1957–1958 Massachusetts legislature explained

160th
Massachusetts General Court
Body:General Court
Term End: [1]
Before:159th
After:161st
Chamber1:Senate
Membership1:40
Control1:Republican
Chamber1 Leader1 Type:President
Chamber1 Leader1:Newland H. Holmes
Chamber2:House
Membership2:240
Control2:Democrat
Chamber2 Leader1 Type:Speaker
Chamber2 Leader1:John F. Thompson

The 160th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1957 and 1958 during the governorship of Foster Furcolo. Newland H. Holmes served as president of the Senate and John F. Thompson served as speaker of the House.[2]

Senators

portraitname data-sort-type=date date of birth district
John Joseph BeadesJune 8, 19167th Suffolk
Paul H. BenoitJanuary 5, 1916
Philip Griggs BowkerApril 17, 1899
Otto F. BurkhardtJanuary 17, 1902
Harold Wilson CanavanMay 13, 1915
Silvio O. ConteNovember 9, 1921
James J. CorbettNovember 27, 1896
Leslie Bradley CutlerMarch 24, 1890
Edward DeSaulnierJanuary 8, 1921
Maurice A. DonahueSeptember 12, 1918
Charles E. FergusonJanuary 30, 1894
William Daniel FlemingApril 14, 1907
Mary L. FonsecaMarch 30, 1915
A. Frank FosterFebruary 8, 1910
Donald Linwood GibbsAugust 7, 1904
Joseph Francis GibneyJanuary 9, 1911
Philip A. GrahamMay 21, 1910
William E. HaysNovember 28, 1903
Charles W. HedgesMarch 27, 1901
James W. Hennigan Jr.March 27, 1927
Charles V. HoganApril 12, 1897
Newland H. HolmesAugust 30, 1891
Warren Sherman KeithJune 12, 1892
Harold R. LundgrenMay 22, 1894
Ralph Collins MaharJanuary 4, 1912
Charles Sumner Marston 3dJune 16, 1921
Francis X. McCannSeptember 2, 1912
Frederick T. McDermottNovember 20, 1906
Arthur Joseph MullenJuly 20, 1922
Charles William OlsonAugust 24, 1889
John Francis ParkerMay 29, 1907
John E. PowersNovember 10, 1910
Elizabeth StantonMay 27, 1909
Edward C. StoneJune 29, 1878
Herbert TuckermanMay 2, 1921
Mario UmanaMay 5, 1914
William X. WallJuly 1, 1904
John YerxaApril 23, 1904
Stanley John ZarodApril 11, 1920

