1967–1968 Massachusetts legislature explained

165th
Massachusetts General Court
Body:General Court
Election:November 8, 1966
Session2 End:[1]
Before:164th
After:166th
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:Majority Whip
Chamber1 Leader3:Mario Umana
Chamber1 Leader4 Type:Minority Leader
Chamber1 Leader4:John Francis Parker
Chamber1 Leader5 Type:Minority Whip
Chamber1 Leader5:William D. Weeks
Chamber2:House
Membership2:240
Control2:Democrat
Chamber2 Leader1 Type:Speaker
Chamber2 Leader1:Robert H. Quinn
Chamber2 Leader2 Type:Majority Leader
Chamber2 Leader2:Thomas W. McGee
Chamber2 Leader3 Type:Majority Whip
Chamber2 Leader3:John Cornelius Bresnahan
Chamber2 Leader4 Type:Minority Leader
Chamber2 Leader4:Sidney Curtiss
Chamber2 Leader5 Type:Minority Whip
Chamber2 Leader5:Thomas M. Newth

The 165th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1967 and 1968 during the governorship of John Volpe. Maurice A. Donahue served as president of the Senate and Robert H. Quinn served as speaker of the House.[2]

Senators

portraitname data-sort-type=date date of birth district
Oliver F. AmesDecember 13, 19203rd Suffolk
John Dowkontt BarrusAugust 19, 1924
James F. BurkeSeptember 7, 1914
Harold ClaskyMarch 2, 1896
Beryl CohenSeptember 18, 1934
John J. ConteMay 3, 1930
Leslie Bradley CutlerMarch 24, 1890
Stephen DavenportJune 27, 1924
James DeNormandieNovember 10, 1907
Maurice A. DonahueSeptember 12, 1918
George D. HammondOctober 29, 1906
Samuel HarmonApril 29, 1911
Kevin B. HarringtonJanuary 9, 1929
John Edward Harrington Jr.July 30, 1930
Charles V. HoganApril 12, 1897
Allan Francis JonesJune 29, 1921
James A. Kelly Jr.May 11, 1926
George V. Kenneally Jr.December 29, 1929
Fred I. LamsonDecember 11, 1910
Ronald MacKenzieMay 3, 1934
Francis X. McCannSeptember 2, 1912
James McIntyre (politician)May 25, 1930
Denis L. MckennaAugust 14, 1922
Andrea F. Nuciforo Sr.July 14, 1927
John Francis ParkerMay 29, 1907
Philibert L. PellegriniSeptember 4, 1918
Vite Pigaga
John M. QuinlanJuly 11, 1935
Philip Andrew QuinnFebruary 21, 1910
William I. RandallSeptember 13, 1915
James Paul RurakNovember 9, 1911
Harry Della RussoMay 26, 1907
Donald N. RyanJanuary 27, 1930
William L. SaltonstallMay 14, 1927
Mario UmanaMay 5, 1914
William X. WallJuly 1, 1904
Joseph D. WardMarch 26, 1914
William D. WeeksMay 9, 1926

