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176th
Massachusetts General Court
←175th 177th→
Overview
Legislative bodyGeneral Court
TermJanuary 4, 1989 (1989-01-04) – January 1, 1991 (1991-01-01)
Senate
Members40
PresidentWilliam Bulger
Majority LeaderWalter J. Boverini
Majority WhipJohn A. Brennan Jr.
Minority LeaderDavid H. Locke
Minority WhipPaul Cellucci
Party controlDemocrat
House
Members160
SpeakerGeorge Keverian
Majority LeaderCharles Flaherty
Majority WhipRobert Correia
Minority LeaderSteven Pierce
Minority WhipKevin Poirier
Party controlDemocrat
William BulgerWilliam Bulger, Senate president.George KeverianGeorge Keverian, House speaker.Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1989-1990.

The 176th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1989 and 1990 during the governorship of Michael Dukakis. William Bulger served as president of the Senate and George Keverian served as speaker of the House.

Senators

portrait name date of birth district
Salvatore R. Albano 1935 2nd Middlesex
Theodore J. Aleixo Jr. August 23, 1942 Bristol and Plymouth
Carol Amick 5th Middlesex
Michael J. Barrett June 27, 1948 Middlesex and Suffolk
Frederick Berry December 20, 1949 2nd Essex
Louis Peter Bertonazzi October 9, 1933 Worcester and Norfolk
Walter J. Boverini June 5, 1925 1st Essex
John A. Brennan Jr. September 19, 1945 3rd Middlesex
Robert C. Buell April 23, 1931 1st Essex and Middlesex
William Bulger February 2, 1934 1st Suffolk
Edward L. Burke 1942 Middlesex, Norfolk and Worcester
John P. Burke December 2, 1954 Hampden and Hampshire
Paul Cellucci April 24, 1948 Middlesex and Worcester
Nicholas Costello 1935 3rd Essex
Michael C. Creedon November 3, 1946 Plymouth
Francis D. Doris 1931 Suffolk, Essex and Middlesex
William B. Golden October 9, 1948 Norfolk and Plymouth
Paul D. Harold September 5, 1948 Norfolk
John Patrick Houston 1955 1st Worcester and Middlesex
Bill Keating (politician) September 6, 1952 Norfolk and Bristol
Edward P. Kirby January 10, 1928 Plymouth and Barnstable
Richard Arnold Kraus 1937 4th Middlesex
Christopher M. Lane May 15, 1959 1st Suffolk and Norfolk
Brian Lees July 25, 1953 2nd Hampden
David H. Locke August 4, 1927 Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex
Michael LoPresti Jr. April 30, 1947 Suffolk and Middlesex
William Q. MacLean Jr. November 4, 1934 2nd Bristol
Patricia McGovern August 2, 1941 2nd Essex and Middlesex
Linda Melconian 1st Hampden
Thomas C. Norton December 11, 1934 1st Bristol
John Olver September 3, 1936 Franklin and Hampshire
Bill Owens (Massachusetts politician) July 6, 1937 2nd Suffolk
Mary L. Padula 2nd Worcester and Middlesex
Lois Pines August 16, 1940 Middlesex and Norfolk
Henri S. Rauschenbach October 9, 1947 Cape and Islands
Paul J. Sheehy November 1, 1934 1st Middlesex
Robert D. Wetmore July 24, 1930 Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire, and Franklin
Thomas P. White August 27, 1950 Worcester
W. Paul White July 7, 1945 2nd Suffolk and Norfolk

