| 156th Massachusetts General Court | |
| Body: | General Court |
| Term End: | [1] |
| Before: | 155th |
| After: | 157th |
| Chamber1: | Senate |
| Membership1: | 40 |
| Control1: | 20-20 Republican/Democrat |
| Chamber1 Leader1 Type: | President |
| Chamber1 Leader1: | Chester A. Dolan Jr., Harris S. Richardson |
| Chamber2: | House |
| Membership2: | 240 |
| Control2: | Democrat |
| Chamber2 Leader1 Type: | Speaker |
| Chamber2 Leader1: | Thomas P. O'Neill |
The 156th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1949 and 1950 during the governorship of Paul A. Dever. Chester A. Dolan Jr. and Harris S. Richardson served as presidents of the Senate. Thomas P. O'Neill served as speaker of the House.[2]
In 1949, after 90 years of Republican control of the House, Democrats gained a majority. In 1950, the General Court passed a bill prohibiting racial discrimination or segregation in housing.[3]
| portrait | name | data-sort-type=date | date of birth | district |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philip Griggs Bowker | April 17, 1899 | |||
| Ralph Vester Clampit | March 28, 1896 | 1st Hampden | ||
| John W. Coddaire Jr. | ||||
| Michael H. Condron | ||||
| James J. Corbett | November 27, 1896 | |||
| Leslie Bradley Cutler | March 24, 1890 | |||
| Chester A. Dolan Jr. | September 20, 1907 | |||
| George Jelly Evans | February 4, 1909 | |||
| Michael A. Flanagan | February 21, 1890 | |||
| William Daniel Fleming | April 14, 1907 | |||
| Richard I. Furbush | January 4, 1904 | |||
| William C. Geary | ||||
| Joseph Francis Gibney | January 9, 1911 | |||
| Cornelius F. Haley | July 15, 1875 | |||
| Charles V. Hogan | April 12, 1897 | |||
| Newland H. Holmes | August 30, 1891 | |||
| Charles John Innes | June 1, 1901 | |||
| William Joseph Keenan | ||||
| Richard Henry Lee | December 20, 1901 | |||
| Ralph Lerche | August 19, 1899 | |||
| Michael LoPresti | June 25, 1908 | |||
| John D. Mackay | April 7, 1872 | |||
| Ralph Collins Mahar | January 4, 1912 | |||
| Harry P. McAllister | April 25, 1880 | |||
| Joseph A. Melley | March 1, 1902 | |||
| Charles Gardner Miles | December 2, 1879 | |||
| William E. Nolen | ||||
| Daniel Francis O'Brien | ||||
| Francis J. O'Neil | ||||
| Charles William Olson | August 24, 1889 | |||
| Edward C. Peirce | March 7, 1895 | |||
| Christopher H. Phillips | December 6, 1920 | |||
| John E. Powers | November 10, 1910 | |||
| Harris S. Richardson | January 10, 1887 | |||
| George W. Stanton | ||||
| Edward William Staves | May 9, 1887 | |||
| Edward C. Stone | June 29, 1878 | |||
| Charles I. Taylor | November 25, 1899 | |||
| William Emmet White | June 1, 1900 | |||
| Sumner G. Whittier | July 4, 1911 | |||
| portrait | name [4] | data-sort-type=date | date of birth | district |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Haskell Allen | October 12, 1877 | 7th Worcester | ||
| Richard James Allen | June 22, 1909 | |||
| Horace Thurber Aplington | ||||
| John A. Armstrong | June 12, 1901 | |||
| Charles J. Artesani | ||||
| John George Asiaf | June 30, 1900 | |||
| Joseph A. Aspero | ||||
| Josiah Babcock Jr. | May 21, 1880 | |||
| Everett Breed Bacheller | August 24, 1895 | |||
