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169th
Massachusetts General Court
←168th 170th→
Overview
Legislative bodyGeneral Court
ElectionNovember 4, 1974
Senate
Members40
PresidentKevin B. Harrington
Majority LeaderJoseph DiCarlo
Vice-Leader Majority of House of RepresentativesMary L. Fonseca
Minority LeaderJohn Francis Parker
Vice-Leader MinorityDavid H. Locke
Party controlDemocrat[1]
House
Members240
SpeakerDavid M. Bartley (1975)
Thomas W. McGee (1975–1976)
Majority LeaderThomas W. McGee (1975)
William Q. MacLean Jr. (1975–1976)
Vice-MajorityWilliam Q. MacLean Jr. (1975)
George Keverian (1975–1976)
Minority LeaderFrancis W. Hatch Jr.
Vice-Leader MinorityWilliam G. Robinson
Party controlDemocrat[2]
Sessions
1stJanuary 1, 1975 (1975-01-01) – January 6, 1976 (1976-01-06)
2ndJanuary 7, 1976 (1976-01-07) – October 14, 1976 (1976-10-14)[3]
Kevin Harrington
Kevin Harrington, Senate president.
Thomas McGee
Thomas McGee, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1975.

The 169th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1975 and 1976 during the governorship of Michael Dukakis. Kevin B. Harrington served as president of the Senate and Thomas W. McGee served as speaker of the House.[4]

Senators

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portrait name [5] date of birth [6] district [6]
Chester G. Atkins April 14, 1948
John F. Aylmer January 27, 1934
Jack Backman April 26, 1922
Roger L. Bernashe September 9, 1927
Walter J. Boverini June 5, 1925
Anna Buckley 1924
William Bulger February 2, 1934
John W. Bullock March 13, 1929
Edward L. Burke 1942
John J. Conte May 3, 1930
Joseph DiCarlo March 21, 1936
Jack Fitzpatrick (businessman) April 5, 1923
Daniel J. Foley April 6, 1921
Mary L. Fonseca March 30, 1915
Robert A. Hall April 15, 1946
Kevin B. Harrington January 9, 1929
James A. Kelly Jr. May 11, 1926
Arthur Joseph Lewis Jr. September 3, 1934
David H. Locke August 4, 1927
Michael LoPresti Jr. April 30, 1947
Ronald Conrad MacKenzie May 3, 1934 5th Middlesex
Francis X. McCann September 2, 1912
Robert E. McCarthy January 12, 1940
Stephen McGrail September 23, 1948
Denis L. Mckenna August 14, 1922
Allan R. McKinnon June 2, 1930
John Olver September 3, 1936
Bill Owens (Massachusetts politician) July 6, 1937
John Francis Parker May 29, 1907
George Rogers (Massachusetts politician) August 2, 1933
James Paul Rurak November 9, 1911
William L. Saltonstall May 14, 1927
Frederic W. Schlosstein Jr. March 17, 1923
Alan Sisitsky June 4, 1942
Joseph F. Timilty (state senator) October 3, 1938
Arthur Tobin May 22, 1930
B. Joseph Tully January 4, 1927
William X. Wall July 1, 1904
Joseph B. Walsh November 15, 1923
Stanley John Zarod April 11, 1924

