1. From 2003 to 2007, Travaglini served as President of the Massachusetts Senate.
11 Facts About Robert Travaglini
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Robert Travaglini represented the first Middlesex and Suffolk senate district, encompassing portions of Boston, Cambridge, Revere, and Winthrop.
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Robert Travaglini was elected as the councilor for District 1, and was re-elected to four two-year terms.
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In November 1992, Robert Travaglini was elected to the Massachusetts Senate, and served both as a state senator and city council member during 1993.
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In 1999, Robert Travaglini moved up in rank to Majority Whip of the Senate.
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Robert Travaglini reached the pinnacle of his political career in 2003, when he was elected as President of the Massachusetts Senate.
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Robert Travaglini was the first Italian-American to lead either legislative branch in Massachusetts.
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Robert Travaglini attended Savio Preparatory High School in East Boston and then continued on to Boston State College, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Political Science in 1974.
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Robert Travaglini is married to Kelly and has three children: Taylor; Jennifer; and Andrew.
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Robert Travaglini's brother, Michael, was an unsuccessful candidate for an at-large City Council seat in 1993.
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In 2008, Robert Travaglini spent $30,000 on an oil-on-canvas portrait by Boston-based artist Thomas Ouellette, which now hangs in the Senate Reading Room of the Massachusetts State House, alongside former Senate Presidents such as Calvin Coolidge and Horace Mann.