Contact Your Elected Official

US Congress – House and Senate:

To contact your own Congressman/woman (Representative to the House) Find Your Representative  and your US Senator: https://www.senate.gov/senators/contact/. Or simply call the switchboard: 202-224-3121 and they will direct you to your senator or representative.

Always search for the name of the committee who is considering a bill, a confirmation etc and contact them. These committees may not include your US representatives, but they are making decisions for the whole country. Each committee member list provides links to their information. For example considering the Russia investigation: Senate Intelligence Committee Member Contacts Page

After making direct contact you can use social media. Twitter handles for all US legislators can be found here: http://triagecancer.org/congressional-twitter-handles/ and the GOP caucuses in the senate: @SenateGOP and house @HouseGOP.

Here is a list of all US senate members phone numbers:  https://www.senate.gov/general/resources/pdf/senators_phone_list.pdf

Here is a list of all House members phone numbers and their committee assignments: http://www.house.gov/representatives/

For local and State Officials in Massachusetts:

To find your House Representative or Senator: https://malegislature.gov/Search/FindMyLegislator.

For details on where you vote, what your precinct is, and more details about who represents you at the state and federal level use: www.wheredoivotema.com.   Enter your information and the program will tell you where your poll is located and give you the names of your elected representatives in state government. Click on the name of the rep you want to contact for information.

For your local selectwomen/men or town councilor – contact information is available on your town’s website or by contacting your town hall. This is a list of all Cape Cod town hall addresses and phone numbers: http://www.clickcapecodbusiness.com/index.cfm?townId=98&catId=179&parentCatID=4

Contact MA Governor Baker:

Email form: scroll down to form http://www.mass.gov/governor/constituent-services/contact-governor-office/

Boston Office:
Massachusetts State House, Office of the Governor
Room 280, Boston, MA 02133
Office Hours: Monday – Friday   9:00am – 5:00pm
Phone: 617.725.4005, 888.870.7770 (in state), Fax: 617.727.9725, TTY: 617.727.3666

Springfield Office:
Phone: 413.784.1200
Western Massachusetts, Office of the Governor
State Office Building, 436 Dwight Street, Suite 300, Springfield, MA 01103
Office Hours:Monday – Friday 9:00am – 5:00pm


If you’ve never contacted a legislator before or need a pep talk read this.

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attribution: Janet Joakim – photo and graphic layout. If reused please attribute to Cape Cod Women for Change

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