Last updated on:
6/4/2013 |
Author: ProCon.org
Paul Cellucci, JD Biography
- Title:
- Former Governor of Massachusetts
- Position:
- Not Clearly Pro or Con to the question "Should People Who Have Completed Felony Sentences Be Allowed to Vote?"
- Reasoning:
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“They certainly should not be voting while they are in prison. That’s for sure. If you go there to be punished, this should be part of the punishment.”
“State Among Four To Allow Prisoner Voting,” Associated Press, Apr. 19, 1999
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Speaker, Celebrity Speakers Int’l., an International Lecture Bureau, 2006-Present
- Executive Vice-President of Corporate Development, Magna Entertainment Corp (a Canadian gambling and horse racetrack company), 2005-2006
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Canada, 2001-2005
- Governor, Massachusetts (resigned as Governor to serve as Ambassador to Canada), 1999-2001
- Governor, Massachusetts (upon resignation of then-Governor William Weld), 1997-1999
- Lieutenant Governor, Massachusetts, 1991-1997
- Member, Massachusetts State Senate, 1984-1991
- Member, Massachusetts House of Representatives, 1977-1984
- U.S. Army Reserves, held rank of Captain upon honorable discharge, 1970-1978
- Hudson Board of Selectmen, 1971-1977
- Member, Hudson Charter Commission, 1970-1971
- Education:
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- JD, Boston College, 1973
- BS, Boston College School of Management, 1970
- Other:
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- Born Apr. 24, 1948 and died June 08, 2013
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