Thomas F. Birmingham, former state Senate president, dies at 73

Mr. Birmingham, whose health had declined recently, died Friday in Massachusetts General Hospital. He was 73 and had divided his time between Chels...

January 21, 2023
8:46 PM

Mr. Birmingham, whose health had declined recently, died Friday in Massachusetts General Hospital. He was 73 and had divided his time between Chelsea and New York City.As a senator, his signature achievement was coauthoring and helping to enact the Education Reform Act of 1993, when he cochaired the Legislature's Joint Committee on Education.A liberal Democrat who had been a labor lawyer before entering politics, Mr. Birmingham championed measures such as increasing the minimum wage in the late 1990s.

Bryan Marquard