1963–1964 Massachusetts legislature explained

163rd
Massachusetts General Court
Body:General Court
Term End: [1]
Before:162nd
After:164th
Chamber1:Senate
Membership1:40
Control1:Democrat
Chamber1 Leader1 Type:President
Chamber1 Leader1:John E. Powers
Chamber1 Leader2 Type:Majority Leader
Chamber1 Leader2:Maurice A. Donahue
Chamber1 Leader3 Type:Minority Leader
Chamber1 Leader3:Philip A. Graham
Chamber2:House
Membership2:240
Control2:Democrat
Chamber2 Leader1 Type:Speaker
Chamber2 Leader1:John F. Thompson
Chamber2 Leader2 Type:Majority Leader
Chamber2 Leader2:John Davoren
Chamber2 Leader3 Type:Majority Whip
Chamber2 Leader3:Robert H. Quinn
Chamber2 Leader4 Type:Minority Leader
Chamber2 Leader5:Sidney Curtiss
Chamber2 Leader5 Type:Minority Leader
Chamber2 Leader6:Alfred R. Shrigley
Chamber2 Leader6 Type:Minority Whip

The 163rd Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1963 and 1964 during the governorship of Endicott Peabody. John E. Powers served as president of the Senate and John F. Thompson served as speaker of the House.[2]

On May 9, 1964, a special grand jury indicted House speaker Thompson on 29 counts of bribery. On June 16, 1964, the General Court passed the bill establishing the University of Massachusetts Boston co-sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Maurice A. Donahue, Senator George V. Kenneally Jr., and House Majority Whip Robert H. Quinn along with a $200,000 appropriation.[3]

Senators

portraitname data-sort-type=date date of birth district
Oliver F. AmesDecember 13, 192023rd Middlesex
Paul H. BenoitJanuary 5, 1916
Charles A. Bisbee Jr.June 8, 1918
James F. BurkeSeptember 7, 1914
John J. ConteMay 3, 1930
Leslie Bradley CutlerMarch 24, 1890
Maurice A. DonahueSeptember 12, 19182nd Hampden
William Daniel FlemingApril 14, 1907
Mary L. FonsecaMarch 30, 1915
A. Frank FosterFebruary 8, 1910
Michael J. GalvinSeptember 7, 1907
Joseph Francis GibneyJanuary 9, 1911
Philip A. GrahamMay 21, 19103rd Essex
George D. HammondOctober 29, 1906
John Edward Harrington Jr.July 30, 1930
Kevin B. HarringtonJanuary 9, 1929
William E. HaysNovember 28, 1903
James W. Hennigan Jr.March 27, 1927
Charles V. HoganApril 12, 1897
Newland H. HolmesAugust 30, 1891
Allan Francis JonesJune 29, 1921
George V. Kenneally Jr.December 29, 1929
Fred I. LamsonDecember 11, 1910
James J. LongNovember 15, 1913
Francis X. McCannSeptember 2, 1912
James S. McCormack
Denis L. MckennaAugust 14, 1922
Charles William OlsonAugust 24, 1889
John Francis ParkerMay 29, 1907
Philibert L. PellegriniSeptember 4, 1918
John E. PowersNovember 10, 19104th Suffolk
James Paul RurakNovember 9, 1911
Harry Della RussoMay 26, 1907
Antone L. Silva
Edmund R. St. John Jr.April 28, 1920
George A. Sullivan Jr.
Mario UmanaMay 5, 1914
William X. WallJuly 1, 1904
Joseph D. WardMarch 26, 1914
Stanley John ZarodApril 11, 1920

