What is John Olver?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = John Olver |image = John Olver, Official Portrait, 111th Congress.jpg |caption = Olver in the [[111th United States Congress]] |state = [[Massachusetts]] |district = {{ushr|MA|1|1st}} |term_start = June 18, 1991 |term_end = January 3, 2013 |predecessor = [[Silvio O. Conte]] |successor = [[Richard Neal]] |state_senate1 = Massachusetts |district1 = Franklin and Hampshire |term_start1 = January 3, 1973 |term_end1 = June 15, 1991 |predecessor1 = John Barrus |successor1 = [[Stan Rosenberg]] |state_house2 = Massachusetts |district2 = 2nd Hampshire |term_start2 = January 1, 1969 |term_end2 = January 3, 1973 |predecessor2 = Donald Madsen |successor2 = James Collins |birth_name = John Walter Olver |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1936|9|3}} |birth_place = [[Honesdale, Pennsylvania]], U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |spouse = {{marriage|Rose Richardson|1959|2014|end=died}} |children = 1 |education = [[Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]])<br>[[Tufts University]] ([[Master of Science|MS]])<br>[[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] ([[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]]) }} '''John Walter Olver''' (September 3, 1936 – February 23, 2023) was an [[Americans|American]] [[politician]]. He was the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] for [[Massachusetts's 1st congressional district]] from 1991 to 2013. Olver grew up on a [[farm]] in [[Pennsylvania]]. He [[Graduation|graduated]] from [[college]] at the age of 18. After college, Olver earned a [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] in [[chemistry]] from the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]. He taught chemistry at the [[University of Massachusetts Amherst]] for eight years. He served in both chambers of the [[Massachusetts General Court]]. He was elected to the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]] in 1968 and the [[Massachu