| Earle S. Bagley | January 20, 1905 | |||
| Cyrus Barnes | August 23, 1889 | |||
| Michael J. Batal | September 8, 1898 | |||
| James C. Bayley | October 28, 1908 | |||
| Raymond H. Beach | August 11, 1888 | |||
| Angelo Vincent Berlandi | ||||
| G. Leo Bessette | September 23, 1906 | |||
| Rodolphe G. Bessette | September 14, 1911 | |||
| Charles A. Bisbee Jr. | June 8, 1918 | |||
| Fred Arthur Blake | January 13, 1895 | |||
| Belden Bly | September 29, 1914 | |||
| Frank Edwin Boot | November 8, 1905 | |||
| Everett Murray Bowker | September 17, 1901 | |||
| Gerald Timothy Bowler | ||||
| Gordon Dickson Boynton | August 9, 1901 | |||
| Manassah E. Bradley | September 15, 1900 | |||
| Jeremiah Francis Brennan | ||||
| Daniel Joseph Bresnahan | September 30, 1888 | |||
| John Cornelius Bresnahan | November 14, 1919 | |||
| Clarence B. Brown | December 22, 1877 | |||
| Frank Eben Brown | January 14, 1890 | |||
| John D. Brown | January 30, 1900 | |||
| John Brox | November 16, 1910 | |||
| James J. Bruin | October 31, 1898 | |||
| James A. Burke (Massachusetts politician) | March 30, 1910 | |||
| Harland Burke | April 22, 1888 | |||
| Philip Courtland Burr | ||||
| Oscar Josiah Cahoon | April 29, 1912 | |||
| Colin James Cameron | August 24, 1879 | |||
| Eldridge Earl Campbell | ||||
| Harold Wilson Canavan | May 13, 1915 | |||
| William F. Carr | August 4, 1910 | |||
| Daniel Casey | May 7, 1890 | |||
| Francis X. Casey | ||||
| Michael Catino | February 21, 1904 | |||
| Harrison Chadwick | February 25, 1903 | |||
| Wendell Phillips Chamberlain | October 28, 1911 | |||
| Philip Aloysius Chapman | ||||
| Thomas Francis Coady Jr. | May 8, 1905 | |||
| John F. Collins | July 20, 1919 | 10th Suffolk | ||
| Dana S. Collins | ||||
| J. Everett Collins | April 27, 1894 | |||
| James Francis Condon | February 4, 1899 | |||
| Joseph T. Conley | ||||
| Louis Benedict Connors | ||||
| T. Edward Corbett | ||||
| Leo Joseph Cournoyer | December 11, 1905 | |||
| George Chauncey Cousens | September 20, 1905 | |||
| William A. Cowing | January 6, 1878 | |||
| James J. Craven, Jr. | March 24, 1919 | |||
| Walter A. Cuffe | January 29, 1898 | |||
| Joseph Henry Cullen | ||||
| John G. Curley | ||||
| Sidney Curtiss | September 4, 1917 | |||
| George Walter Dean | ||||
| Ernest DeRoy | July 13, 1889 | |||
| Edward DeSaulnier | January 8, 1921 | |||
| Cornelius Desmond | October 4, 1893 | |||
| Logan Rockwell Dickie | May 4, 1890 | |||
| Vincent B. Dignam | February 22, 1896 | |||
| William T. Dillon Jr. | ||||
| Edmund Dinis | October 4, 1924 | |||
| William P. Di Vitto | ||||
| Thomas J. Doherty | August 25, 1919 | |||
| Francis Clifton Dolan | ||||
| Maurice A. Donahue | September 12, 1918 | |||
| Edmond J. Donlan | December 19, 1899 | |||
| Anthony R. Doyle | August 8, 1895 | |||
| Charles D. Driscoll | June 18, 1888 | |||
| Henry M. Duggan | October 5, 1896 | |||
| Ernest W. Dullea | January 14, 1891 | |||
| Philip J. Durkin | October 21, 1903 | |||
| Thomas Edward Enright | August 1, 1881 | |||
| Andrew E. Faulkner | September 23, 1913 | |||
| Michael Paul Feeney | March 26, 1907 | |||
