Therese Murray

Therese Murray
Murray in 2008
President of the Massachusetts Senate
In office
March 21, 2007  January 8, 2015
Preceded byRobert Travaglini
Succeeded byStan Rosenberg
Member of the Massachusetts Senate
from the Plymouth and Barnstable district
In office
January 1993  January 8, 2015
Preceded byEdward Kirby
Succeeded byVinny deMacedo
Personal details
Born (1947-10-10) October 10, 1947
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
ChildrenOne daughter
Alma materEl Camino College
Northeastern University
University of Massachusetts,
Boston

Therese Murray (born October 10, 1947 in Boston) is an American politician who served as President of the Massachusetts Senate from 2007 to 2015. Murray, a Democrat, was the first woman to lead a house of the Massachusetts General Court. She represented the Plymouth and Barnstable district in the Massachusetts Senate from 1993 to 2015.