1991 Michael LoPresti senator Massachusetts

Michael LoPresti Jr. was an American politician who served as a member of the

Massachusetts Senate The Massachusetts Senate is the upper house of the Massachusetts General Court, the bicameral state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Senate comprises 40 elected members from 40 single-member senatorial districts in the st ...

from 1973 to 1993. LoPresti was born on April 30, 1947, in

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. His father, Michael LoPresti Sr., was a member of the Massachusetts Senate from 1947 to 1953 and again from 1958 to 1961. LoPresti earned a bachelor's degree from

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and a law degree from the

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. LoPresti began his political career in 1973 by running in the special election caused by the resignation of Second Suffolk District senator

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. The then 26-year-old law student upset two state representatives with the support of members of Umana's and Kevin White's organizations as well as Alfred Vellucci and Frederick C. Langone. Following redistricting, LoPresti represented the Suffolk and Middlesex District from 1975 to 1993. During his tenure in the Senate, Lopresti served as chairman of the legislature's Judiciary Committee. LoPresti died on December 16, 2004, at his home in

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{{DEFAULTSORT:LoPresti Jr, Michael 1947 births 2004 deaths Boston University School of Law alumni Harvard University alumni Lawyers from Boston Democratic Party Massachusetts state senators People from East Boston 20th-century American lawyers American people of Italian descent 20th-century members of the Massachusetts General Court