1973–1974 Massachusetts legislature explained

168th
Massachusetts General Court
Body:General Court
Term End: [1]
Before:167th
After:169th
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:Vice Majority
Chamber1 Leader3:Joseph DiCarlo
Chamber1 Leader4 Type:Minority Leader
Chamber1 Leader4:John Francis Parker
Chamber1 Leader5 Type:Minority Vice
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 of House of Representatives
Chamber2 Leader2:Thomas W. McGee
Chamber2 Leader3 Type:Vice Majority of House of Representatives
Chamber2 Leader3:William Q. MacLean Jr.
Chamber2 Leader4 Type:Minority Leader in House of Representatives
Chamber2 Leader4:Francis W. Hatch Jr.
Chamber2 Leader5 Type:Vice Assistent Minority of House of Representatives
Chamber2 Leader5:William G. Robinson

The 168th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1973 and 1974 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

portraitname data-sort-type=date date of birth district
Chester G. AtkinsApril 14, 19485th Middlesex
John F. AylmerJanuary 27, 1934
April 26, 1922
Roger L. BernasheSeptember 9, 1927
Walter J. BoveriniJune 5, 1925
Anna Buckley1924
William BulgerFebruary 2, 1934
John W. BullockMarch 13, 1929
Edward L. Burke 1942
John J. ConteMay 3, 1930
Joseph DiCarloMarch 21, 1936
Irving FishmanMarch 29, 1921
Daniel J. FoleyApril 6, 1921
Mary L. FonsecaMarch 30, 1915
Robert A. HallApril 15, 1946
Kevin B. HarringtonJanuary 9, 1929
James A. Kelly Jr.May 11, 1926
Arthur Joseph Lewis, Jr.September 3, 1934
David H. LockeAugust 4, 1927
Ronald Conrad MacKenzieMay 3, 1934
Francis X. McCannSeptember 2, 1912
Stephen McGrailSeptember 23, 1948
Denis L. MckennaAugust 14, 1922
Allan R. McKinnonJune 2, 1930
George G. MendoncaMarch 26, 1924
Andrea F. Nuciforo Sr.July 14, 1927
John OlverSeptember 3, 1936
John Francis ParkerMay 29, 1907
John M. QuinlanJuly 11, 1935
James Paul RurakNovember 9, 1911
William L. SaltonstallMay 14, 1927
Frederic W. Schlosstein, JrMarch 17, 1923
Alan SisitskyJune 4, 1942
Joseph F. Timilty (state senator)October 3, 1938
Arthur TobinMay 22, 1930
B. Joseph TullyJanuary 4, 1927
Mario UmanaMay 5, 1914
William X. WallJuly 1, 1904
Joseph B. WalshNovember 15, 1923
Stanley John ZarodApril 11, 1924

