Maura Hennigan

Maura A. Hennigan (born ca.1952) is an American politician who currently serves as the Clerk Magistrate of Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Superior Court Criminal/Business Division.[1] She is a previous member of the Boston City Council and was a mayoral candidate in 2005. From 1987 to 1993, she was known as Maura Hennigan Casey.

Maura Hennigan
At-large member of the Boston City Council
In office
1982–1983
Member of the Boston City Council for District 6
In office
1984–2001
Preceded bydistrict created
Succeeded byJohn M. Tobin Jr.
At-large member of the Boston City Council
In office
2002–2005
Preceded byPeggy Davis-Mullen
Succeeded bySam Yoon
Personal details
Bornca.1952
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater

Early life

Hennigan graduated from Mount Saint Joseph Academy, an all-girls, Catholic college preparatory school in Boston. She attended Salve Regina College, but did not graduate. She later earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.[2]

After college she became a registered dietician, interning at Boston Lying-In Hospital.[2] She was a teacher in the Boston Public School system for seven years until she lost her job as a result of cuts following the implementation of Proposition 2½.[3]

Political career
Hennigan (second from right) with Mayor Raymond Flynn (center) and several Boston City Council members (ca.1984–1987)

From 1982 through 2005, Hennigan was a member of the Boston City Council. She was first elected in November 1981, the final election when all seats were at-large. She was subsequently re-elected to nine two-year terms as the representative for District 6 (Jamaica Plain and West Roxbury). In November 2001, she successfully ran for an at-large position, and was re-elected in November 2003. She was the first woman to chair Boston's Ways and Means Committee.[3]

In 1986 she was a candidate for Massachusetts Auditor. She finished second in a three way Democratic primary to A. Joseph DeNucci.[4]

Hennigan unsuccessfully ran for Mayor of Boston in November 2005. She was defeated by incumbent Thomas Menino, who garnered 67% of the vote.[5]

In 2006, Hennigan was elected Clerk of the Criminal/Business Court of Suffolk County, after defeating Assistant Clerk of Court Robert Dello-Russo. She is the ninth elected official to hold this position and the first female.[3]

Personal life

As of 2007, Hennigan hosted a weekly television show on Boston Neighborhood Network.[3] She is the daughter of former register of probate, state senator, state representative, and Boston School Committee member James W. Hennigan Jr. She has a brother, James W. Hennigan III and a sister Helen. Her grandfather James W. Hennigan Sr. was a state senator and the namesake of the James W. Hennigan School in Jamaica Plain. She is the grandniece of William O. S. Hennigan, a member of the Boston Common Council in 1900.[3]

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References
  1. "Suffolk County Superior Court". mass.gov. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
  2. Rivas, Maggie (November 5, 1981). "Hennigan: Too Much Patronage". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 22 October 2011 – via pqarchiver.com.
  3. Zagastizábal, Andy (January 19, 2007). "Hennigan 1st female clerk". Jamaica Plain Gazette. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
  4. Massachusetts Election Statistics 1986.
  5. "City of Boston Municipal Election - November 8, 2005: Mayor" (PDF). City of Boston. Retrieved 5 June 2011.

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