John Olver

Politician in Massachusetts, US · United States · On the map · Politicians · Lived 1936 to 2023 · aged 86

John Walter Olver was an American politician and chemist who was the U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 1st congressional district from 1991 to 2013.

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Olver during his tenure in the Massachusetts House of Representatives

Massachusetts's 1st congressional district, during the second decade of Olver's tenure. The district was a primarily rural district that makes up most of Western Massachusetts.

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Raised on a farm in Pennsylvania, Olver graduated from college at the age of 18 and went on to earn a PhD in chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and later taught chemistry at the University of Massachusetts Amherst for eight years.

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