Representatives

portraitname data-sort-type=date date of birth district
Harry Benjamin AlbroJanuary 21, 18872nd Barnstable
Leonard H. AmorosoFebruary 14, 1897
Walter T. AndersonJanuary 6, 1891
Charles H. AnthonyJuly 6, 1893
Ernest W. AprilJanuary 15, 1915
John A. ArmstrongJune 12, 1901
Charles J. Artesani
John George AsiafJune 30, 1900
John Robert AyersFebruary 18, 1911
Clifton H. BakerNovember 28, 1878
Fred A. BaumeisterSeptember 24, 1892
James C. BayleyOctober 28, 1908
Raymond H. BeachAugust 11, 1888
Rene R. BernardinJuly 24, 1910
Charles A. Bisbee Jr.June 8, 1918
Vinson BlanchardAugust 1, 1916
Carlton H. BlissAugust 7, 1900
Belden BlySeptember 29, 1914
Frank Edwin BootNovember 8, 1905
Gordon Dickson BoyntonAugust 9, 1901
Malcolm Blanchard BoyntonNovember 13, 1894
G. Edward BradleyOctober 21, 1906
Rene A. BrassardAugust 5, 1917
John Cornelius BresnahanNovember 14, 1919
John D. BrownJanuary 30, 1900
John BroxNovember 16, 1910
John Patrick Buckley1906
Gardner E. CampbellNovember 22, 1886
John J. CampbellAugust 26, 1922
Michael Herbert CantwellMay 2, 1905
Richard CaplesDecember 23, 1921
Charles W. CapraroNovember 2, 1920
Michael Joseph CarrollJune 21, 1891
Ralph W. Cartwright Jr.October 5, 1920
William J. Casey (Massachusetts politician)June 27, 1905
Michael CatinoFebruary 21, 1904
John Joseph CavanaughDecember 16, 1921
Alexander J. CellaMarch 1, 1929
Harrison ChadwickFebruary 25, 1903
Wendell Phillips ChamberlainOctober 28, 1911
Amelio Della ChiesaJuly 31, 1901
Stephen T. ChmuraAugust 25, 1916
Thomas Francis Coady Jr.May 8, 1905
Anthony M. ColonnaMay 2, 1916
George Raymand ComoJuly 3, 1912
James Francis CondonFebruary 4, 1899
Lloyd E. ConnNovember 26, 1904
William Augustine Connell, JrNovember 17, 1922
Gilbert M. CoroaJanuary 13, 1925
John W. CostelloApril 20, 1927
Leo Joseph CournoyerDecember 11, 1905
William A. CowingJanuary 6, 1878
Russell H. CraigFebruary 4, 1924
Robert P. CramerOctober 22, 1916
Robert Q. CraneMarch 21, 1926
James J. Craven, Jr.March 24, 1919
Wallace Boyd CrawfordNovember 19, 1908
John J. CroninAugust 1, 1910
Sidney CurtissSeptember 4, 1917
John A. DavisMay 9, 1912
John DavorenJuly 27, 1915
James DeNormandieNovember 10, 1907
Domenic Victor DePariOctober 27, 1910
Wilfred Adolphus DerosierMarch 2, 1908
Cornelius DesmondOctober 4, 1893
Theophile Jean DesRochesJune 27, 1902
Gerard F. DohertyApril 6, 1928
Thomas J. DohertyAugust 25, 1919
John F. DolanSeptember 7, 1922
Richard T. DolanJanuary 4, 1924
James R. DoncasterJanuary 28, 1919
Edmond J. DonlanDecember 19, 1899
Harold Lawrence DowerSeptember 16, 1908
Charles Robert DoyleSeptember 24, 1925
John T. DriscollOctober 26, 1925
Charles E. Luke DriscollOctober 1, 1909
Philip J. DurkinOctober 21, 1903
John Marshall Eaton Jr.March 26, 1918
Thomas Edward EnrightAugust 1, 1881
Manuel FariaMarch 7, 1906
Thomas F. FarrellOctober 10, 1897
Lawrence F. FeloneySeptember 11, 1921
William H. FinneganMarch 29, 1926
Vernon R. FletcherFebruary 8, 1924
Jeremiah J. FoleyOctober 28, 1915
Stephen L. FrenchMarch 9, 1892
Peter B. GayJuly 13, 1915
Frank S. GilesJune 15, 1915
Louis Harry GlaserJune 15, 1910
Edwin Daniel GormanNovember 19, 1912
Hollis M. GottMay 25, 1885
Thomas T. GrayJuly 22, 1892
George GreeneMarch 7, 1897
Edward D. Harrington Jr.August 11, 1921
Arthur Graham HeaneyJuly 7, 1908
Francis J. Hickey, Jr.March 7, 1928
George W. HillSeptember 15, 1888
Isaac Alexander HodgenMarch 28, 1907
Herbert B. HollisSeptember 10, 1899
Charles F. HolmanJune 21, 1892
J. Philip HowardFebruary 16, 1907
Richard Lester HullNovember 30, 1917
Walter Forbes HurlburtFebruary 18, 1917
Christopher A. IannellaMay 29, 1913
John Peter IvascynOctober 19, 1909
William Whittem JennessApril 3, 1904
Adolph JohnsonJuly 20, 1885
Ernest A. JohnsonMarch 13, 1897
Stanley Everett JohnsonOctober 4, 1911
Allan Francis JonesJune 29, 1921
Abraham Herbert Kahalas
Sumner Z. KaplanFebruary 3, 1920
William Francis KeenanJanuary 8, 1921
James H. KellyOctober 15, 1919
Archibald E. KenefickNovember 4, 1896
George V. Kenneally Jr.December 29, 1929
John P. KennedyFebruary 24, 1918
Edward L. KerrMarch 6, 1909
Cornelius F. KiernanAugust 15, 1917
Philip KimballJune 6, 1918
William James KingstonOctober 17, 1909
Thomas Edward KitchenDecember 16, 1924
