| 164th Massachusetts General Court | |
| Body: | General Court |
| Term End: | [1] |
| Before: | 163rd |
| After: | 165th |
| Chamber1: | Senate |
| Membership1: | 40 |
| Control1: | Democrat |
| Chamber1 Leader1 Type: | President |
| Chamber1 Leader1: | Maurice A. Donahue |
| Chamber1 Leader2 Type: | Majority Leader |
| Chamber1 Leader2: | Kevin B. Harrington |
| Chamber1 Leader3 Type: | Minority Leader |
| Chamber1 Leader3: | Philip A. Graham |
| Chamber2: | House |
| Membership2: | 240 |
| Control2: | Democrat |
| Chamber2 Leader1 Type: | Speaker |
| Chamber2 Leader1: | John Davoren |
| Chamber2 Leader2 Type: | Majority Leader |
| Chamber2 Leader2: | Robert H. Quinn |
| Chamber2 Leader3 Type: | Majority Whip |
| Chamber2 Leader3: | Theophile Jean DesRoches |
| Chamber2 Leader4 Type: | Minority Leader |
| Chamber2 Leader4: | Sidney Curtiss |
| Chamber2 Leader5 Type: | Minority Whip |
| Chamber2 Leader5: | Thomas M. Newth |
The 164th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1965 and 1966 during the governorship of John Volpe. Maurice A. Donahue served as president of the Senate and John Davoren served as speaker of the House.[2] On April 22, 1965, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered an address to a joint session of the General Court after meeting with Massachusetts Governor John Volpe.[3] In the same month, Volpe filed a request for legislation from the state legislature that defined schools with nonwhite enrollments greater than 50 percent to be imbalanced and granted the State Board of Education the power to withhold state funds from any school district in the state that was found to have racial imbalance, which Volpe would sign into law the following August.[4] [5] [6]
| portrait | name | data-sort-type=date | date of birth | district |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oliver F. Ames | December 13, 1920 | 3rd Suffolk | ||
| Charles A. Bisbee Jr. | June 8, 1918 | |||
| James F. Burke | September 7, 1914 | |||
| Beryl Cohen | September 18, 1934 | |||
| John J. Conte | May 3, 1930 | |||
| Leslie Bradley Cutler | March 24, 1890 | |||
| Stephen Davenport | June 27, 1924 | |||
| James DeNormandie | November 10, 1907 | |||
| Maurice A. Donahue | September 12, 1918 | |||
| Mary L. Fonseca | March 30, 1915 | |||
| Philip A. Graham | May 21, 1910 | |||
| George D. Hammond | October 29, 1906 | |||
| Kevin B. Harrington | January 9, 1929 | |||
| John Edward Harrington Jr. | July 30, 1930 | |||
| Charles V. Hogan | April 12, 1897 | |||
| Allan Francis Jones | June 29, 1921 | |||
| James A. Kelly Jr. | May 11, 1926 | |||
| George V. Kenneally Jr. | December 29, 1929 | |||
| Fred I. Lamson | December 11, 1910 | |||
| James J. Long | November 15, 1913 | |||
| Francis X. McCann | September 2, 1912 | |||
| James McIntyre (politician) | May 25, 1930 | |||
| Denis L. Mckenna | August 14, 1922 | |||
| Joe Moakley | April 27, 1927 | |||
| Andrea F. Nuciforo Sr. | July 14, 1927 | |||
| John Francis Parker | May 29, 1907 | |||
| Philibert L. Pellegrini | September 4, 1918 | |||
| Vite Pigaga | ||||
| John M. Quinlan | July 11, 1935 | |||
| Philip Andrew Quinn | February 21, 1910 | |||
| William I. Randall | September 13, 1915 | |||
| James Paul Rurak | November 9, 1911 | |||
| Harry Della Russo | May 26, 1907 | |||
| Mario Umana | May 5, 1914 | |||
| William X. Wall | July 1, 1904 | |||
| Joseph D. Ward | March 26, 1914 | |||
| William D. Weeks | May 9, 1926 | |||
| Stanley John Zarod | April 11, 1920 | |||