Representatives

portraitname data-sort-type=date date of birth district
Walter T. AndersonJanuary 6, 189123rd Middlesex
Julius AnselApril 27, 1908
John A. ArmstrongJune 12, 1901
Peter George AsiafAugust 15, 1905
Normand J. BabineauJanuary 4, 1928
John Dowkontt BarrusAugust 19, 1924
David M. BartleyFebruary 9, 1935
Fred A. BaumeisterSeptember 24, 1892
Raymond H. BeachAugust 11, 1888
Roger L. BernasheSeptember 9, 1927
John T. BerryNovember 20, 1924
Francis BevilacquaAugust 12, 1923
Donald T. Bliss1937
Belden BlySeptember 29, 1914
Stanley Joseph BockoAugust 26, 1920
Robert Joseph BohigianJuly 24, 1922
Royal L. BollingJune 19, 1920
Gordon Dickson BoyntonAugust 9, 1901
G. Edward BradleyOctober 21, 1906
Joseph G. BradleyJune 14, 1930
John Cornelius BresnahanNovember 14, 1919
Joseph E. BrettMay 19, 1907
Alfred Sylvester BrothersNovember 4, 1919
John BroxNovember 16, 1910
John Patrick Buckley1906
Thaddeus M. BuczkoFebruary 23, 1926
Charles J. Buffone1919
William BulgerFebruary 2, 1934
George H. BurgesonDecember 25, 1907
Anthony Joseph BurkeJuly 17, 1931
Walter T. BurkeAugust 5, 1911
Louis ButtiglieriMay 18, 1916
Patrick Edmund CallaghanAugust 13, 1895
Gardner E. CampbellNovember 22, 1886
Levin H. CampbellJanuary 2, 1927
Raymond Edward CareyJanuary 6, 1899
William A. CareyJanuary 28, 1920
Daniel William Carney August 17, 1925
Philip N. CarneyJune 6, 1919
Ralph W. Cartwright Jr.October 5, 1920
William J. Casey (Massachusetts politician)June 27, 1905
Paul A. CataldoMay 15, 1935
Michael CatinoFebruary 21, 1904
Emmett J. CauleyFebruary 28, 1903
Paul J. CavanaughFebruary 22, 1936
Robert L. CawleyJuly 30, 1934
Harrison ChadwickFebruary 25, 1903
Perlie Dyar ChaseJuly 31, 1905
Amelio Della ChiesaJuly 31, 1901
Stephen T. ChmuraAugust 25, 1916
John George ClarkFebruary 26, 1902
Thomas Francis Coady Jr.May 8, 1905
Beryl CohenSeptember 18, 1934
Keith E. CollinsApril 24, 1929
Anthony M. ColonnaMay 2, 1916
James Francis CondonFebruary 4, 1899
Lloyd E. ConnNovember 26, 1904
William Augustine Connell, JrNovember 17, 1922
James C. Corcoran Jr.September 22, 1926
Beatrice CorlissOctober 21, 1910
Gilbert M. CoroaJanuary 13, 1925
Leo Joseph CournoyerDecember 11, 1905
Russell H. CraigFebruary 4, 1924
Robert Q. CraneMarch 21, 1926
James J. Craven, Jr.March 24, 1919
Wallace Boyd CrawfordNovember 19, 1908
John J. CroninAugust 1, 1910
Walter A. CuffeJanuary 29, 1898
Sidney CurtissSeptember 4, 19177th Berkshire
Michael A. D'Avolio
Stephen DavenportJune 27, 1924
John DavorenJuly 27, 19159th Worcester
Joseph Del GrossoJuly 25, 1904
James DeNormandieNovember 10, 1907
Arthur Leo DesrocherJanuary 25, 1930
Theophile Jean DesRochesJune 27, 1902
Gerard F. DohertyApril 6, 1928
John F. DolanSeptember 7, 1922
Thomas Francis DonohueDecember 6, 1902
John F. Donovan Jr.August 21, 1931
Harold Lawrence DowerSeptember 16, 1908
James P. DowneyJanuary 9, 1911
