{{Short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = 1987 Thomas Palumbo Massachusetts House of Representatives.png | image_size = | name = Thomas Palumbo | birth_date = June 9, 1950 | birth_place = Newburyport, Massachusetts | death_date = {{death date and age |2011|8|18|1950|06|09}} | death_place = Salisbury, Massachusetts | resting_place = | website = | occupation = Attorney<br>Politician | party = Republican | spouse = Brenda McDonald | alma_mater = Temple University<br>Suffolk University Law School | title = Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 2nd Essex District | term_start = 1985 | term_end = 1995 | predecessor = John Gray | successor = Harriett Stanley }}

'''Thomas G. Palumbo''' (June 9, 1950 in Newburyport, Massachusetts<ref>{{cite book |title=1993–1994 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts |url=https://archive.org/stream/publicofficersof19931994bost#page/194/mode/2up }}</ref> &ndash; August 18, 2011 in Salisbury, Massachusetts<ref>{{cite news|title=Thomas G. Palumbo|url=http://www.eagletribune.com/obituaries/x833712224/Thomas-G-Palumbo|access-date=22 August 2011|newspaper=Eagle-Tribune|date=August 20, 2011}}</ref>) was an American politician who represented the 2nd Essex district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1985 to 1995.

Palumbo was defeated by Harriett Stanley in the 1994 election. One month after his defeat, Palumbo was nominated by Governor William Weld to serve on the state Parole Board.<ref>{{cite news |author=Connie Paige |title=Weld Parole Board nominee blasted by gov councilors |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bostonherald/access/68313330.html?dids=68313330:68313330&FMT=ABS&FMTS |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629061213/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bostonherald/access/68313330.html?dids=68313330:68313330&FMT=ABS&FMTS |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 29, 2011 |work=Boston Herald |date=December 29, 1994 |access-date=2011-03-07 }}</ref> He withdrew his nomination on January 4, 1995.<ref>{{cite news |author=Connie Paige |title=Former rep withdraws Parole Board bid |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bostonherald/access/21097624.html?dids=21097624:21097624&FMT=ABS&FMTS |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629061234/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bostonherald/access/21097624.html?dids=21097624:21097624&FMT=ABS&FMTS |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 29, 2011 |work=Boston Herald |date=January 5, 1995 |access-date=2011-03-07 }}</ref>

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