President of the Massachusetts Senate

E1954

legislative office political office presiding officer state legislative position

The President of the Massachusetts Senate is the presiding officer and leading legislative figure of the upper chamber of the Massachusetts state legislature.

Aliases (2)

Statements (40)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	legislative office → political office → presiding officer → state legislative position →
alsoKnownAs	Massachusetts Senate President → Senate President of Massachusetts →
appointedBy	Massachusetts Senate →
body	Massachusetts General Court →
branchOfGovernment	Massachusetts legislative branch →
category	State senate presidents in the United States →
chamberType	upper house →
country	United States →
governmentBranch	legislative branch of Massachusetts →
hasLowerHouseCounterpart	Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives →
jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Massachusetts →
legislativeChamber	Massachusetts Senate →
levelOfGovernment	state →
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Massachusetts State House →
officeCreatedBy	Massachusetts Constitution →
officeHolderMustBe	member of the Massachusetts Senate →
partOf	Massachusetts General Court → Massachusetts Senate →
positionInOrganization	Massachusetts Senate →
presidesOver	Massachusetts Senate →
rank	highest-ranking member of the Massachusetts Senate →
responsibility	appointing certain committee chairs → enforcing Senate rules → influencing the legislative agenda → maintaining order in the chamber → overseeing administrative functions of the Senate → presiding over Senate sessions → recognizing members to speak → referring bills to committees →
seat	Massachusetts State House, Boston →
selectionMethod	elected by members of the Massachusetts Senate →
state	Massachusetts →
style	Madam President → Mr. President →
termLength	two-year legislative session →
termRenewable	yes →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
President of the Massachusetts Senate ("Senate President of Massachusetts") → President of the Massachusetts Senate ("Massachusetts Senate President") →	alsoKnownAs
Massachusetts General Court →	hasPresident
Samuel Phillips Jr. →	positionHeld