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John Foster Furcolo (July 29, 1911 – July 5, 1995) was an American lawyer, writer, and Democratic Party politician from Massachusetts. He was the state's 60th governor, and also represented the state as a member of the United States House of Representatives.
Foster Furcolo, whose two two-year terms as Governor of Massachusetts highlighted a lifetime in politics, public service, legal practice, teaching and literary endeavors, died yesterday at...
21 de nov. de 2022 · Before becoming Massachusetts’ 60th Governor in 1957, Foster Furcolo was a lawyer, Naval Officer in WWII, writer and a Democratic politician. He was raised in Longmeadow where he attended public schools.
When Robert Travaglini of East Boston was elected as Senate President in 2003, he became the first Italian-American to lead a legislative branch in the 223 years since the creation of the Great and General Court. On this day in 1911, Foster Furcolo was born in New Haven.
Furcolo, (John) Foster ( b . 29 July 1911 in New Haven , Connecticut, d . 5 July 1995 in Cambridge, Massachusetts), the first Italian American to win statewide office in Massachusetts and the first Italian American governor of Massachusetts.
Furcolo discusses working with John F. Kennedy [JFK] in the U.S. House of Representatives, and the gubernatorial relationship with JFK during the 1960 campaign and his presidency, among other issues.
3 de ene. de 2019 · Foster John Furcolo was the sixty-second governor of Massachusetts from 1957 to 1961. He served in the U.S. Navy, the U.S. House of Representatives, and the U.S. Attorney General’s Advisory Commission on Narcotics.
