BOSTON (AP) Former Massachusetts Senate President Thomas Birmingham, who helped ensure passage of the the state's landmark 1993 education law, has died. He was 73. Birmingham grew up in the working class city of Chelsea and went on to attend Harvard College and Harvard Law School.
Former Senate President Thomas F. Birmingham, who ascended to the Senate presidency after helping to write the state's landmark 1993 education reform law, died on Jan. 20 at age 73. A union lawyer who worked with the Pioneer Institute in recent years, Birmingham rose through the Senate, succeeding William Bulger of South Boston. A Chelsea
A Chelsea Democrat, and union lawyer, Birmingham, ascended to the Senate presidency after helping to write the state's landmark 1993 education reform law. He worked with the Pioneer Institute in recent years. He died on Friday.
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