| portrait | name | data-sort-type=date | date of birth | district |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antone S. Aguiar Jr. | January 2, 1930 | 5th Bristol | ||
| David C. Ahearn | July 28, 1929 | |||
| Robert B. Ambler | 1927 | |||
| John A. Armstrong | June 12, 1901 | |||
| Peter George Asiaf | August 15, 1905 | |||
| Jack Backman | April 26, 1922 | |||
| Wilfred E. Balthazar | July 17, 1914 | |||
| David L. Barrett | February 4, 1920 | |||
| John Dowkontt Barrus | August 19, 1924 | |||
| David M. Bartley | February 9, 1935 | |||
| Robert A. Belmonte | July 2, 1930 | |||
| Roger L. Bernashe | September 9, 1927 | |||
| John T. Berry | November 20, 1924 | |||
| Francis Bevilacqua | August 12, 1923 | |||
| Donald T. Bliss | 1937 | |||
| Belden Bly | September 29, 1914 | |||
| Stanley Joseph Bocko | August 26, 1920 | |||
| Robert Joseph Bohigian | July 24, 1922 | |||
| Royal L. Bolling | June 19, 1920 | |||
| Joseph G. Bradley | June 14, 1930 | |||
| John Cornelius Bresnahan | November 14, 1919 | |||
| Joseph E. Brett | May 19, 1907 | |||
| John R. Buckley | 1932 | |||
| Charles J. Buffone | 1919 | |||
| William Bulger | February 2, 1934 | |||
| Anthony Joseph Burke | July 17, 1931 | |||
| George G. Burke | August 3, 1932 | |||
| Walter T. Burke | August 5, 1911 | |||
| William Francis Butters | ||||
| Louis Buttiglieri | May 18, 1916 | |||
| Fred F. Cain | November 5, 1909 | |||
| Eleanor Campobasso | August 10, 1923 | |||
| Raymond Edward Carey | January 6, 1899 | |||
| William A. Carey | January 28, 1920 | |||
| Philip N. Carney | June 6, 1919 | |||
| Daniel William Carney | August 17, 1925 | |||
| Ralph W. Cartwright Jr. | October 5, 1920 | |||
| Paul A. Cataldo | May 15, 1935 | |||
| Michael Catino | February 21, 1904 | |||
| Emmett J. Cauley | February 28, 1903 | |||
| Paul J. Cavanaugh | February 22, 1936 | |||
| Robert L. Cawley | July 30, 1934 | |||
| Harrison Chadwick | February 25, 1903 | |||
| Amelio Della Chiesa | July 31, 1901 | |||
| Stephen T. Chmura | August 25, 1916 | |||
| John George Clark | February 26, 1902 | |||
| Thomas Francis Coady Jr. | May 8, 1905 | |||
| Abraham L. Cohn | May 24, 1898 | |||
| Lincoln P. Cole, Jr. | September 18, 1918 | |||
| Andrew Collaro | March 21, 1910 | |||
| H. Thomas Colo | December 27, 1929 | |||
| James Francis Condon | February 4, 1899 | |||
| Lloyd E. Conn | November 26, 1904 | |||
| William Augustine Connell, Jr | November 17, 1922 | |||
| George Thomas Contalonis | ||||
| Leo Joseph Cournoyer | December 11, 1905 | |||
| Edward P. Coury | October 19, 1927 | |||
| Russell H. Craig | February 4, 1924 | |||
| James J. Craven, Jr. | March 24, 1919 | |||
| John J. Cronin | August 1, 1910 | |||
| Sidney Curtiss | September 4, 1917 | |||
| John Davoren | July 27, 1915 | |||
| John Joseph Desmond | July 1, 1930 | |||
| Arthur Leo Desrocher | January 25, 1930 | |||
| Theophile Jean DesRoches | June 27, 1902 | |||
| Edward J. Dever, Jr | June 21, 1936 | |||
| Joseph DiCarlo | March 21, 1936 | |||
| Edward M. Dickson | March 12, 1912 | |||
| George DiLorenzo | March 24, 1919 | |||
| Thomas Henry Doherty Jr. | August 8, 1930 | |||
| John F. Dolan | September 7, 1922 | |||
| John F. Donovan Jr. | August 21, 1931 | |||
| James P. Downey | January 9, 1911 | |||
| Charles E. Luke Driscoll | October 1, 1909 | |||
| Wilfred C. Driscoll | December 31, 1926 | |||
| Michael Dukakis | November 3, 1933 | |||
| Richard J. Dwinell | August 5, 1917 | |||
