1971–1972 Massachusetts legislature explained

167th
Massachusetts General Court
Body:General Court
Term End:[1]
Before:166th
After:168th
Chamber1:Senate
Membership1:40
Control1:Democrat
Chamber1 Leader1 Type:President
Chamber1 Leader1:Kevin B. Harrington
Chamber1 Leader2 Type:Majority Leader
Chamber1 Leader2:Mario Umana
Chamber1 Leader3 Type:Majority Whip
Chamber1 Leader3:James McIntyre (1971)
Joseph DiCarlo (1972)
Chamber1 Leader4 Type:Minority Leader
Chamber1 Leader4:John Francis Parker
Chamber1 Leader5 Type:Minority Whip
Chamber1 Leader5:David H. Locke
Chamber2:House
Membership2:240
Control2:Democrat
Chamber2 Leader1 Type:Speaker
Chamber2 Leader1:David M. Bartley
Chamber2 Leader2 Type:Majority Leader
Chamber2 Leader2:Thomas W. McGee
Chamber2 Leader3 Type:Majority Whip
Chamber2 Leader3:Paul F. Murphy
Chamber2 Leader4 Type:Minority Leader
Chamber2 Leader4:Francis W. Hatch Jr.
Chamber2 Leader5 Type:Minority Whip
Chamber2 Leader5:Robert A. Belmonte

The 167th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1971 and 1972 during the governorship of Francis Sargent. Kevin B. Harrington served as president of the Senate and David M. Bartley served as speaker of the House.[2]

Senators

portraitnamedata-sort-type=date date of birthdistrict
John F. AylmerJanuary 27, 1934
Jack BackmanApril 26, 1922
John Dowkontt BarrusAugust 19, 1924
Roger L. BernasheSeptember 9, 19272nd Hampden
William BulgerFebruary 2, 1934
James F. BurkeSeptember 7, 1914
Edward L. Burke1942
Robert L. CawleyJuly 30, 1934
John J. ConteMay 3, 1930
James DeNormandieNovember 10, 1907
Joseph DiCarloMarch 21, 1936
Irving FishmanMarch 29, 1921
Daniel J. FoleyApril 6, 1921
Mary L. FonsecaMarch 30, 1915
George D. HammondOctober 29, 1906
Samuel HarmonApril 29, 1911
Kevin B. HarringtonJanuary 9, 1929
Charles V. HoganApril 12, 1897
James A. Kelly Jr.May 11, 1926
George V. Kenneally Jr.December 29, 1929
Fred I. LamsonDecember 11, 1910
David H. LockeAugust 4, 1927
Ronald MacKenzieMay 3, 1934
Francis X. McCannSeptember 2, 1912
James McIntyre (politician)May 25, 1930
Denis L. MckennaAugust 14, 1922
Allan R. McKinnonJune 2, 1930
George G. MendoncaMarch 26, 1924
Andrea F. Nuciforo Sr.July 14, 1927
John Francis ParkerMay 29, 1907
Philibert L. PellegriniSeptember 4, 1918
John M. QuinlanJuly 11, 1935
Philip Andrew QuinnFebruary 21, 1910
James Paul RurakNovember 9, 1911
William L. SaltonstallMay 14, 1927
Arthur TobinMay 22, 1930
B. Joseph TullyJanuary 4, 1927
Mario UmanaMay 5, 1914
William X. WallJuly 1, 1904
Joseph D. WardMarch 26, 1914
Stanley John ZarodApril 11, 1924

