President of the Massachusetts Senate

E1954

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

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative office
political office
presiding officer
state legislative position
alsoKnownAs President of the Massachusetts Senate
surface form: Massachusetts Senate President

President of the Massachusetts Senate
surface form: 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 of America
surface form: United States
governmentBranch legislative branch of Massachusetts
hasLowerHouseCounterpart Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
jurisdiction Massachusetts
surface form: Commonwealth of Massachusetts
legislativeChamber Massachusetts Senate
levelOfGovernment state
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Massachusetts State House
officeCreatedBy Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
surface form: 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
surface form: 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

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Massachusetts General Court hasPresident President of the Massachusetts Senate
President of the Massachusetts Senate alsoKnownAs President of the Massachusetts Senate
this entity surface form: Senate President of Massachusetts
President of the Massachusetts Senate alsoKnownAs President of the Massachusetts Senate
this entity surface form: Massachusetts Senate President
Samuel Phillips Jr. positionHeld President of the Massachusetts Senate
Karen E. Spilka notable role President of the Massachusetts Senate
Clerk of the Massachusetts Senate reportsTo President of the Massachusetts Senate