". Boston Magazine.
  5. ^ Travaglini expected to resign tomorrow - The Boston Globe
  6. ^ "Executive Team". tekboston.com. Retrieved March 4, 2018.
  7. ^ "The Voter's Self Defense System".
  8. ^ Howe, Peter J. (September 22, 1993). "Nucci, O'Neil finish 1-2 in unofficial tally Unofficial results have Iannella 3d". The Boston Globe. p. 20. Retrieved March 3, 2018 – via pqarchiver.com.[permanent dead link]
  9. ^ Viser, Matt (19 January 2008). "For Travaglini, it's a picture-perfect return". Boston.com.
Political offices
Preceded by
Thomas Birmingham
President of the Massachusetts Senate
2003–2007
Succeeded by