Representatives

portraitname [3] data-sort-type=date date of birth district
Antone S. Aguiar Jr.January 2, 19305th Bristol
David C. AhearnJuly 28, 1929
Robert B. Ambler 1927
John A. ArmstrongJune 12, 1901
Peter George AsiafAugust 15, 1905
Jack BackmanApril 26, 1922
Wilfred E. BalthazarJuly 17, 1914
David M. BartleyFebruary 9, 1935
Robert A. BelmonteJuly 2, 1930
Roger L. BernasheSeptember 9, 1927
Francis BevilacquaAugust 12, 1923
Donald T. Bliss1937
Belden BlySeptember 29, 1914
Stanley Joseph BockoAugust 26, 1920
Robert Joseph BohigianJuly 24, 1922
Royal L. Bolling Sr.June 19, 1920
John Jerome BowesFebruary 25, 1917
James John BowlerJuly 18, 1923
Joseph G. BradleyJune 14, 1930
John Cornelius BresnahanNovember 14, 1919
Joseph E. BrettMay 19, 1907
John R. Buckley1932
Charles J. Buffone1919
Anthony Joseph BurkeJuly 17, 1931
Walter T. BurkeAugust 5, 1911
Thomas BussoneSeptember 20, 1912
Fred F. CainNovember 5, 1909
Eleanor CampobassoAugust 10, 1923
Raymond Edward CareyJanuary 6, 1899
William A. CareySeptember 2, 1899
Philip N. CarneyJune 6, 1919
Daniel William Carney August 17, 1925
Michael CatinoFebruary 21, 1904
Emmett J. CauleyFebruary 28, 1903
Paul J. CavanaughFebruary 22, 1936
Robert L. CawleyJuly 30, 1934
Harrison ChadwickFebruary 25, 1903
Amelio Della ChiesaJuly 31, 1901
Stephen T. ChmuraAugust 25, 1916
Steve T. ChmuraMarch 29, 1928
John George ClarkFebruary 26, 1902
John F. CoffeyFebruary 7, 1918
Lincoln P. Cole, Jr.September 18, 1918
Andrew CollaroMarch 21, 1910
H. Thomas ColoDecember 27, 1929
Lloyd E. ConnNovember 26, 1904
William Augustine Connell, JrNovember 17, 1922
George Thomas Contalonis
Paul J. CorriveauJuly 3, 1930
Edward P. CouryOctober 19, 1927
Russell H. CraigFebruary 4, 1924
James J. Craven, Jr.March 24, 1919
Sidney CurtissSeptember 4, 1917
Michael A. D'Avolio
Michael John DalyJuly 18, 1940
Alan Paul DanovitchSeptember 17, 1940
John DavorenJuly 27, 1915
John Joseph DesmondJuly 1, 1930
Arthur Leo DesrocherJanuary 25, 1930
Edward J. Dever, JrJune 21, 1936
Joseph DiCarloMarch 21, 1936
Edward M. DicksonMarch 12, 1912
Anthony R. DiFrusciaJune 5, 1940
George DiLorenzoMarch 24, 1919
Thomas Henry Doherty Jr.August 8, 1930
John F. DolanSeptember 7, 1922
John F. Donovan Jr.August 21, 1931
James P. DowneyJanuary 9, 1911
Charles Robert DoyleSeptember 24, 1925
Wilfred C. DriscollDecember 31, 1926
Richard J. DwinellAugust 5, 1917
Joseph D. EarlyJanuary 31, 1933
Arnold Irving EpsteinApril 5, 1920
Thomas Francis FallonDecember 4, 1929
Vernon R. Farnsworth, JrApril 18, 1934
Thomas F. FarrellOctober 10, 1897
Michael Paul FeeneyMarch 26, 1907
John J. FinneganJuly 21, 1938
Irving FishmanMarch 29, 1921
Charles Flaherty (politician)October 13, 1938
Michael F. Flaherty Sr.September 6, 1936
Edward M. FlanaganJanuary 9, 1929
Charles L. FlanneryMarch 22, 1920
David Lawrence FlynnFebruary 5, 1933
Maurice E. Frye, JrFebruary 6, 1921
Albert A. Gammal Jr.1928
Donald R. GaudetteDecember 16, 1926
T. Harold GayronAugust 31, 1914
Julie GilliganAugust 5, 1911
Harold D. Gould Jr.May 18, 1934
Joel S. GreenbergMay 31, 1930
James L. GrimaldiMay 3, 1911
Anthony P. GrossoOctober 19, 1913
Gerard A. GuilmetteOctober 22, 1911
Barry T. HannonNovember 21, 1935
Walter J. HannonSeptember 4, 1931
Michael J. HarringtonSeptember 2, 1936
Edward D. Harrington Jr.August 11, 1921
David E. HarrisonJune 19, 1933
Francis W. Hatch Jr.May 6, 1925
Michael E. HaynesMay 9, 1927
Winston HealyOctober 20, 1937
Timothy William HickeyFebruary 14, 1938
William Francis HoganJune 6, 1925
Franklin W. Holgate May 3, 1929
Herbert B. HollisSeptember 10, 1899
Marie Elizabeth HoweJune 13, 1939
James P. HurrellMarch 1, 1944
Charles IannelloApril 25, 1906
John Peter IvascynOctober 19, 1909
John JanasSeptember 4, 1910
Katherine KaneApril 12, 1935
Joseph M. KearneyFebruary 23, 1927
F. Leo KenneyNovember 15, 1902
Walter T. KerrMay 20, 1918
Gregory Benjamin KhachadoorianJuly 8, 1928
Cornelius F. KiernanAugust 15, 1917
Philip KimballJune 6, 1918
William I. KittermanJuly 19, 1928
Benjamin KlebanowNovember 2, 1900
Freyda KoplowOctober 26, 1907
Walter KostanskiDecember 10, 1923
Mitsie T. KuligMay 18, 1921
Matthew J. KussDecember 5, 1915