| Joseph D. Early | January 31, 1933 | |||
| John Marshall Eaton Jr. | March 26, 1918 | |||
| Arnold Irving Epstein | April 5, 1920 | |||
| Thomas Francis Fallon | December 4, 1929 | |||
| Manuel Faria | March 7, 1906 | |||
| Vernon R. Farnsworth, Jr | April 18, 1934 | |||
| Thomas F. Farrell | October 10, 1897 | |||
| Michael Paul Feeney | March 26, 1907 | |||
| William H. Finnegan | March 29, 1926 | |||
| Irving Fishman | March 29, 1921 | |||
| John Joseph Fitzgerald | February 28, 1918 | |||
| Edward M. Flanagan | January 9, 1929 | |||
| Charles L. Flannery | March 22, 1920 | |||
| David Lawrence Flynn | February 5, 1933 | |||
| Bernard J. Pat Foley | July 20, 1917 | |||
| Jeremiah J. Foley | October 28, 1915 | |||
| John Winslow Frenning | July 19, 1922 | |||
| Albert A. Gammal Jr. | 1928 | |||
| Lester J. Gates | ||||
| T. Harold Gayron | August 31, 1914 | |||
| Julie Gilligan | August 5, 1911 | |||
| Joel S. Greenberg | May 31, 1930 | |||
| James L. Grimaldi | May 3, 1911 | |||
| Anthony P. Grosso | October 19, 1913 | |||
| Gerard A. Guilmette | October 22, 1911 | |||
| Samuel Harmon | April 29, 1911 | |||
| Michael J. Harrington | September 2, 1936 | |||
| Edward D. Harrington Jr. | August 11, 1921 | |||
| David E. Harrison | June 19, 1933 | |||
| Francis W. Hatch Jr. | May 6, 1925 | |||
| Michael E. Haynes | May 9, 1927 | |||
| Winston Healy | October 20, 1937 | |||
| Timothy William Hickey | February 14, 1938 | |||
| William Francis Hogan | June 6, 1925 | |||
| Franklin W. Holgate | May 3, 1929 | |||
| Herbert B. Hollis | September 10, 1899 | |||
| Marie Elizabeth Howe | June 13, 1939 | |||
| Charles Iannello | April 25, 1906 | |||
| John Peter Ivascyn | October 19, 1909 | |||
| John Janas | September 4, 1910 | |||
| Carl R. Johnson Jr. | August 22, 1926 | |||
| Katherine Kane | April 12, 1935 | |||
| Joseph M. Kearney | February 23, 1927 | |||
| James H. Kelly | October 15, 1919 | |||
| Gregory Benjamin Khachadoorian | July 8, 1928 | |||
| Cornelius F. Kiernan | August 15, 1917 | |||
| Philip Kimball | June 6, 1918 | |||
| Edward P. Kirby | January 10, 1928 | |||
| William I. Kitterman | July 19, 1928 | |||
| Benjamin Klebanow | November 2, 1900 | |||
| Freyda Koplow | October 26, 1907 | |||
| Walter Kostanski | December 10, 1923 | |||
| Mitsie T. Kulig | May 18, 1921 | |||
| Matthew J. Kuss | December 5, 1915 | |||
| Richard E. Landry | May 29, 1936 | |||
| J. Louis Leblanc | January 6, 1940 | |||
| Peter John Levanti | March 19, 1903 | |||
| David H. Locke | August 4, 1927 | |||
| Alexander Lolas | July 9, 1932 | |||
| Gerald P. Lombard | January 4, 1916 | |||
| John J. Long | December 10, 1927 | |||
| William Longworth | August 17, 1914 | |||
| Joseph S. Loughman | January 11, 1928 | |||
| William Q. MacLean Jr. | November 4, 1934 | |||
| J. Robert Mahan | December 14, 1903 | |||
| Paul F. Malloy | April 29, 1940 | |||
| Theodore D. Mann | May 13, 1922 | |||
| Donald J. Manning | June 23, 1929 | |||
| Thomas W. McGee | May 24, 1924 | |||
| Robert J. McGinn | December 18, 1918 | |||
| John J. McGlynn | February 26, 1922 | |||
| Allan McGuane | July 26, 1928 | |||
| Arthur James McKenna | October 29, 1914 | |||
| James Robert McMahon Jr. | ||||
| John F. Melia | June 5, 1915 | |||
| Paul C. Menton | April 15, 1925 | |||
| William James Moran | June 24, 1921 | |||
| Hugh J. Morgan Jr. | April 4, 1921 | |||
| Gerald J. Morrissey | May 20, 1927 | |||
| Edwin Herbert Morse | January 7, 1902 | |||
| Charles A. Mullaly Jr. | September 28, 1910 | |||
