| 157th Massachusetts General Court | |
| Body: | General Court |
| Election: | November 7, 1950 |
| Session2 End: | + 6-day extra session[1] |
| Before: | 156th |
| After: | 158th |
| Chamber1: | Senate |
| Membership1: | 40 |
| Control1: | Republican |
| Chamber1 Leader1 Type: | President |
| Chamber1 Leader1: | Richard I. Furbush (5th Middlesex) |
| Chamber2: | House |
| Membership2: | 240 |
| Control2: | Democrat |
| Chamber2 Leader1 Type: | Speaker |
| Chamber2 Leader1: | Tip O'Neill (3rd Middlesex) |
The 157th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1951 and 1952 during the governorship of Paul A. Dever. Richard I. Furbush served as president of the Senate and Tip O'Neill served as speaker of the House.[2]
| portrait | name | data-sort-type=date | date of birth | district |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Achin | 1st Middlesex | |||
| Philip Griggs Bowker | April 17, 1899 | |||
| Robert Patterson Campbell | December 20, 1887 | |||
| Ralph Vester Clampit | March 28, 1896 | |||
| John W. Coddaire Jr. | ||||
| John F. Collins | July 20, 1919 | |||
| Silvio O. Conte | November 9, 1921 | |||
| James J. Corbett | November 27, 1896 | |||
| Leslie Bradley Cutler | March 24, 1890 | |||
| Maurice A. Donahue | September 12, 1918 | |||
| George Jelly Evans | February 4, 1909 | |||
| Michael A. Flanagan | February 21, 1890 | |||
| William Daniel Fleming | April 14, 1907 | |||
| Richard I. Furbush | January 4, 1904 | |||
| Joseph Francis Gibney | January 9, 1911 | |||
| Philip A. Graham | May 21, 1910 | |||
| Charles W. Hedges | March 27, 1901 | |||
| 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 | |||
| Ralph Collins Mahar | January 4, 1912 | |||
| Harry P. McAllister | April 25, 1880 | |||
| Charles Gardner Miles | December 2, 1879 | |||
| 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 | |||
| Andrew P. Quigley | January 13, 1926 | |||
| 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 [3] | data-sort-type=date | date of birth | district |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Haskell Allen | October 12, 1877 | 7th Worcester | ||
| Richard James Allen | June 22, 1909 | |||
| Charles H. Anthony | July 6, 1893 | |||
| John A. Armstrong | June 12, 1901 | |||
| Charles J. Artesani | ||||
| John George Asiaf | June 30, 1900 | |||
| Joseph A. Aspero | ||||
| Francis Richard Atkinson | ||||
| John Robert Ayers | February 18, 1911 | |||
| Josiah Babcock Jr. | May 21, 1880 | |||
| Everett Breed Bacheller | August 24, 1895 | |||
| Earle S. Bagley | January 20, 1905 | |||
| Clifton H. Baker | November 28, 1878 | |||
| Cyrus Barnes | August 23, 1889 | |||
| Michael J. Batal | September 8, 1898 | |||
| James C. Bayley | October 28, 1908 | |||
| Raymond H. Beach | August 11, 1888 | |||
| John Joseph Beades | June 8, 1916 | |||
| G. Leo Bessette | September 23, 1906 | |||
| Charles A. Bisbee Jr. | June 8, 1918 | |||
| Fred Arthur Blake | January 13, 1895 | |||
| Belden Bly | September 29, 1914 | |||
| Frank Edwin Boot | November 8, 1905 | |||
| Samuel Joseph Boudreau | ||||
| Everett Murray Bowker | September 17, 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 Brox | November 16, 1910 | |||
| Walter D. Bryan | ||||
| James A. Burke (Massachusetts politician) | March 30, 1910 | |||
| Harland Burke | April 22, 1888 | |||
| Oscar Josiah Cahoon | April 29, 1912 | |||
| Eldridge Earl Campbell | ||||
| Harold Wilson Canavan | May 13, 1915 | |||
| Richard Caples | December 23, 1921 | |||
| William F. Carr | August 4, 1910 | |||