Representatives

portraitnamedata-sort-type=date date of birthdistrict
James A. AdamsDecember 24, 192315th Hampden
Antone S. Aguiar Jr.January 2, 1930
Theodore J. Aleixo Jr.August 23, 1942
Alfred AlmeidaOctober 5, 1931
Robert B. Ambler1927
John S. Ames, IIIOctober 18, 1936
Robert S. AronsonJuly 3, 1920
William G. ArvanitisSeptember 16, 1946
Peter George AsiafAugust 15, 1905
Chester G. AtkinsApril 14, 1948
Roger Sumner Babb1935
Wilfred E. BalthazarJuly 17, 1914
David M. BartleyFebruary 9, 1935
Robert A. BelmonteJuly 2, 1930
Louis Peter BertonazziOctober 9, 1933
Francis BevilacquaAugust 12, 1923
Donald T. Bliss1937
Belden BlySeptember 29, 1914
Robert Joseph BohigianJuly 24, 1922
Royal L. Bolling Sr.June 19, 1920
George Bourque1913
Walter J. BoveriniJune 5, 1925
John Jerome BowesFebruary 25, 1917
Joseph E. BrettMay 19, 1907
John R. Buckley1932
Robert C. BuellApril 23, 1931
Charles J. Buffone1919
Nicholas J. Buglione1932
Walter T. BurkeAugust 5, 1911
John A. Businger
Thomas BussoneSeptember 20, 1912
Robert E. CahillNovember 25, 1934
Howard C. Cahoon, JrDecember 31, 1944
Fred F. CainNovember 5, 1909
William R. Callahan (state representative)April 27, 1925
Eleanor CampobassoAugust 10, 1923
William A. CareySeptember 2, 1899
Paul J. CavanaughFebruary 22, 1936
Harrison ChadwickFebruary 25, 1903
Rudy ChmuraMarch 21, 1932
Steve T. ChmuraMarch 29, 1928
John F. CoffeyFebruary 7, 1918
Lincoln P. Cole, Jr.September 18, 1918
H. Thomas ColoDecember 27, 1929
Edward W. ConnellyAugust 2, 1919
Paul J. CorriveauJuly 3, 1930
Edward P. CouryOctober 19, 1927
Gilbert W. Cox, JrFebruary 28, 1933
James J. Craven, Jr.March 24, 1919
Robert CreedonNovember 13, 1942
Thomas E. CreightonFebruary 1, 1922
Sidney CurtissSeptember 4, 1917
John F. CusackOctober 5, 1937
Alan Paul DanovitchSeptember 17, 1940
Joseph Del GrossoJuly 25, 1904
Arthur Leo DesrocherJanuary 25, 1930
Edward J. Dever, JrJune 21, 1936
Edward M. DicksonMarch 12, 1912
Anthony R. DiFrusciaJune 5, 1940
William J. DignanSeptember 28, 1926
Robert F. DonovanSeptember 13, 1936
Charles Robert DoyleSeptember 24, 1925
Wilfred C. DriscollDecember 31, 1926
Dennis J. DuffinNovember 24, 1930
Richard J. DwinellAugust 5, 1917
Joseph D. EarlyJanuary 31, 1933
Albert E. ElwellOctober 29, 1899
Thomas Francis FallonDecember 4, 1929
Vernon R. Farnsworth, JrApril 18, 1934
Thomas F. FarrellOctober 10, 1897
Michael Paul FeeneyMarch 26, 1907
Charles Flaherty (politician)October 13, 1938
Michael F. Flaherty Sr.September 6, 1936
Charles L. FlanneryMarch 22, 1920
David Lawrence FlynnFebruary 5, 1933
Raymond Flynn
Bruce N. FreemanMarch 4, 1921
Maurice E. Frye, JrFebruary 6, 1921
Edward F. GalottiMay 11, 1925
Ann GannettNovember 7, 1916
Donald R. GaudetteDecember 16, 1926
Robert W. GilletteSeptember 1, 1934
James L. GrimaldiMay 3, 1911
Anthony P. GrossoOctober 19, 1913
Gerard A. GuilmetteOctober 22, 1911
Paul GuzziJune 17, 1942
Edward D. Harrington Jr.August 11, 1921
James F. HartJanuary 15, 1932
Francis W. Hatch Jr.May 6, 1925
