Lawrence F. Bretta

Lawrence Francis Bretta
Mayor of Somerville
In office
January 1, 1962  January 1968[1]
Preceded by Harold W. Wells
Succeeded by James F. Brennan
Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
from the 24th Middlesex District
In office
1959[2]  1962[3]
Preceded by Harold A. Palmer[4]
Succeeded by Joseph Thomas Travalini[3]
Chairman of the
Somerville School Committee
In office
1958  1958[2]
Member of the
Somerville School Committee
In office
1956  1962[2]
Personal details
Born January 12, 1928
Somerville, Massachusetts
Died September 2, 2006[5]
Lawrence, Massachusetts[1]
Resting place Oak Grove Cemetery, Medford, Massachusetts[1]
Nationality American
Political party Democratic[2]
Spouse(s) Joan E. Benway[5]

Lawrence Francis Bretta (January 12, 1928 – September 2, 2006) was a Massachusetts businessman and politician who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and as the Mayor of Somerville, Massachusetts. He was regional director of the General Service Administration until his resignation in February, 1984 while under investigation on corruption charges. He pleaded guilty to a federal indictment alleging solicitation and acceptance of bribes on connection with the location of a federal Social Security office in the Mystic Mall in Chelsea, Massachusetts[6] and was sentenced to four years in prison. He was released in 1988.

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 "OBITUARY; At 78, former Somerville Mayor Lawrence F. Bretta", Boston Herald, September 5, 2006, p. 31
  2. 1 2 3 4 Hayden, Irving N. (1961), Public officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1961-1962, The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, p. 105
  3. 1 2 Chadwick, Thomas A. (1963), Public officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1963-1964, The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, p. 297
  4. Hayden, Irving N. (1957), Public officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1957-1958, The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, p. 251
  5. 1 2 "BRETTA, Honorable Lawrence F.", The Boston Globe, September 5, 2006
  6. "EX-NEW ENGLAND OFFICIAL INDICTED ON COUNT OF ATTEMPTED EXTORTION". The New York Times. 1984-08-15. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2015-10-17.
Political offices
Preceded by
Harold W. Wells
Mayor of
Somerville, Massachusetts

January 1, 1962-January 1968
Succeeded by
James F. Brennan
Preceded by
Harold A. Palmer
Massachusetts State Representative
24th Middlesex District

January 1959-January 1962
Succeeded by
Joseph Thomas Travalini


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