LYNCH, Stephen F., a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Boston, Suffolk County,
Mass., March 31, 1955; graduated from South Boston High School, Boston, Mass.,
1973; B.S., Wentworth Institute, Boston, Mass., 1988; J.D., Boston College
School of Law, Boston, Mass., 1991; M.A., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.,
1998; member of the Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1995-1996;
member of the Massachusetts state senate, 1997-2001; elected as a Democrat to
the One Hundred and Seventh Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of United States Representative Joseph Moakley (October 16, 2001-present).