Raymond M. LaFontaineMay 18, 1927
Richard E. LandryMay 29, 1936
J. Louis LeblancJanuary 6, 1940
Peter John LevantiMarch 19, 1903
Arthur Joseph Lewis, Jr.September 3, 1934
David H. LockeAugust 4, 1927
Alexander LolasJuly 9, 1932
Gerald P. LombardJanuary 4, 1916
Michael J. LombardiMay 27, 1917
Charles W. LongAugust 14, 1940
John J. LongDecember 10, 1927
William LongworthAugust 17, 1914
Joseph S. LoughmanJanuary 11, 1928
Charles A. MacKenzie, JrFebruary 4, 1919
William Q. MacLean Jr.November 4, 1934
Donald Warren MadsenJuly 13, 1924
J. Robert MahanDecember 14, 1903
Paul F. MalloyApril 29, 1940
Theodore D. MannMay 13, 1922
Charles MannApril 27, 1935
M. Joseph ManningSeptember 23, 1924
Donald J. ManningJune 23, 1929
Benjamin C. Mayhew Jr.October 28, 1909
Thomas W. McGeeMay 24, 1924
Robert J. McGinnDecember 18, 1918
John Austin Shaw McGlennonAugust 10, 1935
John J. McGlynnFebruary 26, 1922
Allan McGuaneJuly 26, 1928
Arthur James McKennaOctober 29, 1914
John F. MeliaJune 5, 1915
Paul C. MentonApril 15, 1925
William James MoranJune 24, 1921
Hugh J. Morgan Jr.April 4, 1921
Louis J. MoriniOctober 8, 1907
Gerald J. MorrisseyMay 20, 1927
Paul F. MurphyOctober 14, 1932
Paul Maurice MurphyFebruary 24, 1932
Albert L. NashMay 13, 1921
John J. NavinSeptember 9, 1915
Mary B. NewmanFebruary 15, 19092nd Middlesex
Thomas M. NewthMarch 15, 1911
James R. NolenApril 17, 1933
Karl S. NordinSeptember 10, 1906
James Anthony O'Brien, JrJune 22, 1919
John Paul O'BrienJune 10, 1937
Norton Cornelius O'BrienApril 9, 1907
Walter Wilson O'BrienOctober 14, 1910
David J. O%27ConnorNovember 9, 1924
Philip Conroy O'DonnellJuly 29, 1915
George Henry O'FarrellNovember 15, 1910
Gerald O%27LearyAugust 7, 1933
Charles OhanianSeptember 2, 1936
Bernard PaquetteFebruary 2, 1919
Raymond S. PeckDecember 10, 1922
Felix PerraultOctober 27, 1915
Robert H. QuinnJanuary 30, 1928
Manuel Raposa, Jr.May 13, 1915
Harry A. S. ReadNovember 18, 1936
Leo Joseph ReynoldsFebruary 29, 1920
Frank G. RicoJune 2, 1912
Daniel H. RiderJuly 15, 1912
William G. RobinsonMarch 10, 1926
J. Hilary RockettJanuary 16, 1935
George Rogers (Massachusetts politician)August 2, 1933
Maurice E. Ronayne, JrNovember 16, 1917
Harold Rosen (politician)1906
Nathan RosenfeldJanuary 31, 1906
Raymond F. RourkeOctober 10, 1917
George SaccoJuly 19, 1936
Roger A. SalaAugust 8, 1893
Duane Thomas Sargisson
Joseph Douglas SaulnierApril 14, 1906
Anthony James ScalliNovember 11, 1914
Frederic W. Schlosstein, JrMarch 17, 1923
Anthony M. ScibelliOctober 16, 1911
John W. SearsDecember 18, 1930
Jerome A. SegalJune 3, 1931
Joseph J. SemensiMarch 6, 1923
I. Edward SerlinAugust 21, 1912
George W. ShattuckJuly 17, 1916
C. Vincent SheaNovember 20, 1916
Paul J. SheehyNovember 1, 1934
Aaron M. I. Shinberg
Alfred R. ShrigleyJune 6, 1914
Andre Rives SigourneyJune 30, 1927
Michael John SimonelliMay 9, 1913
Ralph E. Sirianni Jr.1923
Lawrence Philip SmithDecember 4, 1919
George I. SpatcherFebruary 2, 1902
John F. St. CyrJanuary 8, 1936
Janet Kirkland StarrOctober 11, 1918
Chandler Harrison Stevens
A. Edward TalbotJanuary 24, 1915
Frank Daniel TannerFebruary 3, 1888
Arthur TobinMay 22, 1930
David Spence TobinMarch 16, 1939
John Joseph ToomeyMarch 25, 1909
Joseph Thomas Travaline
Warren A. TurnerJanuary 25, 1905
Elbert TuttleAugust 19, 1931
George E. TwomeyFebruary 3, 1920
Dave Norman VigneaultSeptember 3, 1936
George B. WalshMarch 21, 1907
Joseph B. WalshNovember 15, 1923
Stephen WeekesFebruary 1, 1925
Norman S. Weinberg1919
Robert D. WetmoreJuly 24, 1930
Frederick McClellan Whitney Jr.December 12, 1922
Arthur WilliamsDecember 14, 1915
Thomas Casmere WojtkowskiSeptember 18, 1926
George Chester YoungSeptember 18, 1912
Edward S. ZelazoMay 27, 1924
Samuel ZollJune 20, 1934

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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: https://archive.org/details/manualforuseofge200506mass/page/338/mode/2up . 2005 . Boston . Commonwealth of Massachusetts . Manual for the Use of the General Court . Organization of the Legislature Since 1780 . 338+ .
  3. Book: 1967–1968 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . Norman L. Pidgeon and William C. Maiers .