Massachusetts House of Representatives

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The Massachusetts House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the state’s bicameral legislature, responsible for creating and passing laws in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

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Generate an image of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (The Massachusetts House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the state’s bicameral legislature, responsible for creating and passing laws in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body ⓘ
lower house ⓘ
state legislative chamber ⓘ
buildingStyle gold-domed capitol building ⓘ
canImpeach state officials ⓘ
canInitiate appropriations bills ⓘ
canOverrideVeto yes ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
currentPresidingOfficer Ronald Mariano ⓘ
currentPresidingOfficerParty Democratic Party ⓘ
electionCycle biennial elections ⓘ
elects Speaker of the House ⓘ
establishedBy Massachusetts Constitution of 1780 ⓘ
establishedIn 1780 ⓘ
governsArea approximately 7 million residents (state population) ⓘ
hasChamberType lower chamber ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem yes ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Members/House ⓘ
jurisdiction Commonwealth of Massachusetts ⓘ
linked to: Massachusetts
languageOfRecord English ⓘ
leaderTitle Majority Leader ⓘ
Minority Leader ⓘ
legislativeFunction budget approval ⓘ
lawmaking ⓘ
oversight of executive branch ⓘ
locatedIn Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
meetsIn Massachusetts State House ⓘ
meetsInChamber House Chamber of the Massachusetts State House ⓘ
membersRepresent single-member districts ⓘ
numberOfMembers 160 ⓘ
partOf Massachusetts General Court ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle Speaker of the House ⓘ
publishesRecord House Journal ⓘ
redistrictingAuthority Massachusetts General Court ⓘ
salaryPayer Commonwealth of Massachusetts ⓘ
sessionType full-time legislature ⓘ
state Massachusetts ⓘ
termLength 2 years ⓘ
upperHouse Massachusetts Senate ⓘ
vetoOverrideThreshold two-thirds majority ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Massachusetts colonial legislature → legislativeBranch → Massachusetts House of Representatives (colonial) ⓘ
linked to: Massachusetts House of Representatives
Massachusetts colonial legislature → lowerHouse → Massachusetts House of Representatives (colonial) ⓘ
linked to: Massachusetts House of Representatives
Massachusetts General Court → legislativeChamber → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
Government of Massachusetts → hasPart → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
Government of Massachusetts → lowerHouse → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives → legislativeChamber → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
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Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives → heads → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
Massachusetts State House → houses → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
Massachusetts Senate → worksAlongside → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
Massachusetts Senate → isBicameralPartnerOf → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
Massachusetts state legislature → hasChamber → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
Massachusetts state legislature → lowerHouse → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
Samuel Adams → memberOf → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
James Otis Jr. → memberOf → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
Joseph W. Martin Jr. → legislativeBody → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
Majority Leader of the Massachusetts House of Representatives → partOf → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
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Majority Leader of the Massachusetts House of Representatives → legislativeBody → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
subject linked to: Majority Leader
House Journal → legislativeBody → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
House Journal → publisher → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
Ronald Mariano → legislative body → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
Robert Treat Paine → memberOf → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
Samuel Osgood → memberOf → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
Massachusetts State Representative → partOf → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
Massachusetts State Representative → supervisingBody → Massachusetts House of Representatives leadership ⓘ
linked to: Massachusetts House of Representatives
Josiah Quincy III → memberOf → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
Charles Francis Adams Sr. → legislativeBody → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
Stamp Act Congress → convenedBy → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
Massachusetts law → hasLowerHouse → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
Weymouth, Massachusetts → stateLegislativeDistrict → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
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Timothy Fuller → memberOf → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
George Washington Adams → parliamentaryBody → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
Office of the Clerk of the Massachusetts House of Representatives → partOf → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
Rufus Choate → servedInLegislature → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
Alvin Fuller → wasMemberOf → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
James Warren → memberOf → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
Massachusetts House district → partOf → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
Massachusetts House district → governingBody → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
1st Middlesex district → legislativeChamber → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
Marty Walsh → memberOf → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
Timothy Bigelow (lawyer) → memberOf → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
Samuel Dexter → legislativeBody → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
Charles Allen → memberOf → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
Richard Henry Dana Jr. → memberOf → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
Mel King → memberOf → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