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    Francis Williams Sargent (July 29, 1915 – October 22, 1998) was an American politician who served as the 64th governor of Massachusetts from 1969 to 1975...
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    Dukakis was elected governor in 1974, defeating the incumbent Republican Francis Sargent during a period of fiscal crisis. Dukakis won in part by promising...
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    January 4, 1979. He defeated incumbent Governor of Massachusetts Francis W. Sargent in the general election. As of 2024, this is the most recent year...
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    gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1970. Acting Governor Francis W. Sargent was elected to a four-year term. He defeated incumbent Boston Mayor...
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    of Gilman, Son & Co. in New York City Epes Sargent (1813–1880), editor, poet, playwright Francis W. Sargent (1915–1998), 64th governor of Massachusetts...
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  • massive anti-highway protests in Boston, in February 1970 Governor Francis W. Sargent of Massachusetts ordered a halt to planning and construction of all...
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  • Jr. (1863-1940) Eddie Sargent (1915–1998), Canadian politician Francis W. Sargent (1915–1998), American politician John Sargent (1714–1791), British Member...
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    broadcasting executive William Lowell Putnam III, Massachusetts Governor Francis W. Sargent, World War II civilian ski instructor and division trainer Hannes...
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    Francis W. Sargent, who was about to become Acting Governor upon the resignation of John A. Volpe. In December 1968, Dwight was appointed by Sargent to...
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  • were ineligible, was actually signed into law by Republican Governor Francis W. Sargent in 1972. After the Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled that this right...
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    Opposition to continued construction grew, and in 1970 Governor Francis W. Sargent issued a general prohibition on most further freeway construction...
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    disarray within the Massachusetts Democratic Party when Lieutenant Governor Francis X. Bellotti defeated Peabody for the Democratic nomination for governor...
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    Senator George P. Sanger, lawyer, editor, judge, and businessman Francis W. Sargent, Governor Benjamin Caryl House (1777) Elm Bank Horticulture Center...
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  • Sofia Coppola, screenwriter, director, producer, and actress, daughter of Francis Ford Coppola May 15 – Phil Pfister, strongman May 17 – Danny Barber, soccer...
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    Robert Sargent Shriver Jr. (November 9, 1915 – January 18, 2011) was an American diplomat, politician, and activist. He was a member of the Shriver family...
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    and commercial buildings in the highway's path before then-Governor Francis W. Sargent ordered to stop the interstate project. In the 1980s, the Southwest...
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    Saltonstall (left) campaigning in Haverhill for the U.S. Congress in 1969 alongside Governor Francis W. Sargent (right)...
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    Hunnewell (1851-1936) and her husband Francis Williams Sargent. Jane Hunnewell Sargent was a grandmother of Francis W. Sargent, Governor of Massachusetts from...
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  • self-governance. Court order ended the officers' strike. Massachusetts governor Francis W. Sargent forced Corrections Commissioner Boone to resign in June. The governor...
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    ceasing business in the state by its four insurance companies, Governor Francis W. Sargent signed the bill at 8:10 in the evening during a televised news conference...
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    1875–1931: A Finding Aid" Archived January 8, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine. Center for the History of Medicine. Harvard...
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    participation in the Vietnam War as unconstitutional, as Governor Francis W. Sargent signed the "War Bill" passed by both houses of the state legislature...
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    1971-1972 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1971. Francis W. Hatch Jr. Obituary, The Boston Globe Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum...
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    margin, to become the first Republican governor of Massachusetts since Francis W. Sargent left office in 1975. Governor Weld is generally considered to have...
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  • Georgios Zoitakis, Greek general and politician (b. 1910) 1998 – Francis W. Sargent, American soldier and politician, 64th Governor of Massachusetts (b...
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  • re-election. Republican Francis W. Sargent was elected Lieutenant Governor over Democrat Joseph E. McGuire. Francis Sargent, Commissioner of Public Works...
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    actor (b. 1891) February 7 – Abe Attell, boxer (b. 1883) February 11 – Lee W. Stanley, cartoonist (b. 1885) February 14 – Arthur Edeson, cinematographer...
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    President Nixon's Secretary of Transportation. Francis W. Sargent then became acting governor. In 1970, Sargent got a term in his own right. In 1963, Michigan...
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  • high-ranking government dignitaries, including future President George H. W. Bush. The victory clinches the national championship of the coaches poll...
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    serving as mayor, Matthews also worked for Massachusetts Governor Francis W. Sargent as an advisor and campaign coordinator. From 1979 to 1983, Matthews...
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