Raymond Jordan, a former state representative, will lead Massachusetts' 12 Electoral College delegates on Monday when they cast their votes for President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden, according to the Massachusetts Democratic Party.

Jordan served 10 years in the state House of Representatives and was elected to be president of the delegation by the delegates at a recent informal meeting. He is the first African-American to hold that position in Massachusetts.

"It is a great honor to preside over the Electoral College as we cast our votes on behalf of all the people of the commonwealth of Massachusetts," Jordan said in a statement. "To be sworn in by the first African-American Governor of Massachusetts and have the privilege to preside over the Electoral College that officially elects the first African-American President, is priceless, a great blessing and truly a dream deferred."

The 12-member delegation will be composed of six men and six women. They will cast their votes for Obama and Biden on Monday at 3 p.m. in the chamber of the state House of Representatives.

"Each of these electors will play a special role in the election of Barack Obama as our next president," John Walsh, the chairman of the Massachusetts Democrats, said in a statement. "All the priorities for the state that Gov. Deval Patrick has laid out - making education a priority, fixing our roads and bridges, and creating the jobs of the future - will be easier to achieve under a Barack Obama administration."

Here are the electors:
Brenda Brathwaite (Newton, MA)
Mary Ann Dube (Worcester, MA)
Patricia Marcus (Greenfield, MA)
Faye Morrison (Ayer, MA)
Carol Pacheco (Dedham, MA)
Corinne Wingard (Agawam, MA)
John Brissette (Worcester, MA)
Joseph Kaplan (Mansfield, MA)
Raymond Jordan (Springfield, MA)
Melvin Poindexter (Watertown, MA)
Samuel Poulten (Chelmsford, MA)
Jason Whittet (Wellesley, MA)