Representatives

portrait name date of birth district
Frances Alexander (politician) June 16, 1919 6th Essex
Lawrence R. Alexander 1950 8th Essex
Robert B. Ambler 1927 4th Norfolk
Steven Angelo June 8, 1952 9th Essex
Robert A. Antonioni July 15, 1958 4th Worcester
John C. Bartley March 25, 1956 32nd Middlesex
Geoffrey C. Beckwith 1958 21st Middlesex
John Binienda June 22, 1947 17th Worcester
Kevin Blanchette 1954 16th Essex
Peter I. Blute January 28, 1956 11th Worcester
Robert Joseph Bohigian July 24, 1922 14th Worcester
Daniel E. Bosley December 9, 1953 1st Berkshire
George Bourque 1913 3rd Worcester
John C. Bradford February 16, 1940 10th Bristol
James T. Brett December 22, 1949 14th Suffolk
Stephen Brewer February 10, 1948 5th Worcester
Carmen Buell February 3, 1945 2nd Franklin
Suzanne M. Bump February 18, 1956 5th Norfolk
Edward S. Burgess, Jr. 1950 10th Plymouth
John Businger February 5, 1945 15th Norfolk
Thomas Cahir September 19, 1952 3rd Barnstable
Howard C. Cahoon, Jr December 31, 1944 4th Barnstable
Paul Caron November 15, 1955 11th Hampden
Paul Casey February 26, 1961 34th Middlesex
Athan Catjakis 1931 9th Hampden
Robert A. Cerasoli July 12, 1947 3rd Norfolk
Vincent P. Ciampa April 15, 1945 37th Middlesex
Marjorie Clapprood September 24, 1949 8th Norfolk
Forrester Clark November 30, 1934 4th Essex
Carol Cleven November 2, 1928 16th Middlesex
David B. Cohen (mayor) September 2, 1947 11th Middlesex
Andrew Collaro March 21, 1910 15th Worcester
Joseph M. Connolly January 5, 1924 5th Middlesex
William Constantino Jr. May 27, 1944 12th Worcester
Robert Correia January 3, 1939 7th Bristol
John F. Cox July 27, 1955 17th Middlesex
Charles Decas October 5, 1937 2nd Plymouth
Walter DeFilippi October 3, 1926 6th Hampden
Salvatore DiMasi August 11, 1945 3rd Suffolk
Stephen W. Doran March 26, 1956 15th Middlesex
John R. Driscoll May 9, 1924 9th Worcester
Robert Durand February 28, 1953 4th Middlesex
Frank Emilio (politician) August 31, 1935 3rd Essex
Patricia Fiero June 12, 1941 5th Essex
Thomas Finneran January 2, 1950 13th Suffolk
Kevin W. Fitzgerald 1950 16th Suffolk
Charles Flaherty (politician) October 13, 1938 27th Middlesex
Michael F. Flaherty Sr. September 6, 1936 4th Suffolk
John H. Flood June 24, 1939 6th Norfolk
William J. Flynn, Jr. 1933 5th Plymouth
Peter Forman April 28, 1958 1st Plymouth
Gloria Fox March 18, 1942 7th Suffolk
William F. Galvin September 17, 1950 19th Suffolk
Barbara Gardner January 19, 1941 8th Middlesex
Mary Jane Gibson February 7, 1933 26th Middlesex
Anthony Giglio January 28, 1941 38th Middlesex
Larry F. Giordano 1944 15th Essex
William Glodis April 6, 1934 16th Worcester
Augusto Grace April 9, 1954 23rd Middlesex
Barbara Gray October 11, 1926 6th Middlesex
Sherwood Guernsey 1946 2nd Berkshire
Geoff Hall (politician) October 10, 1948 2nd Middlesex
Lida E. Harkins January 24, 1944 13th Norfolk
Robert Havern III July 17, 1949 25th Middlesex
Robert Emmet Hayes 1951 7th Plymouth
Jonathan Healy October 10, 1945 1st Franklin
Joseph N. Hermann June 8, 1924 14th Essex
Albert Herren June 8, 1952 6th Bristol
Lucile Hicks May 11, 1938 13th Middlesex
Shirley Owens Hicks April 22, 1942 6th Suffolk
Barbara Hildt April 13, 1946 1st Essex
Christopher Hodgkins August 24, 1957 4th Berkshire
Iris Holland September 30, 1920 2nd Hampden
Kevin Honan June 5, 1958 18th Suffolk
Augusta Hornblower June 6, 1948 1st Middlesex
Robert L. Howarth 1942 13th Hampden
Frank Hynes December 23, 1940 4th Plymouth
Robert F. Jakubowicz 1932 3rd Berkshire
Raymond A. Jordan Jr. May 5, 1943 12th Hampden
Stephen Karol 1948 2nd Bristol
Marie-Louise Kehoe December 12, 1928 11th Norfolk
Thomas P. Kennedy August 15, 1951 9th Plymouth
George Keverian June 3, 1931 31st Middlesex
Robert Koczera November 25, 1953 11th Bristol
Paul Kollios February 24, 1936 7th Worcester
Robert Kraus March 20, 1957 12th Plymouth