Representatives

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portrait name [5] date of birth [6] district [6]
Antone S. Aguiar Jr. January 2, 1930 13th Bristol
Theodore J. Aleixo Jr. August 23, 1942
Alfred Almeida October 5, 1931
Robert B. Ambler 1927
John S. Ames, III October 18, 1936
Carol Amick
Peter George Asiaf August 15, 1905
Wilfred E. Balthazar July 17, 1914
David M. Bartley February 9, 1935
Timothy A. Bassett December 16, 1947
Wilfred P. Beauchesne September 3, 1923
Louis Peter Bertonazzi October 9, 1933
Francis Bevilacqua August 12, 1923
Donald T. Bliss 1937
Belden Bly September 29, 1914
Raymond J. Boffetti 1924
Robert Joseph Bohigian July 24, 1922
Royal L. Bolling Jr. May 1, 1944
George Bourque 1913
Joseph E. Brett May 19, 1907
Thomas Brownell March 25, 1940
John R. Buckley 1932
Robert C. Buell April 23, 1931
Charles J. Buffone 1919
Nicholas J. Buglione 1932
Doris Bunte July 2, 1933
Kevin M. Burke December 7, 1946
Walter T. Burke August 5, 1911
John Businger February 5, 1945
Laurence R. Buxbaum March 9, 1942
Sean Francis Cahillane February 9, 1951
Howard C. Cahoon Jr. December 31, 1944
Fred F. Cain November 5, 1909
Eleanor Campobasso August 10, 1923
Andrew Card May 10, 1947
William A. Carey January 28, 1920
Angelo R. Cataldo November 12, 1917
Robert A. Cerasoli July 12, 1947
Rudy Chmura March 21, 1932
Steve T. Chmura March 29, 1928
John F. Coffey February 7, 1918
Gerald M. Cohen February 22, 1934
Lincoln P. Cole Jr. September 18, 1918
Andrew Collaro March 21, 1910
James G. Collins August 2, 1946
H. Thomas Colo December 27, 1929
William Augustine Connell Jr. November 17, 1922
Edward W. Connelly August 2, 1919
Michael J. Connolly April 20, 1947
James S. Conway July 4, 1930
John Sydney Conway August 19, 1927
Francis X. Coppinger March 12, 1935
Leo R. Corazzini February 17, 1930
Genevra R. Counihan December 15, 1925
Edward P. Coury October 19, 1927
Gilbert W. Cox Jr. February 28, 1933
James J. Craven Jr. March 24, 1919
Michael C. Creedon November 3, 1946
Thomas E. Creighton February 1, 1922
Sidney Curtiss September 4, 1917
John F. Cusack October 5, 1937
Michael John Daly July 18, 1940
Alan Paul Danovitch September 17, 1940
William D. Delahunt
Richard H. Demers January 19, 1928
Arthur Leo Desrocher January 25, 1930
Edward M. Dickson March 12, 1912
Brian J. Donnelly March 2, 1946
Robert F. Donovan September 13, 1936
Francis D. Doris 1931
John R. Driscoll May 9, 1924
Dennis J. Duffin November 24, 1930
Richard J. Dwinell August 5, 1917
Edward J. Early Jr. July 23, 1931
Charles F. Engdahl July 3, 1921
Thomas Francis Fallon December 4, 1929
Mary Fantasia October 1, 1919
John F. Farland May 14, 1940
Michael Paul Feeney March 26, 1907
Philip Frank Filosa July 6, 1948
John J. Finnegan July 21, 1938
Richard F. Finnigan September 27, 1936
Kevin W. Fitzgerald 1950
Charles Flaherty (politician) October 13, 1938
Michael F. Flaherty Sr. September 6, 1936
Raymond Flynn July 22, 1939
Bernard D. Flynn April 11, 1945
Peter Y. Flynn 1940
William J. Flynn Jr. 1933
Robert I. Fortes
Barney Frank March 31, 1940
Bruce N. Freeman March 4, 1921
James J. Gaffney III December 20, 1942
Anthony Michael Gallugi May 16, 1948
Edward F. Galotti May 11, 1925
William F. Galvin September 17, 1950
Ann Gannett November 7, 1916
Joseph Garczynski Jr. February 14, 1927
Donald R. Gaudette December 16, 1926
Robert W. Gillette September 1, 1934
Mary Goode July 2, 1927
Paul M. Goulston August 1, 1932
Barbara Gray October 11, 1926
Henry Grenier December 9, 1924
James L. Grimaldi May 3, 1911
Gerard A. Guilmette October 22, 1911
Edward D. Harrington Jr. August 11, 1921
Peter F. Harrington February 12, 1936
Norris W. Harris March 16, 1915
Francis W. Hatch Jr. May 6, 1925
Jonathan Healy October 10, 1945
Daniel J. Henderson
William Francis Hogan June 6, 1925
Iris Holland September 30, 1920
Marie Elizabeth Howe June 13, 1939
James P. Hurrell March 1, 1944
Philip W. Johnston July 21, 1944
Gary D. Jones
Raymond A. Jordan Jr. May 5, 1943
Daniel L. Joyce Jr. May 14, 1934
Dennis J. Kearney September 25, 1949
James A. Keefe Jr.
John G. Kelleher
Richard Kendall August 21, 1934
Robert B. Kennedy February 6, 1940
George Keverian June 3, 1931
Arthur M. Khoury February 5, 1940
John G. King (politician) November 30, 1942
Mel King October 20, 1928
William I. Kitterman July 19, 1928
Matthew J. Kuss December 5, 1915
Raymond M. LaFontaine May 18, 1927
Nickolas Lambros January 9, 1933
Richard E. Landry May 29, 1936
David Lane (Massachusetts politician) July 6, 1927
Donat J. Laplante August 12, 1913
Francis C. Lapointe January 13, 1939
Peter H. Lappin September 25, 1938
Michael E. McLaughlin October 27, 1945
Mark E. Lawton July 26, 1949