| James Gerard Mullen | May 5, 1922 | |||
| Paul F. Murphy | October 14, 1932 | |||
| Paul Maurice Murphy | February 24, 1932 | |||
| Albert L. Nash | May 13, 1921 | |||
| John J. Navin | September 9, 1915 | |||
| Patrick William Nee | November 22, 1938 | |||
| Mary B. Newman | February 15, 1909 | 2nd Middlesex | ||
| Thomas M. Newth | March 15, 1911 | |||
| James R. Nolen | April 17, 1933 | |||
| Karl S. Nordin | September 10, 1906 | |||
| James Anthony O'Brien, Jr | June 22, 1919 | |||
| John Paul O'Brien | June 10, 1937 | |||
| Walter Wilson O'Brien | October 14, 1910 | |||
| David J. O%27Connor | November 9, 1924 | |||
| George Henry O'Farrell | November 15, 1910 | |||
| Charles Ohanian | September 2, 1936 | |||
| Domenick S. Pasciucco | August 1, 1921 | |||
| Raymond S. Peck | December 10, 1922 | |||
| Felix Perrault | October 27, 1915 | |||
| Albert P. Pettoruto | September 29, 1915 | |||
| George William Porter | November 6, 1885 | |||
| Robert H. Quinn | January 30, 1928 | |||
| Manuel Raposa, Jr. | May 13, 1915 | |||
| Paul de Hoff Reed Jr. | ||||
| Leo Joseph Reynolds | February 29, 1920 | |||
| Frank G. Rico | June 2, 1912 | |||
| Daniel H. Rider | July 15, 1912 | |||
| William G. Robinson | March 10, 1926 | |||
| J. Hilary Rockett | January 16, 1935 | |||
| George Rogers (Massachusetts politician) | August 2, 1933 | |||
| Maurice E. Ronayne, Jr | November 16, 1917 | |||
| Harold Rosen (politician) | 1906 | |||
| Nathan Rosenfeld | January 31, 1906 | |||
| Raymond F. Rourke | October 10, 1917 | |||
| George Sacco | July 19, 1936 | |||
| Roger A. Sala | August 8, 1893 | |||
| Duane Thomas Sargisson | ||||
| Joseph Douglas Saulnier | April 14, 1906 | |||
| Anthony James Scalli | November 11, 1914 | |||
| Frederic W. Schlosstein, Jr | March 17, 1923 | |||
| Anthony M. Scibelli | October 16, 1911 | |||
| John W. Sears | December 18, 1930 | |||
| Jerome A. Segal | June 3, 1931 | |||
| George W. Shattuck | July 17, 1916 | |||
| Charles Louis Shea | June 28, 1927 | |||
| Thomas A. Sheehan | March 21, 1933 | |||
| Paul J. Sheehy | November 1, 1934 | |||
| Aaron M. I. Shinberg | ||||
| Alfred R. Shrigley | June 6, 1914 | |||
| Andre Rives Sigourney | June 30, 1927 | |||
| Michael John Simonelli | May 9, 1913 | |||
| Ralph E. Sirianni Jr. | 1923 | |||
| Lawrence Philip Smith | December 4, 1919 | |||
| George William Spartichino | June 11, 1924 | |||
| George I. Spatcher | February 2, 1902 | |||
| Janet Kirkland Starr | October 11, 1918 | |||
| Chandler Harrison Stevens | ||||
| Joseph A. Sylvia | August 19, 1892 | |||
| A. Edward Talbot | January 24, 1915 | |||
| Frank Daniel Tanner | February 3, 1888 | |||
| John F. Thompson (politician) | May 20, 1920 | |||
| David Spence Tobin | March 16, 1939 | |||
| John Joseph Toomey | March 25, 1909 | |||
| Joseph Thomas Travaline | ||||
| Warren A. Turner | January 25, 1905 | |||
| Elbert Tuttle | August 19, 1931 | |||
| George E. Twomey | February 3, 1920 | |||
| John Taylor Tynan | June 7, 1920 | |||
| Dave Norman Vigneault | September 3, 1936 | |||
| George B. Walsh | March 21, 1907 | |||
| Joseph B. Walsh | November 15, 1923 | |||
| Martin H. Walsh | July 31, 1916 | |||
| Stephen Weekes | February 1, 1925 | |||
| Norman S. Weinberg | 1919 | |||
| Robert D. Wetmore | July 24, 1930 | |||
| James G. Wheeler | ||||
| Arthur Williams | December 14, 1915 | |||
| Thomas Casmere Wojtkowski | September 18, 1926 | |||
| Edward S. Zelazo | May 27, 1924 | |||
| Samuel Zoll | June 20, 1934 | |||