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Philip Travis (born July 2, 1940 in
Fall River, Massachusetts Fall River is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. Fall River's population was 94,000 at the 2020 United States census, making it the List of municipalities in Massachusetts, tenth-largest city in the state, and the second- ...
) is an American politician who represented the 4th Bristol District in the
Massachusetts House of Representatives The Massachusetts House of Representatives is the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court, the State legislature (United States), state legislature of Massachusetts. It is composed of 160 members elected from 14 counties each divided into ...
from 1983–2007 and served as a member of the Board of Selectmen and School Committee in
Rehoboth, Massachusetts Rehoboth is a historic town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. Established in 1643, Rehoboth is one of the oldest towns in Massachusetts. The population was 12,502 at the 2020 census. Rehoboth is a mostly rural community with many ...
. He also worked as a part-time professor at
Massasoit Community College Massasoit Community College is a public community college in Brockton, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1966 and named for Massasoit, the Great Sachem of the Wampanoag. Massasoit Community College is accredited by the New England Commission of H ...
. In 2004, Travis led the legislative effort to amend the state constitution to define marriage as a union between one man and one woman. The
Massachusetts General Court The Massachusetts General Court, formally the General Court of Massachusetts, is the State legislature (United States), state legislature of the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts located in the state capital of Boston. Th ...
deadlocked on the issue, which led to '' Goodridge v. Department of Public Health'' going into full effect.


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1940 births Democratic Party members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives People from Rehoboth, Massachusetts University of Massachusetts Dartmouth alumni Bryant University alumni Living people 21st-century members of the Massachusetts General Court 20th-century members of the Massachusetts General Court {{Massachusetts-MARepresentative-stub