Talk:Governor of Massachusetts
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[edit] William Gaston
The link to William Gaston is to the wrong William Gaston. There is currently no page for Governor William Gaston. I am unsure how to add a page for someone with an identical name. If someone can do this, please fix the link.
Thank you.
- Done! See William Gaston (Massachusetts). —Markles 22:33, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] add plymouth governors
If the governors of Mass. Bay colony are going to be included here, then the governors of the Plymouth colony should also be listed here, as what is Massachusetts today was not just what the Massachusetts Bay Clony was then.
[edit] Residency
Out of curiosity, are Congressmen who represent Massachusetts not eligible because they apparently reside mostly in Washington, D.C.?
- No, I don't think so. I believe a requirement for a Congressman is to be a resident of the state he or she is representing, so obviously that means a Massachusetts Congressman officially is a resident of Massachusetts.
[edit] Acting Govs
In the new table, with Acting Governors denoted with an 'A' in place of a number, it seems a little redundant to place the words 'Acting Governor' under their name. The only exception I think would be someone like Celucci who was both Acting Gov and Gov in his own right at different times. --Briancua 14:06, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Did they write '£'s into the constitution?
Granted this was the currency of the colonial era, but after the Declaration of Independence, when these positions were created - surely not?
To be eligible for either office, a candidate must have lived in Massachusetts for at least seven years immediately preceding his election, and originally also had to be a Christian owning at least £1,000 worth of real property.
OMG, it's true!
Article II
The governor shall be chosen [annually]; and no person shall be eligible to this office, unless at the time of his election, he shall have been an inhabitant of this commonwealth for seven years next preceding; [and unless he shall at the same time, be seised in his own right, of a freehold within the commonwealth of the value of one thousand pounds; and unless he shall declare himself to be of the Christian religion.] [See Amendments, Articles. VII, XXXIV, LXIV and LXXX.]
The clincher: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_pound
[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Mitt romney.JPG
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[edit] merge with Massachusetts Governor's Mansion
The article for Massachusetts Governor's Mansion is very lean and mostly says that Massachusetts doesn't have a governor's mansion. It's an interesting detail but it really doesn't seem worth devoting an entire article to. Tim Pierce 18:28, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
- Support —Markles 19:04, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
- Oppose. The article is comparable in length to other states. Sahasrahla 21:41, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
- It's not the length of the article that concerns me, it's that the Massachusetts Governor's Mansion doesn't exist. That makes it distinctly non-encyclopedic in my mind. :-) The fact that Massachusetts has no governor's mansion is a fine detail to add to the Governor of Massachusetts article; it's not a subject for an article in its own right. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Twp (talk • contribs) 15:20, August 13, 2007
- Strong Support. Apparently Idaho, Montana and Rhode Island do not have official governor residences either, as shown by the red links in the Official Residences of United States Governors template {{US Governor Mansions}}. Merge this article's text into the Governor of Massachusetts article and redirect it. Truthanado 16:02, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
- Support Since there is no actual mansion and its not that long so it will not effect the other article much. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Gang14 (talk • contribs) 16:32:52, August 19, 2007 (UTC).
[edit] Question on addressing the Governor
In the top photo, the Governor is addressed as 'His Excelency', shouldn't it be 'The Honorable'? SteveMancarelli (talk) 21:52, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
- In many states yes; but in Massachusetts, Excellency is the proper title. See Governor of Massachusetts. Otherwise, good catch. Sahasrahla (talk) 05:19, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
