Government
| County government: Worcester County | |
|---|---|
| Clerk of Courts: | Dennis P. McManus (D) |
| District Attorney: | Joseph D. Early, Jr. (D) |
| Register of Deeds: | Anthony J. Vigliotti (D) |
| Register of Probate: | Stephen Abraham (D) |
| County Sheriff: | Lew Evangelidis (R) |
| State government | |
| State Representative(s): | Ryan Fattman (R) Kevin J. Kuros (R) |
| State Senator(s): | Richard T. Moore (D) |
| Governor's Councilor(s): | Jen Caissie (R) |
| Federal government | |
| U.S. Representative(s): | Richard E. Neal (D-2nd Dist.) |
| U.S. Senators: | John Kerry (D), Scott Brown (R) |
Uxbridge has a Board of Selectmen and town meeting form of government, with officials listed in the top infobox: Local government 1) granted the first woman in America the right to vote, 2) voted down smallpox vaccine in 1775, and 3) defied the Massachusetts Secretary of State's office, by approving women jurors. The 2009 Board of Health, made Uxbridge the 3rd community in the US, to ban tobacco sales in pharmacies. County Government in Massachusetts is weak or has vestiges of the former system. Regional officials of state government hold county elected offices (see info box). Worcester County, Massachusetts Sheriff, Lewis Evangelidis oversees county corrections, parolee and court services. Worcester District is the regional judicial jurisdiction. The Uxbridge district court serves surrounding towns.
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