| Charles E. Ferguson | January 30, 1894 | |||
| John Charles Fiore | ||||
| Maurice Edward Fitzgerald | ||||
| Peter F. Fitzgerald | February 16, 1889 | |||
| John J. Fitzpatrick | ||||
| Norman Eugene Folsom | December 23, 1903 | |||
| Stephen L. French | March 9, 1892 | |||
| George Fuller | July 24, 1893 | |||
| Francis Thomas Gallagher | ||||
| John L. Gallant | ||||
| Peter B. Gay | July 13, 1915 | |||
| Charles Gibbons | July 21, 1901 | |||
| Frank S. Giles | June 15, 1915 | |||
| Avery W. Gilkerson | June 5, 1899 | |||
| Louis Harry Glaser | June 15, 1910 | |||
| William A. Glynn | ||||
| Hollis M. Gott | May 25, 1885 | |||
| Joseph Patrick Graham | August 22, 1902 | |||
| Thomas T. Gray | July 22, 1892 | |||
| George Greene | March 7, 1897 | |||
| Frederick C. Haigis | May 10, 1903 | |||
| Frederick Clement Hailer Jr. | ||||
| James Edward Hannon | ||||
| Francis Appleton Harding | 1908 | |||
| Fred C. Harrington | April 21, 1902 | |||
| William E. Hays | November 28, 1903 | |||
| Charles W. Hedges | March 27, 1901 | |||
| James Alan Hodder | ||||
| Charles F. Holman | June 21, 1892 | |||
| J. Philip Howard | February 16, 1907 | |||
| Richard Lester Hull | November 30, 1917 | |||
| Nathaniel M. Hurwitz | March 24, 1893 | |||
| Fred A. Hutchinson | April 5, 1881 | |||
| William Whittem Jenness | April 3, 1904 | |||
| Adolph Johnson | July 20, 1885 | |||
| Ernest A. Johnson | March 13, 1897 | |||
| Stanley Everett Johnson | October 4, 1911 | |||
| Allan Francis Jones | June 29, 1921 | |||
| Peter John Jordan | July 23, 1910 | |||
| Francis Xavier Joyce | ||||
| Charles Kaplan | September 26, 1895 | |||
| Clarence Karelitz | ||||
| Warren Charles Karner | ||||
| Henry E. Keenan | ||||
| Alfred B. Keith | November 26, 1893 | |||
| Francis Joseph Kelley | March 21, 1890 | |||
| Thomas E. Key | ||||
| Cornelius F. Kiernan | August 15, 1917 | |||
| Philip Kimball | June 6, 1918 | |||
| Bernard M. Lally | ||||
| Edmund Vincent Lane | August 31, 1893 | |||
| Joseph F. Leahy | ||||
| Francis W. Lindstrom | December 18, 1898 | |||
| Louis Lobel | August 10, 1911 | |||
| Gerald P. Lombard | January 4, 1916 | |||
| William Longworth | August 17, 1914 | |||
| Raymond Joseph Lord | ||||
| C. Gerald Lucey | September 8, 1913 | |||
| John F. Lynch | January 26, 1890 | |||
| John Pierce Lynch | April 19, 1924 | |||
| Arthur Ulton Mahan | June 18, 1900 | |||
| Vincent Ambrose Mannering | July 11, 1912 | |||
| Philip M. Markley | March 28, 1897 | |||
| George Francis Martin Jr. | ||||
| Michael J. McCarthy (politician) | October 23, 1890 | |||
| Frank D. McCarthy | ||||
| Paul Andrew McCarthy | December 23, 1902 | |||
| Joseph F. McEvoy Jr. | April 27, 1918 | |||
| Timothy J. McInerney | ||||
| Francis H. McNamara | ||||
| William E. McNamara | ||||
| Joseph A. Milano | April 8, 1883 | |||
| Sherman Miles | December 5, 1882 | |||
| Arthur William Milne | March 28, 1908 | |||
| Wilfred S. Mirsky | September 14, 1906 | |||
| Charles A. Mullaly Jr. | September 28, 1910 | |||
| Edward J. Mulligan | February 8, 1907 | |||
| Robert F. Murphy (politician) | January 24, 1899 | |||
| Cornelius Joseph Murray | August 19, 1890 | |||