Charles Robert DoyleSeptember 24, 1925
Charles E. Luke DriscollOctober 1, 1909
Michael DukakisNovember 3, 1933
Joseph D. EarlyJanuary 31, 1933
John Marshall Eaton Jr.March 26, 1918
Arnold Irving EpsteinApril 5, 1920
Thomas Francis FallonDecember 4, 1929
Manuel FariaMarch 7, 1906
Thomas F. FarrellOctober 10, 1897
Michael Paul FeeneyMarch 26, 1907
Cornelius T. Finnegan Jr.December 13, 1918
William H. FinneganMarch 29, 1926
Irving FishmanMarch 29, 1921
John Joseph FitzgeraldFebruary 28, 1918
Charles L. FlanneryMarch 22, 1920
Vernon R. FletcherFebruary 8, 1924
Maurice Richard Flynn Jr.December 20, 1917
Bernard J. Pat FoleyJuly 20, 1917
Jeremiah J. FoleyOctober 28, 1915
John Winslow FrenningJuly 19, 1922
Albert A. Gammal Jr.1928
Julie GilliganAugust 5, 1911
Ernest L. Goff Jr.October 10, 1907
Robert C. HahnMarch 25, 1921
David Boyce HamiltonDecember 4, 1890
Samuel HarmonApril 29, 1911
Edward D. Harrington Jr.August 11, 1921
David E. HarrisonJune 19, 1933
Francis W. Hatch Jr.May 6, 1925
Winston HealyOctober 20, 1937
Timothy William HickeyFebruary 14, 1938
Herbert B. HollisSeptember 10, 1899
William P. Homans Jr.March 18, 1921
Charles IannelloApril 25, 1906
John Peter IvascynOctober 19, 1909
John JanasSeptember 4, 1910
Carl R. Johnson Jr.August 22, 1926
William F. JoyceJuly 26, 1909
Joseph M. KearneyFebruary 23, 1927
James A. Kelly Jr.May 11, 1926
James H. KellyOctober 15, 1919
Archibald E. KenefickNovember 4, 1896
John P. KennedyFebruary 24, 1918
Gregory Benjamin KhachadoorianJuly 8, 1928
Cornelius F. KiernanAugust 15, 1917
Philip KimballJune 6, 1918
William James KingstonOctober 17, 1909
Edward P. KirbyJanuary 10, 1928
Benjamin KlebanowNovember 2, 1900
Freyda KoplowOctober 26, 1907
Walter KostanskiDecember 10, 1923
Albert KramerJuly 4, 1933
Mitsie T. KuligMay 18, 1921
Matthew J. KussDecember 5, 1915
Richard E. LandryMay 29, 1936
Joseph A. Langone, IIIJanuary 25, 1917
Frank F. LemosJanuary 6, 1901
David H. LockeAugust 4, 1927
Gerald P. LombardJanuary 4, 1916
John J. LongDecember 10, 1927
William LongworthAugust 17, 1914
William Q. MacLean Jr.November 4, 1934
J. Robert MahanDecember 14, 1903
Donald J. ManningJune 23, 1929
Joseph F. McEvoy Jr.April 27, 1918
Thomas W. McGeeMay 24, 1924
Robert J. McGinnDecember 18, 1918
John J. McGlynnFebruary 26, 1922
Allan McGuaneJuly 26, 1928
James McIntyre (politician)May 25, 1930
Arthur James McKennaOctober 29, 1914
George G. MendoncaMarch 26, 1924
Paul C. MentonApril 15, 1925
William James MoranJune 24, 1921
William H. MorkMay 13, 1895
Gerald J. MorrisseyMay 20, 1927
Edward S. MorrowMarch 20, 1921
Edwin Herbert MorseJanuary 7, 1902
Charles A. Mullaly Jr.September 28, 1910
James Gerard MullenMay 5, 1922
Paul F. MurphyOctober 14, 1932
Paul Maurice MurphyFebruary 24, 1932
Cornelius Joseph MurrayAugust 19, 1890
Lorenz Francis Muther Jr.September 26, 1908