Edward LeLacheur June 1, 1925
Gerald P. Lombard January 4, 1916
Michael J. Lombardi May 27, 1917
Charles W. Long August 14, 1940
John J. Long December 10, 1927
Thomas D. Lopes September 7, 1942
Garreth J. Lynch March 13, 1943
Charles A. MacKenzie Jr. February 4, 1919
William Q. MacLean Jr. November 4, 1934
Thomas H. D. Mahoney November 4, 1913
M. Joseph Manning September 23, 1924
Donald J. Manning June 23, 1929
Robert Manzelli
Ed Markey July 11, 1946
Angelo Marotta October 16, 1937
Frank J. Matrango July 19, 1926
Anthony P. McBride August 28, 1932
Peter C. McCarthy September 8, 1941
Terrence P. McCarthy August 12, 1941
Peter L. McDowell
Thomas W. McGee May 24, 1924
Charles M. McGowan November 13, 1923
Richard J. McGrath
Richard M. McGrath April 4, 1931
Arthur James McKenna October 29, 1914
Robert D. McNeil December 16, 1930
Paul E. Means June 18, 1945
John F. Melia June 5, 1915
Elizabeth Metayer August 12, 1911
David J. Mofenson February 7, 1943
Paul F. X. Moriarty August 18, 1929
John E. Murphy Jr. April 3, 1943
William P. Nagle Jr. June 10, 1951
Andrew Natsios September 22, 1949
Joseph M. Navin May 19, 1946
Lou Nickinello September 8, 1940
Elaine Noble January 22, 1944
James R. Nolen April 17, 1933
Nils L. Nordberg November 6, 1934
Thomas C. Norton December 11, 1934
James Anthony O'Brien Jr. June 22, 1919
Henry J. O'Donnell March 13, 1940
James E. O'Leary April 7, 1933
O. Roland Orlandi March 25, 1936
Robert Owens October 7, 1946
Raymond S. Peck December 10, 1922
Robert M. Penta
Felix Perrault October 27, 1915
John B. Perry February 15, 1935
Robert G. Phelan March 19, 1933
William A. Pickett June 10, 1935
Angelo Picucci April 12, 1915
Ronald Anthony Pina August 11, 1944
Lois Pines August 16, 1940
Vincent J. Piro 1931
Daniel F. Pokaski June 26, 1949
Manuel Raposa Jr. May 13, 1915
Robert C. Reynolds November 6, 1934
William G. Robinson March 10, 1926
A. David Rodham November 26, 1938
Andrew J. Rogers Jr. May 6, 1944
Francis E. Rogers July 18, 1932
Richard A. Rogers July 8, 1930
Robert J. Rohan August 15, 1921
Maurice E. Ronayne Jr. November 16, 1917
Raymond F. Rourke October 10, 1917
J. Michael Ruane December 10, 1927
John Rucho November 22, 1922
Frederick Dello Russo December 14, 1943
Alfred E. Saggese Jr. November 21, 1946
Sherman Saltmarsh April 27, 1929
Angelo Scaccia September 29, 1942
Joseph Scelsi June 4, 1915
Anthony M. Scibelli October 16, 1911
James W. Segel June 29, 1945
Joseph J. Semensi March 6, 1923
Emanuel Serra June 12, 1945
William G. Shaughnessy July 10, 1918
C. Vincent Shea November 20, 1916
Philip L. Shea October 19, 1941
James A. Sheets June 3, 1935
Edward Shortell August 21, 1916
Richard R. Silva March 13, 1922
Thomas G. Simons January 21, 1942
James E. Smith September 3, 1946
George R. Sprague June 19, 1938
William A. Starzec October 14, 1918
Gregory W. Sullivan January 29, 1952
Karen Swanson January 15, 1954
David J. Swartz April 2, 1931
Robert S. Teahan March 1, 1921
John Joseph Toomey March 25, 1909
Theodore J. Trudeau January 22, 1916
Peter A. Velis October 8, 1942
Robert A. Vigneau November 4, 1920
Carlton M. Viveiros December 4, 1938
Max Volterra January 7, 1936
Henry A. Walker December 7, 1919
Norman S. Weinberg 1919
Bruce E. Wetherbee September 1, 1950
Robert D. Wetmore July 24, 1930
W. Paul White July 7, 1945
Thomas P. White August 27, 1950
Bernard Wilber
George L. Woods Jr. March 28, 1925
George Chester Young September 18, 1912
Bruce H. Zeiser

Images

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  • Map of 240 districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives apportioned in 1973
    Map of 240 districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives apportioned in 1973

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "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
  2. ^ "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
  3. ^ "Length of Legislative Sessions". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 348+.
  4. ^ "Organization of the Legislature Since 1780". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2005. p. 338+.
  5. ^ a b Edward B. O'Neill and Wallace C. Mills. 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
  6. ^ a b c d "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1975" (PDF), Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via State Library of Massachusetts

Further reading

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  • Election Statistics: The Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1974), Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1975, hdl:2452/43466
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