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The 187th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 2011 and 2012 during the governorship of Deval Patrick. Therese Murray served as president of the Senate and Robert DeLeo served as speaker of the House.

Discussion topics included the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway.

Senators

portrait	name	date of birth	district
	Frederick Berry	December 20, 1949	2nd Essex
	Stephen Brewer	February 10, 1948
	Will Brownsberger	March 21, 1957
	Gale D. Candaras	1949
	Harriette L. Chandler	December 20, 1937
	Sonia Chang-Díaz	March 31, 1978
	Katherine Clark	July 17, 1963
	Cynthia Stone Creem	September 17, 1942
	Sal DiDomenico	June 20, 1971
	Ken Donnelly	July 15, 1950
	Eileen Donoghue	1954
	Benjamin Downing	September 11, 1981
	Jamie Eldridge	August 11, 1973
	Susan Fargo	August 27, 1942
	Barry Finegold	March 3, 1971
	Jennifer Flanagan	September 5, 1975
	Jack Hart (state senator)	April 21, 1961
	Robert L. Hedlund	July 12, 1961
	Patricia D. Jehlen	October 14, 1943
	Brian A. Joyce	September 5, 1962
	John F. Keenan (state senator)	1964
	Thomas P. Kennedy	August 15, 1951
	Michael Knapik	February 11, 1963
	Thomas M. McGee	December 15, 1955
	Mark Montigny	June 20, 1961
	Michael O. Moore	January 17, 1963
	Richard T. Moore	August 7, 1943
	Therese Murray	October 10, 1947
	Marc Pacheco	October 29, 1952
	Anthony Petruccelli	October 2, 1972
	Michael Rodrigues (politician)	May 30, 1959
	Stan Rosenberg	October 12, 1949
	Richard J. Ross	July 6, 1954
	Mike Rush	November 30, 1973
	Karen Spilka	January 11, 1953
	Bruce Tarr	January 2, 1964
	James E. Timilty
	James T. Welch	December 22, 1975
	Dan Wolf	August 11, 1957

Representatives

portrait	name	date of birth	district
	Paul Adams (Massachusetts politician)		17th Essex
	Kevin Aguiar	1972
	Denise Andrews	July 14, 1959
	James Arciero	August 27, 1974
	Brian Ashe	April 23, 1963
	Cory Atkins	February 10, 1949
	Demetrius Atsalis	March 31, 1964
	Bruce Ayers	April 17, 1962
	Ruth Balser	October 30, 1948
	F. Jay Barrows	April 5, 1956
	Carlo Basile	June 29, 1971
	Matthew Beaton	July 27, 1978
	Jennifer Benson
	John Binienda	June 22, 1947
	Nicholas Boldyga
	Garrett Bradley	July 4, 1970
	Michael Brady (politician)
	Paul A. Brodeur	April 24, 1964
	Will Brownsberger	March 21, 1957
	Antonio Cabral	January 26, 1955
	Thomas Calter
	Linda Dean Campbell
	Christine Canavan	January 25, 1950
	James Cantwell	October 25, 1966
	Gailanne Cariddi	November 1, 1953
	Tackey Chan	August 10, 1973
	Cheryl Coakley-Rivera	February 21, 1964
	Nick Collins (politician)	August 26, 1982
	Tom Conroy	July 7, 1962
	Edward F. Coppinger
	Michael A. Costello	May 5, 1965
	Geraldine Creedon	September 26, 1945
	Sean Curran (politician)	August 23, 1977
	Mark Cusack	1984
	Angelo D'Emilia
	Robert DeLeo (politician)	March 27, 1950
	Vinny deMacedo	October 16, 1965
	Brian Dempsey (politician)	September 30, 1966
	Marcos Devers	October 25, 1950
	Geoff Diehl	April 23, 1969
	Stephen DiNatale
	Paul Donato	October 27, 1941
	Peter Durant
	James J. Dwyer
	Carolyn Dykema	December 26, 1967
	Lori Ehrlich	June 9, 1963
	Christopher Fallon	June 7, 1953
	Tricia Farley-Bouvier
	Ryan Fattman	July 1, 1984
	Robert Fennell	June 26, 1956
	Kimberly Ferguson
	John V. Fernandes	November 16, 1952
	Ann-Margaret Ferrante	June 26, 1972
	Michael Finn	March 24, 1970
	Linda Dorcena Forry	November 1, 1973
	Gloria Fox	March 18, 1942
	John Fresolo	October 11, 1964
	Paul Frost	April 25, 1970
	William C. Galvin	October 18, 1956
	Sean Garballey	February 22, 1985
	Denise Garlick
	Colleen Garry	July 21, 1962
	Susan Williams Gifford	November 3, 1959
	Anne Gobi	December 27, 1962
	Thomas Golden Jr.	March 5, 1971
	Patricia Haddad	May 7, 1950
	Sheila Harrington	1960
	Jon Hecht
	Carlos Henriquez
	Bradford Hill	January 22, 1967
	Kate Hogan	January 15, 1957
	Russell Holmes	August 17, 1969
	Kevin Honan	June 5, 1958
	Steve Howitt
	Donald Humason Jr.	July 31, 1967
	Randy Hunt (politician)	August 24, 1957
	Bradley Jones Jr.	January 9, 1965
	Louis Kafka	November 28, 1945
	Michael F. Kane	June 10, 1967
	Jay R. Kaufman	May 4, 1947
	John D. Keenan	April 4, 1965
	Kay Khan	June 22, 1941
	Peter Kocot	September 18, 1956
	Robert Koczera	November 25, 1953
	Stephen Kulik	August 3, 1950
	Kevin Kuros	February 7, 1965
	John J. Lawn
	Steven Levy (politician)
	Jason Lewis (Massachusetts politician)	April 19, 1968
	David Linsky	October 16, 1957
	Marc Lombardo
	James J. Lyons Jr.
	Timothy Madden
	John J. Mahoney
	Liz Malia	September 30, 1949
	Ronald Mariano	October 31, 1946
	Paul Mark
	Christopher Markey
	Paul McMurtry	October 28, 1965
	Jim Miceli	March 25, 1935
	Aaron Michlewitz	1978
	Michael Moran (Massachusetts politician)	February 23, 1971
	Charles A. Murphy	August 11, 1965
	James M. Murphy	November 15, 1969
	Kevin J. Murphy (politician)	November 27, 1952
	David Nangle	December 18, 1960
	Harold Naughton Jr.	July 4, 1960
	Rhonda Nyman
	Shaunna O'Connell	March 14, 1970
	Jim O'Day	May 23, 1954
	Eugene O'Flaherty	July 20, 1968
	Keiko Orrall	September 8, 1967
	Jerry Parisella	1901
	Sarah Peake	October 4, 1957
	Vincent Pedone	March 15, 1967
	Alice Peisch	October 4, 1954
	George N. Peterson Jr.	July 8, 1950
	Thomas Petrolati	March 16, 1957
	William "Smitty" Pignatelli	August 31, 1959
	Denise Provost	March 9, 1951
	Angelo Puppolo
	Kathi-Anne Reinstein	January 31, 1971
	John H. Rogers	October 22, 1964
	Dennis Rosa
	George T. Ross	November 3, 1949
	Byron Rushing	July 29, 1942
	Jeffrey Sanchez (politician)	July 18, 1969
	Tom Sannicandro	March 22, 1956
	Angelo Scaccia	September 29, 1942
	Paul Schmid
	John Scibak	May 4, 1953
	Carl Sciortino	July 6, 1978
	Stephen Stat Smith	May 25, 1955
	Frank Smizik	September 4, 1944
	Todd Smola	1977
	Theodore C. Speliotis	August 20, 1953
	Harriett Stanley	March 30, 1950
	Ellen Story	October 17, 1941
	William M. Straus	June 26, 1956
	David B. Sullivan	June 6, 1953
	Benjamin Swan	September 18, 1933
	Walter Timilty	July 19, 1969
	Timothy J. Toomey Jr.	June 7, 1953
	David Torrisi	September 18, 1968
	Cleon Turner	December 29, 1945
	David Vieira (politician)
	Joseph Wagner (Massachusetts politician)	May 7, 1960
	Chris Walsh (politician)	May 20, 1951
	Steven Walsh	September 11, 1973
	Martha M. Walz	July 7, 1961
	Daniel K. Webster	April 2, 1964
	Daniel Winslow	May 13, 1958
	Alice Wolf	December 24, 1933
	Donald Wong	January 15, 1952