John J. NavinSeptember 9, 1915
Michael Anthony Nazzaro Jr.June 2, 1925
Patrick William NeeNovember 22, 1938
Mary B. NewmanFebruary 15, 19092nd Middlesex
Thomas M. NewthMarch 15, 1911
James R. NolenApril 17, 1933
Leo James NormandinDecember 14, 1922
James Anthony O'Brien, JrJune 22, 1919
James Anthony O'Brien, JrJune 22, 1919
Walter Wilson O'BrienOctober 14, 1910
David J. O%27ConnorNovember 9, 1924
George Henry O'FarrellNovember 15, 1910
William F. OtisOctober 12, 1903
Domenick S. PasciuccoAugust 1, 1921
Albert P. PettorutoSeptember 29, 1915
Vite Pigaga
Lincoln Pope Jr.May 29, 1916
George William PorterNovember 6, 1885
Philip Andrew QuinnFebruary 21, 1910
Robert H. QuinnJanuary 30, 192812th Suffolk
William I. RandallSeptember 13, 1915
Paul de Hoff Reed Jr.
Leo Joseph ReynoldsFebruary 29, 1920
Frank G. RicoJune 2, 1912
Daniel H. RiderJuly 15, 1912
J. Hilary RockettJanuary 16, 1935
Harold Rosen (politician)1906
Nathan RosenfeldJanuary 31, 1906
Raymond F. RourkeOctober 10, 1917
George SaccoJuly 19, 1936
Roger A. SalaAugust 8, 1893
Joseph Douglas SaulnierApril 14, 1906
Anthony M. ScibelliOctober 16, 1911
Vincent Joseph ShanleyJanuary 27, 1916
Charles Louis SheaJune 28, 1927
Thomas A. SheehanMarch 21, 1933
Alfred R. ShrigleyJune 6, 19143rd Plymouth
Andre Rives SigourneyJune 30, 1927
Milton Raymond SilvaJune 16, 1923
Michael John SimonelliMay 9, 1913
Saul SimonsFebruary 5, 1906
George T. SmithMarch 18, 1888
Lawrence Philip SmithDecember 4, 1919
George William SpartichinoJune 11, 1924
George I. SpatcherFebruary 2, 1902
Janet Kirkland StarrOctober 11, 1918
C. Clifford StoneAugust 20, 1897
Joseph A. SylviaAugust 19, 1892
Frank Daniel TannerFebruary 3, 1888
John F. ThompsonMay 20, 19202nd Hampden
George Breed ThomsonJanuary 10, 1921
John Joseph ToomeyMarch 25, 1909
Joseph Thomas Travaline
Henry Andrews TurnerMarch 22, 1887
Warren A. TurnerJanuary 25, 1905
Leo J. TuroDecember 11, 1923
John Taylor TynanJune 7, 1920
Theodore Jack VaitsesMay 8, 1901
Dave Norman VigneaultSeptember 3, 1936
George B. WalshMarch 21, 1907
Joseph B. WalshNovember 15, 1923
Martin H. WalshJuly 31, 1916
Chester H. WaterousNovember 18, 1905
Stephen WeekesFebruary 1, 1925
Norman S. Weinberg1919
Benjamin Horace WhiteApril 11, 1902
Thomas M. White
John W. WhittemoreJanuary 30, 1906
Harold H. Wicher
Arthur WilliamsDecember 14, 1915
Thomas Casmere WojtkowskiSeptember 18, 1926
Albert H. ZabriskieDecember 7, 1917
Edward S. ZelazoMay 27, 1924
Paul G. ZolloAugust 26, 1904

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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: 1963–1964 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . 1963 . .
  3. Book: Feldberg, Michael. UMass Boston at 50: A Fiftieth-Anniversary History of the University of Massachusetts Boston. University of Massachusetts Press. Amherst, Massachusetts. 2015. 10–15. 978-1625341693.