Jonathan HealyOctober 10, 1945
Marie Elizabeth HoweJune 13, 1939
James P. HurrellMarch 1, 1944
John Peter IvascynOctober 19, 1909
Daniel L. Joyce, JrMay 14, 1934
Richard KendallAugust 21, 1934
George KeverianJune 3, 1931
John G. King (politician)November 30, 1942
William I. KittermanJuly 19, 1928
Mitsie T. KuligMay 18, 1921
Raymond M. LaFontaineMay 18, 1927
Nickolas LambrosJanuary 9, 1933
Richard E. LandryMay 29, 1936
Joseph A. Langone, IIIJanuary 25, 1917
Francis C. LapointeJanuary 13, 1939
Michael E. McLaughlinOctober 27, 1945
David Samuel LiedermanApril 26, 1935
Martin A. LinskyAugust 28, 1940
David J. LionettOctober 3, 1943
Alexander LolasJuly 9, 1932
Gerald P. LombardJanuary 4, 1916
Charles W. LongAugust 14, 1940
John J. LongDecember 10, 1927
John C. LoschMarch 23, 1932
Charles A. MacKenzie, JrFebruary 4, 1919
William Q. MacLean Jr.November 4, 1934
Thomas H. D. MahoneyNovember 4, 1913
Theodore D. MannMay 13, 1922
M. Joseph ManningSeptember 23, 1924
Donald J. ManningJune 23, 1929
Clifford MarshallDecember 14, 1937
Peter L. MasnikMarch 13, 1942
Frank J. MatrangoJuly 19, 1926
Gregory Mayhew
Anthony P. McBrideAugust 28, 1932
Robert E. McCarthyJanuary 12, 1940
Peter C. McCarthySeptember 8, 1941
Edward A. McColganMarch 20, 1932
Thomas W. McGeeMay 24, 1924
Robert J. McGinnDecember 18, 1918
Charles M. McGowanNovember 13, 1923
Allan McGuaneJuly 26, 1928
Arthur James McKennaOctober 29, 1914
Paul C. MentonApril 15, 1925
James B. Moseley
Paul F. MurphyOctober 14, 1932
Paul Maurice MurphyFebruary 24, 1932
John J. NavinSeptember 9, 1915
James R. NolenApril 17, 1933
James Anthony O'Brien, JrJune 22, 1919
John Paul O'BrienJune 10, 1937
Norton Cornelius O'BrienApril 9, 1907
James E. O'LearyApril 7, 1933
Carl R. OhlsonJune 4, 1925
Raymond S. PeckDecember 10, 1922
Felix PerraultOctober 27, 1915
Angelo PicucciApril 12, 1915
Bradford Pottle
Manuel Raposa, Jr.May 13, 1915
Robert C. ReynoldsNovember 6, 1934
William G. RobinsonMarch 10, 1926
J. Hilary RockettJanuary 16, 1935
Maurice E. Ronayne, JrNovember 16, 1917
Raymond F. RourkeOctober 10, 1917
William H. RyanJuly 17, 1938
Anthony James ScalliNovember 11, 1914
Frederic W. Schlosstein, JrMarch 17, 1923
I. Edward SerlinAugust 21, 1912
Emanuel SerraJune 12, 1945
George W. ShattuckJuly 17, 1916
C. Vincent SheaNovember 20, 1916
Paul J. SheehyNovember 1, 1934
Richard R. SilvaMarch 13, 1922
Thomas G. SimonsJanuary 21, 1942
Ralph E. Sirianni Jr.1923
Alan SisitskyJune 4, 1942
William J. SpenceMay 4, 1930
Kevin C. Sullivan
Daniel C. TowseDecember 5, 1924
George E. TwomeyFebruary 3, 1920
Robert A. VigneauNovember 4, 1920
Carlton M. ViveirosDecember 4, 1938
Norman S. Weinberg1919
Robert D. WetmoreJuly 24, 1930
Thomas Casmere WojtkowskiSeptember 18, 1926
George L. Woods, JrMarch 28, 1925
George Chester YoungSeptember 18, 1912

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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: 1971–1972 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . 1971 . .