Freyda KoplowOctober 26, 1907
Walter KostanskiDecember 10, 1923
Edmund Vincent LaneAugust 31, 1893
John Joseph LawlessJuly 15, 1912
James R. LawtonOctober 20, 1925
Carter LeeJuly 3, 1907
Frank F. LemosJanuary 6, 1901
Peter John LevantiMarch 19, 1903
Francis W. LindstromDecember 18, 1898
John Joseph LinehanMarch 26, 1933
Gerald P. LombardJanuary 4, 1916
John J. LongDecember 10, 1927
William LongworthAugust 17, 1914
J. Robert MahanDecember 14, 1903
William E. MaloneyJune 5, 1904
Francis Joseph MarrOctober 10, 1927
Rico MateraJune 21, 1917
Joseph F. McEvoy Jr.April 27, 1918
Manuel Victor MedeirosMarch 15, 1908
Wilfred S. MirskySeptember 14, 1906
Joe MoakleyApril 27, 1927
Robert Francis MooneyFebruary 16, 1931
William Dix Morton Jr.November 5, 1904
Charles A. Mullaly Jr.September 28, 1910
John E. MurphyFebruary 13, 1900
Bessie MurrayFebruary 27, 1901
Cornelius Joseph MurrayAugust 19, 1890
Harold Clinton NagleJuly 27, 1917
John J. NavinSeptember 9, 1915
Thomas M. NewthMarch 15, 1911
Leo James NormandinDecember 14, 1922
William F. NourseSeptember 12, 1922
Walter Wilson O'BrienOctober 14, 1910
David J. O%27ConnorNovember 9, 1924
Thomas J. O%27ConnorJuly 27, 1925
George Henry O'FarrellNovember 15, 1910
Joseph Michael O'LoughlinNovember 26, 1914
George J. O%27Shea Jr.January 5, 1929
Daniel Matthew O'SullivanAugust 17, 1921
Frank B. Oliveira
William F. OtisOctober 12, 1903
Harold A. PalmerOctober 15, 1906
Charles Louis PatroneMarch 17, 1914
Charles W. PattersonJanuary 30, 1917
Theodore Clark PerkinsJanuary 7, 1915
Patrick Francis PlunkettMarch 21, 1917
Michael A. PorrazzoJune 2, 1913
George William PorterNovember 6, 1885
Harvey Armand PothierSeptember 6, 1901
Meyer PressmanFebruary 11, 1907
Robert H. QuinnJanuary 30, 1928
Philip Andrew QuinnFebruary 21, 1910
William I. RandallSeptember 13, 1915
George E. RawsonDecember 6, 1886
Leo Joseph ReynoldsFebruary 29, 1920
Frank G. RicoJune 2, 1912
Daniel H. RiderJuly 15, 1912
John E. Riley
Harold Rosen (politician)1906
Nathan RosenfeldJanuary 31, 1906
William H. J. RowanJune 21, 1879
Harry Della RussoMay 26, 1907
Roger A. SalaAugust 8, 1893
Joseph Douglas SaulnierApril 14, 1906
Anthony M. ScibelliOctober 16, 1911
John Ralph Sennott Jr.April 22, 1910
John Ellsworth SheldonAugust 17, 1909
Joseph SilvanoMarch 1, 1909
Michael John SimonelliMay 9, 1913
Michael F. SkerryJanuary 3, 1909
Fletcher Smith Jr.May 20, 1918
George T. SmithMarch 18, 1888
Leo SontagAugust 16, 1922
Anthony William SpadaforaOctober 20, 1924
George William SpartichinoJune 11, 1924
George I. SpatcherFebruary 2, 1902
C. Clifford StoneAugust 20, 1897
William Christopher SullivanOctober 13, 1924
Joseph A. SylviaAugust 19, 1892
Joseph A. Sylvia Jr.September 16, 1903
Alvin C. TamkinJune 19, 1924
Armand N. TancratiMay 3, 1914
Frank Daniel TannerFebruary 3, 1888
Edna TelfordFebruary 28, 1899
John F. Thompson (politician)May 20, 1920
George Hawley ThompsonJune 8, 1917
Irene ThresherJuly 6, 1900
Nathaniel TildenNovember 3, 1903
Robert Xavier TivnanJune 9, 1924
John Joseph ToomeyMarch 25, 1909
Henry Andrews TurnerMarch 22, 1887
Warren A. TurnerJanuary 25, 1905
Earle Stanley TylerDecember 18, 1896
John Taylor TynanJune 7, 1920
Theodore Jack VaitsesMay 8, 1901
Alfred R. VokeFebruary 12, 1919
Joseph Francis WalshFebruary 9, 1907
Martin H. WalshJuly 31, 1916
Barclay H. Warburton IIIFebruary 5, 1922
Chester H. WaterousNovember 18, 1905
Norman S. Weinberg1919
Benjamin Horace WhiteApril 11, 1902
Philip F. WhitmoreSeptember 10, 1892
John W. WhittemoreJanuary 30, 1906
Clarence WilkinsonSeptember 26, 1910
Charles E. WilkinsonDecember 26, 1883
Arthur WilliamsDecember 14, 1915
Joseph WisniowskiMarch 1, 1918
Thomas Casmere WojtkowskiSeptember 18, 1926
Stanislaus George WondolowskiAugust 20, 1909
Alton Hamilton WorrallApril 20, 1893
Albert H. ZabriskieDecember 7, 1917
Paul G. ZolloAugust 26, 1904

See also

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Book: https://archive.org/details/manualforuseofge00mass2/page/348/mode/1up . 2009 . Boston . Commonwealth of Massachusetts . Manual for the Use of the General Court . Length of Legislative Sessions . 348+ .
  2. Book: 1957–1958 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . Boston . .