Pam Resor
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Pamela P. Resor was the Massachusetts State Senator for the Middlesex & Worcester District from her election in 1999 to her retirement in 2008.
Resor attended Smith College
in the 1960s. In 1978 she was President of the League of Women Voters
.
She was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives
in 1990 and then was elected to the Massachusetts Senate
in a special election in 1999. She served as the Senate Chair of the Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources, and Agriculture and the Vice Chair of the Senate Committee on Global Warming and Climate Change.
In early February 2008, Resor announced that she would retire from the Massachusetts Senate at the end of her term. She endorsed Jamie Eldridge
, and he succeeded her.
Resor attended Smith College
Smith College
Smith College is a private, independent women's liberal arts college located in Northampton, Massachusetts. It is the largest member of the Seven Sisters...
in the 1960s. In 1978 she was President of the League of Women Voters
League of Women Voters
The League of Women Voters is an American political organization founded in 1920 by Carrie Chapman Catt during the last meeting of the National American Woman Suffrage Association approximately six months before the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution gave women the right to vote...
.
She was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Massachusetts House of Representatives
The Massachusetts House of Representatives is the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court, the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is composed of 160 members elected from single-member electoral districts across the Commonwealth. Representatives serve two-year terms...
in 1990 and then was elected to the Massachusetts Senate
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 state...
in a special election in 1999. She served as the Senate Chair of the Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources, and Agriculture and the Vice Chair of the Senate Committee on Global Warming and Climate Change.
In early February 2008, Resor announced that she would retire from the Massachusetts Senate at the end of her term. She endorsed Jamie Eldridge
Jamie Eldridge
James B. "Jamie" Eldridge is a Massachusetts State Senator from the Middlesex and Worcester District. He was a candidate in Massachusetts's 5th congressional district special election, 2007, finishing third in the five-way election...
, and he succeeded her.