| Michael Joseph Carroll | June 21, 1891 | |||
| Francis X. Casey | ||||
| Michael Catino | February 21, 1904 | |||
| Harrison Chadwick | February 25, 1903 | |||
| Philip Aloysius Chapman | ||||
| Stephen T. Chmura | August 25, 1916 | |||
| Thomas Francis Coady Jr. | May 8, 1905 | |||
| J. Everett Collins | April 27, 1894 | |||
| Harry Coltun | ||||
| James Francis Condon | February 4, 1899 | |||
| Joseph T. Conley | ||||
| William P. Constantino | August 19, 1911 | |||
| John W. Costello | April 20, 1927 | |||
| Leo Joseph Cournoyer | December 11, 1905 | |||
| William A. Cowing | January 6, 1878 | |||
| Vincent Francis Cronin | ||||
| Walter A. Cuffe | January 29, 1898 | |||
| John G. Curley | ||||
| Sidney Curtiss | September 4, 1917 | |||
| John A. Davis | May 9, 1912 | |||
| George Walter Dean | ||||
| Ernest DeRoy | July 13, 1889 | |||
| Edward DeSaulnier | January 8, 1921 | |||
| Cornelius Desmond | October 4, 1893 | |||
| Theophile Jean DesRoches | June 27, 1902 | |||
| William P. Di Vitto | ||||
| Thomas J. Doherty | August 25, 1919 | |||
| James R. Doncaster | January 28, 1919 | |||
| Edmond J. Donlan | December 19, 1899 | |||
| Allison Rice Dorman | December 1, 1879 | |||
| Charles D. Driscoll | June 18, 1888 | |||
| Henry M. Duggan | October 5, 1896 | |||
| Philip J. Durkin | October 21, 1903 | |||
| John Joseph Dwyer | ||||
| Thomas Edward Enright | August 1, 1881 | |||
| C. Eugene Farnam | December 31, 1916 | |||
| Thomas F. Farrell | October 10, 1897 | |||
| Michael Paul Feeney | March 26, 1907 | |||
| Charles E. Ferguson | January 30, 1894 | |||
| Maurice Edward Fitzgerald | ||||
| Peter F. Fitzgerald | February 16, 1889 | |||
| Thomas M. Flaherty | September 6, 1903 | |||
| Stephen L. French | March 9, 1892 | |||
| Francis Thomas Gallagher | ||||
| John L. Gallant | ||||
| Peter B. Gay | July 13, 1915 | |||
| Charles Gibbons | July 21, 1901 | |||
| Frank S. Giles | June 15, 1915 | |||
| Louis Harry Glaser | June 15, 1910 | |||
| William A. Glynn | ||||
| Francis John Good | ||||
| Edwin Daniel Gorman | November 19, 1912 | |||
| Hollis M. Gott | May 25, 1885 | |||
| Joseph Patrick Graham | August 22, 1902 | |||
| Thomas T. Gray | July 22, 1892 | |||
| George Greene | March 7, 1897 | |||
| Frederick Clement Hailer Jr. | ||||
| James Edward Hannon | ||||
| Francis Appleton Harding | 1908 | |||
| Fred C. Harrington | April 21, 1902 | |||
| William E. Hays | November 28, 1903 | |||
| Christian A. Herter Jr. | January 29, 1919 | |||
| Albert Fairbanks Higgins | ||||
| James Alan Hodder | ||||
| Isaac Alexander Hodgen | March 28, 1907 | |||
| Olaf Hoff Jr. | January 11, 1892 | |||
| Charles F. Holman | June 21, 1892 | |||
| J. Philip Howard | February 16, 1907 | |||
| Richard Lester Hull | November 30, 1917 | |||
| Walter Forbes Hurlburt | February 18, 1917 | |||
| Nathaniel M. Hurwitz | March 24, 1893 | |||
| Fred A. Hutchinson | April 5, 1881 | |||
| Christopher A. Iannella | May 29, 1913 | |||
| Charles Iannello | April 25, 1906 | |||
| Herbert L. Jackson | ||||
| 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 | |||
| Francis Xavier Joyce | ||||
| Abraham Herbert Kahalas | ||||
| Charles Kaplan | September 26, 1895 | |||
| Henry E. Keenan | ||||
| William Francis Keenan | January 8, 1921 | |||
| Alfred B. Keith | November 26, 1893 | |||
| Charles T. Kelleher | July 26, 1912 | |||
| Edward L. Kerr | March 6, 1909 | |||
| Thomas E. Key | ||||
| Cornelius F. Kiernan | August 15, 1917 | |||
| Philip Kimball | June 6, 1918 | |||