See also

• 112th United States Congress
• List of Massachusetts General Courts

References

1. "Dates of 2011 state legislative sessions", Ballotpedia.org, retrieved September 6, 2020
2. ^ "Composition of the Massachusetts State Senate", Resources on Massachusetts Political Figures in the State Library, Mass.gov, archived from the original on June 6, 2020
3. "Composition of the State of Massachusetts House of Representatives", Resources on Massachusetts Political Figures in the State Library, Mass.gov, archived from the original on June 6, 2020
4. Matt Stout (February 8, 2020), "Robert DeLeo is longest-serving House speaker in Massachusetts history", Boston Globe
5. Greenway Conservancy Reform Bill - State House Hearing. Northendwaterfront.com. March 12, 2012 – via YouTube. State Joint Committee on Transportation held a public hearing on March 12, 2012 regarding proposed legislation, An Act Relative to the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway Conservancy
6. "Members of the Senate". Malegislature.gov. Archived from the original on December 28, 2012.
7. ^ Court, Massachusetts General (2011). Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. hdl:2452/423321.
8. "Members of the House of Representatives". Malegislature.gov. Archived from the original on December 28, 2012.

External links

• Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 2011-2012, hdl:2452/796576
• "Session Laws", malegislature.gov (2011, 2012)
• "Hearings & Events: 2011-2012". malegislature.gov. (includes some video)

v t e Massachusetts General Courts by year convened
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Commons

v t e Districts of the Massachusetts General Court
Senate	Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin, and Hampden Bristol and Norfolk Bristol and Plymouth: 1st, 2nd Cape and Islands Essex: 1st, 2nd, 3rd Essex and Middlesex: 1st, 2nd Hampden Hampden and Hampshire: 1st, 2nd Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester Middlesex: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th Middlesex and Norfolk: 1st, 2nd Middlesex and Suffolk Middlesex and Worcester Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth Norfolk and Plymouth Norfolk and Suffolk Plymouth and Barnstable Plymouth and Bristol: 1st, 2nd Plymouth and Norfolk Suffolk: 1st, 2nd Suffolk and Middlesex: 1st, 2nd Worcester: 1st, 2nd Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex Worcester and Middlesex Worcester and Norfolk Obsolete districts
House	Barnstable 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th Berkshire 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Bristol 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th Cape and Islands Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket Essex   1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th Franklin 1st, 2nd Hampden 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th Hampshire 1st, 2nd, 3rd Middlesex 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, 34th, 35th, 36th, 37th Norfolk   1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th Plymouth 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th Suffolk 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th Worcester 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th Defunct districts   Former districts
Commons

v t e Government of Massachusetts
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