A Senator from Massachusetts; born on September 12, 1959, in Kittery, Maine; graduated Wakefield High School, Wakefield, Mass., 1977; B.A., Tufts University, 1981; J.D., Boston College Law School, 1985; Massachusetts Army National Guard 1979-present, attaining the rank of lieutenant colonel, and serving in the Judge Advocate Generals Corps; lawyer, private practice; Wrentham, Mass., selectman 1995-1998; member of the Massachusetts state house of representatives 1999-2004; member of the Massachusetts state senate 2004-2010; elected to the United States Senate in the January 19, 2010, special election to the term ending January 3, 2013, a seat previously held by appointed Senator Paul G. Kirk, and took the oath of office on February 4, 2010.