| William Walter Kirlin | May 13, 1897 | |||
| Thomas Edward Kitchen | December 16, 1924 | |||
| Bernard M. Lally | ||||
| Edmund Vincent Lane | August 31, 1893 | |||
| Joseph F. Leahy | ||||
| Carter Lee | July 3, 1907 | |||
| Francis W. Lindstrom | December 18, 1898 | |||
| Gerald P. Lombard | January 4, 1916 | |||
| William Longworth | August 17, 1914 | |||
| Raymond Joseph Lord | ||||
| C. Gerald Lucey | September 8, 1913 | |||
| John Pierce Lynch | April 19, 1924 | |||
| Arthur Ulton Mahan | June 18, 1900 | |||
| Charles Sumner Marston 3d | June 16, 1921 | |||
| 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 | 10th Suffolk | |||
| Francis H. McNamara | ||||
| Augustus Gardner Means | June 8, 1925 | |||
| Joseph A. Milano | April 8, 1883 | |||
| Sherman Miles | December 5, 1882 | |||
| Arthur William Milne | March 28, 1908 | |||
| Wilfred S. Mirsky | September 14, 1906 | |||
| William Dix Morton Jr. | November 5, 1904 | |||
| Charles A. Mullaly Jr. | September 28, 1910 | |||
| Robert F. Murphy (politician) | January 24, 1899 | |||
| John E. Murphy | February 13, 1900 | |||
| 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 | |||
| David J. O%27Connor | November 9, 1924 | 10th Suffolk | ||
| John Henry O'Connor Jr. | December 9, 1917 | |||
| James O'Dea Jr. | August 25, 1922 | |||
| Tip O%27Neill | 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 | ||||
| Charles Louis Patrone | March 17, 1914 | |||
| Antone Perreira | ||||
| Michael P. Pessolano | ||||
| 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 | |||
| Philip Andrew Quinn | February 21, 1910 | |||
| William I. Randall | September 13, 1915 | |||
| 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 | |||
| William H. J. Rowan | June 21, 1879 | |||
| Richard August Ruether | August 28, 1896 | |||
| Howard S. Russell | July 28, 1887 | |||
| Kendall Ainsworth Sanderson | ||||
| Joseph Douglas Saulnier | April 14, 1906 | |||
| Anthony M. Scibelli | October 16, 1911 | |||
| Edwin Andrews Seibel | ||||
| John M. Shea | December 8, 1902 | |||
| Arthur Joseph Sheehan | March 16, 1897 | |||
| Michael F. Skerry | January 3, 1909 | |||
| Charles J. Skladzien | ||||
| Fletcher Smith Jr. | May 20, 1918 | |||
| Roy C. Smith | January 28, 1890 | |||
| H. Edward Snow | April 25, 1914 | |||
| Thomas H. Spurr Jr. | ||||
| Walter J. Sullivan | March 2, 1923 | |||
| Jeremiah Joseph Sullivan | March 9, 1905 | |||
| William F. Sullivan | August 26, 1905 | |||
| Joseph A. Sylvia Jr. | September 16, 1903 | |||
| Walter Frank Szetela | ||||
| Frank Daniel Tanner | February 3, 1888 | |||
| Clarence F. Telford | ||||
| Irene Thresher | July 6, 1900 | |||
| Robert Xavier Tivnan | June 9, 1924 | |||
| John Joseph Toomey | March 25, 1909 | |||
| Philip Anthony Tracy | 10th Suffolk | |||
| Earle Stanley Tyler | December 18, 1896 | |||
| John Taylor Tynan | June 7, 1920 | |||
| Mario Umana | May 5, 1914 | |||
| Theodore Jack Vaitses | May 8, 1901 | |||
| William X. Wall | July 1, 1904 | |||
| Joseph Francis Walsh | February 9, 1907 | |||
| Joseph D. Ward | March 26, 1914 | |||
| Martha Ware | October 6, 1917 | |||
| Malcolm Stuart White | ||||
| Richard James White Jr. | April 14, 1890 | |||
| Howard J. Whitmore Jr. | May 9, 1905 | |||
| Philip F. Whitmore | September 10, 1892 | |||
| David B. Williams (politician) | January 7, 1919 | |||
| Stanislaus George Wondolowski | August 20, 1909 | |||
| Albert E. Wood | ||||
| Alton Hamilton Worrall | April 20, 1893 | |||
| Arthur Eaton Young | ||||