Edward M. Lambert Jr. March 8, 1958 8th Bristol
Patrick Landers September 20, 1959 1st Hampden
Denis Lawrence 1940 13th Bristol
Edward LeLacheur June 1, 1925 18th Middlesex
Kenneth M. Lemanski January 27, 1954 8th Hampden
Jacqueline Lewis May 3, 1945 8th Plymouth
John Loring 1926 14th Middlesex
Vincent Lozzi January 28, 1932 10th Essex
Joseph Mackey 1951 30th Middlesex
David P. Magnani May 24, 1944 7th Middlesex
Anthony Mandile August 14, 1946 10th Middlesex
Charles Mann April 27, 1935 6th Plymouth
M. Joseph Manning September 23, 1924 7th Norfolk
Francis Mara 1950 11th Plymouth
Robert H. Marsh August 15, 1959 14th Norfolk
John E. McDonough May 21, 1953 12th Suffolk
Thomas W. McGee May 24, 1924 11th Essex
Joseph B. McIntyre April 11, 1957 12th Bristol
Mary Jane McKenna October 23, 1939 1st Worcester
John C. McNeil June 8, 1945 36th Middlesex
Joan Menard September 6, 1935 5th Bristol
Nelson Merced August 17, 1947 5th Suffolk
Jim Miceli March 25, 1935 20th Middlesex
Richard T. Moore August 7, 1943 8th Worcester
Peter B. Morin April 2, 1955 2nd Barnstable
Michael W. Morrissey August 2, 1954 1st Norfolk
Mary Jeanette Murray December 24, 1924 3rd Plymouth
Eleanor Myerson May 9, 1922 11th Suffolk
William P. Nagle Jr. June 10, 1951 1st Hampshire
Shannon O%27Brien April 30, 1959 2nd Hampshire
Timothy F. O'Leary 1944 35th Middlesex
Kevin O'Sullivan (politician) September 30, 1953 13th Worcester
Marc Pacheco October 29, 1952 3rd Bristol
Nicholas Paleologos March 9, 1953 33rd Middlesex
Thomas Palumbo June 9, 1950 2nd Essex
Marie Parente May 22, 1928 10th Worcester
Thomas Petrolati March 16, 1957 7th Hampden
Steven Pierce October 10, 1949 4th Hampden
Kevin Poirier July 7, 1940 14th Bristol
Daniel Ranieri 1951 10th Norfolk
Michael J. Rea, Jr July 23, 1940 24th Middlesex
William Reinstein March 26, 1929 17th Suffolk
Robert J. Rohan August 15, 1921 5th Hampden
Mark Roosevelt December 10, 1955 8th Suffolk
Stan Rosenberg October 12, 1949 3rd Hampshire
Susan Rourke March 7, 1954 19th Middlesex
J. Michael Ruane December 10, 1927 7th Essex
Byron Rushing July 29, 1942 9th Suffolk
Alfred E. Saggese Jr. November 21, 1946 20th Suffolk
Angelo Scaccia September 29, 1942 15th Suffolk
Susan Schur February 27, 1940 12th Middlesex
Anthony M. Scibelli October 16, 1911 10th Hampden
Emanuel Serra June 12, 1945 1st Suffolk
Chester Suhoski March 26, 1941 2nd Worcester
Gregory W. Sullivan January 29, 1952 12th Norfolk
Edward B. Teague III November 25, 1949 1st Barnstable
Alvin Thompson May 15, 1939 28th Middlesex
Richard Tisei August 13, 1962 22nd Middlesex
A. Stephen Tobin July 3, 1956 2nd Norfolk
Peter G. Torkildsen January 28, 1958 13th Essex
Roger Tougas January 9, 1927 9th Bristol
Marilyn Travinski June 1, 1947 6th Worcester
Philip Travis July 2, 1940 4th Bristol
Peter Trombley September 16, 1948 9th Middlesex
Susan Tucker (politician) November 7, 1944 17th Essex
Eric Turkington August 12, 1947 Barnstable, Dukes & Nantucket
Peter A. Vellucci 1942 29th Middlesex
William B. Vernon April 17, 1951 1st Bristol
Richard Voke December 2, 1947 2nd Suffolk
Patricia Walrath August 11, 1941 3rd Middlesex
Marian Walsh 1954 10th Suffolk
Michael P. Walsh 3rd Hampden
Thomas Walsh (Massachusetts politician) July 15, 1960 12th Essex
Francis H. Woodward March 17, 1939 9th Norfolk

See also

References

  1. "Length of Legislative Sessions". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 348+.
  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. ^ 1988–1989 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1988 – via Internet Archive.
  5. ^ "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1989", Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1989, hdl:2452/796475

Further reading

  • Court, Massachusetts General (1989). Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. hdl:2452/40808.

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