| Harold Clinton Nagle | July 27, 1917 | |||
| Louis K. Nathanson | ||||
| James Anthony O'Brien | October 27, 1886 | |||
| William Thomas O'Brien | December 2, 1889 | |||
| John Henry O'Connor Jr. | December 9, 1917 | |||
| James O'Dea Jr. | August 25, 1922 | |||
| George Henry O'Farrell | November 15, 1910 | |||
| Louis F. O'Keefe | June 12, 1895 | |||
| Tip O'Neill | December 9, 1912 | |||
| John J. O'Rourke | June 26, 1916 | |||
| Frank B. Oliveira | ||||
| Harold A. Palmer | October 15, 1906 | |||
| Raymond P. Palmer | December 27, 1895 | |||
| Anthony Parenzo | ||||
| Eben Parsons | ||||
| Clark Brownson Partridge | August 26, 1878 | |||
| Charles Louis Patrone | March 17, 1914 | |||
| Antone Perreira | ||||
| Michael P. Pessolano | ||||
| Henry W. Pickford | ||||
| Gabriel Piemonte | January 28, 1909 | |||
| Patrick Francis Plunkett | March 21, 1917 | |||
| George William Porter | November 6, 1885 | |||
| Harvey Armand Pothier | September 6, 1901 | |||
| Meyer Pressman | February 11, 1907 | |||
| Harold Putnam (Massachusetts politician) | February 15, 1916 | |||
| Andrew P. Quigley | January 13, 1926 | |||
| Philip Andrew Quinn | February 21, 1910 | |||
| George E. Rawson | December 6, 1886 | |||
| Thomas Francis Reilly | August 12, 1903 | |||
| Hibbard Richter | April 12, 1899 | |||
| Joseph N. Roach | March 22, 1883 | |||
| Albert E. Roberts | November 22, 1875 | |||
| Daniel Rudsten | ||||
| Richard August Ruether | August 28, 1896 | |||
| Howard S. Russell | July 28, 1887 | |||
| Kendall Ainsworth Sanderson | ||||
| William Henry Sears Jr. | July 14, 1875 | |||
| A. John Serino | March 13, 1906 | |||
| John M. Shea | December 8, 1902 | |||
| Arthur Joseph Sheehan | March 16, 1897 | |||
| Robert T. Sisson | February 21, 1881 | |||
| Michael F. Skerry | January 3, 1909 | |||
| Charles J. Skladzien | ||||
| Roy C. Smith | January 28, 1890 | |||
| H. Edward Snow | April 25, 1914 | |||
| Margaret Spear | August 10, 1882 | |||
| Jeremiah Joseph Sullivan | March 9, 1905 | |||
| Ralph Warren Sullivan | ||||
| William F. Sullivan | August 26, 1905 | |||
| Joseph A. Sylvia Jr. | September 16, 1903 | |||
| Edmond Talbot Jr. | June 1, 1898 | |||
| Clarence F. Telford | ||||
| John F. Thompson (politician) | May 20, 1920 | |||
| Nathaniel Tilden | November 3, 1903 | |||
| Robert Xavier Tivnan | June 9, 1924 | |||
| Harold Tompkins | August 23, 1887 | |||
| John Joseph Toomey | March 25, 1909 | |||
| James Joseph Twohig Jr. | May 2, 1908 | |||
| Earle Stanley Tyler | December 18, 1896 | |||
| Mario Umana | May 5, 1914 | |||
| Theodore Jack Vaitses | May 8, 1901 | |||
| John W. Vaughan | March 20, 1878 | |||
| William X. Wall | July 1, 1904 | |||
| Joseph Francis Walsh | February 9, 1907 | |||
| Joseph D. Ward | March 26, 1914 | |||
| John Cummings Webster Jr. | ||||
| Norman F. Wellen | ||||
| Malcolm Stuart White | ||||
| Howard J. Whitmore Jr. | May 9, 1905 | |||
| John S. Whittemore | ||||
| Henry D. Winslow | September 24, 1910 | |||
| Stanislaus George Wondolowski | August 20, 1909 | |||
| Albert E. Wood | ||||
| Lawrence Theodore Woolfenden | ||||
| Alton Hamilton Worrall | April 20, 1893 | |||
| Arthur Eaton Young | ||||