Representatives

portraitnamedata-sort-type=date date of birth district
Antone S. Aguiar Jr.January 2, 193010th Bristol
Theodore J. Aleixo Jr.August 23, 1942
Alfred AlmeidaOctober 5, 1931
Robert B. Ambler 1927
John S. Ames, IIIOctober 18, 1936
Frank A. AntonelliAugust 20, 1924
Peter George AsiafAugust 15, 1905
Roger Sumner Babb1935
Wilfred E. BalthazarJuly 17, 1914
David M. BartleyFebruary 9, 1935
Louis Peter BertonazziOctober 9, 1933
Francis BevilacquaAugust 12, 1923
Donald T. Bliss1937
Belden BlySeptember 29, 1914
Raymond J. Boffetti1924
Robert Joseph BohigianJuly 24, 1922
Royal L. Bolling Sr.
George Bourque1913
John Jerome BowesFebruary 25, 1917
Joseph E. BrettMay 19, 1907
Thomas BrownellMarch 25, 1940
John R. Buckley1932
Robert C. BuellApril 23, 1931
Charles J. Buffone1919
Nicholas J. Buglione1932
Doris BunteJuly 2, 1933
Walter T. BurkeAugust 5, 1911
John A. Businger
Thomas BussoneSeptember 20, 1912
Laurence R. BuxbaumMarch 9, 1942
Howard C. Cahoon, JrDecember 31, 1944
Fred F. CainNovember 5, 1909
Eleanor CampobassoAugust 10, 1923
Angelo R. CataldoNovember 12, 1917
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
James G. CollinsAugust 2, 1946
H. Thomas ColoDecember 27, 1929
Edward W. ConnellyAugust 2, 1919
James S. ConwayJuly 4, 1930
Edward P. CouryOctober 19, 1927
Gilbert W. Cox, JrFebruary 28, 1933
James J. Craven, Jr.March 24, 1919
Thomas E. CreightonFebruary 1, 1922
Sidney CurtissSeptember 4, 1917
John F. CusackOctober 5, 1937
Joseph S. DalyOctober 26, 1931
Alan Paul DanovitchSeptember 17, 1940
Richard H. DemersJanuary 19, 1928
Arthur Leo DesrocherJanuary 25, 1930
Edward M. DicksonMarch 12, 1912
William J. DignanSeptember 28, 1926
Robert F. DonovanSeptember 13, 1936
Charles Robert DoyleSeptember 24, 1925
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
John J. FinneganJuly 21, 1938
Richard F. FinniganSeptember 27, 1936
Charles Flaherty (politician)October 13, 1938
Michael F. Flaherty Sr.September 6, 1936
Peter Y. Flynn1940
Barney FrankMarch 31, 1940
Bruce N. FreemanMarch 4, 1921
Anthony Michael GallugiMay 16, 1948
Edward F. GalottiMay 11, 1925
Ann GannettNovember 7, 1916
Joseph Garczynski, JrFebruary 14, 1927
Donald R. GaudetteDecember 16, 1926
Robert W. GilletteSeptember 1, 1934
Barbara GrayOctober 11, 1926
Henry GrenierDecember 9, 1924
Edward J. Grimley, JrDecember 26, 1943
Anthony P. GrossoOctober 19, 1913
Paul GuzziJune 17, 1942
Edward D. Harrington Jr.August 11, 1921
Norris W. HarrisMarch 16, 1915
Francis W. Hatch Jr.May 6, 1925
Jonathan HealyOctober 10, 1945
Iris HollandSeptember 30, 1920
Marie Elizabeth HoweJune 13, 1939
James P. HurrellMarch 1, 1944
Daniel L. Joyce, JrMay 14, 1934
Richard KendallAugust 21, 1934
George KeverianJune 3, 1931
Arthur M. KhouryFebruary 5, 1940
Cornelius F. KiernanAugust 15, 1917
John G. King (politician)November 30, 1942
Mel KingOctober 20, 1928
William I. KittermanJuly 19, 1928
Raymond M. LaFontaineMay 18, 1927
Nickolas LambrosJanuary 9, 1933
Richard E. LandryMay 29, 1936
David Lane (Massachusetts politician)July 6, 1927
Peter H. LappinSeptember 25, 1938
Michael E. McLaughlinOctober 27, 1945
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 Loring1926
Garreth J. LynchMarch 13, 1943
Frederick M. MacDonaldAugust 3, 1924
Charles A. MacKenzie, JrFebruary 4, 1919
William Q. MacLean Jr.November 4, 1934
Thomas H. D. MahoneyNovember 4, 1913
M. Joseph ManningSeptember 23, 1924
Donald J. ManningJune 23, 1929
Clifford MarshallDecember 14, 1937
Peter L. MasnikMarch 13, 1942
Frank J. MatrangoJuly 19, 1926
Anthony P. McBrideAugust 28, 1932
Robert E. McCarthyJanuary 12, 1940
Peter C. McCarthySeptember 8, 1941
Terrence P. McCarthyAugust 12, 1941
Edward A. McColganMarch 20, 1932
Thomas W. McGeeMay 24, 1924
Robert J. McGinnDecember 18, 1918
Charles M. McGowanNovember 13, 1923
Richard M. McGrathApril 4, 1931
Arthur James McKennaOctober 29, 1914
John C. McNeilJune 8, 1945
David J. MofensonFebruary 7, 1943
Paul F. MurphyOctober 14, 1932
John J. NavinSeptember 9, 1915
Thomas C. NortonDecember 11, 1934
James Anthony O'Brien, JrJune 22, 1919
Kenneth M. O'BrienFebruary 5, 1951
Henry J. O'DonnellMarch 13, 1940
James E. O'LearyApril 7, 1933
Thomas P. O'Neill III1944
Carl R. OhlsonJune 4, 1925
O. Roland OrlandiMarch 25, 1936
Bill Owens (Massachusetts politician)July 6, 1937
Robert OwensOctober 7, 1946
Raymond S. PeckDecember 10, 1922
Felix PerraultOctober 27, 1915
Robert G. PhelanMarch 19, 1933
Angelo PicucciApril 12, 1915
Robert C. ReynoldsNovember 6, 1934
William G. RobinsonMarch 10, 1926
Maurice E. Ronayne, JrNovember 16, 1917
Jon RotenbergOctober 21, 1947
Raymond F. RourkeOctober 10, 1917
John RuchoNovember 22, 1922
William H. RyanJuly 17, 1938
George SaccoJuly 19, 1936
Angelo ScacciaSeptember 29, 1942
Anthony James ScalliNovember 11, 1914
Joseph ScelsiJune 4, 1915
Anthony M. ScibelliOctober 16, 1911
Emanuel SerraJune 12, 1945
George W. ShattuckJuly 17, 1916
C. Vincent SheaNovember 20, 1916
Edward ShortellAugust 21, 1916
Richard R. SilvaMarch 13, 1922
Thomas G. SimonsJanuary 21, 1942
Ralph E. Sirianni Jr.1923
William J. SpenceMay 4, 1930
George R. SpragueJune 19, 1938
William A. StarzecOctober 14, 1918
John Joseph ToomeyMarch 25, 1909
Daniel C. TowseDecember 5, 1924
Robert A. VigneauNovember 4, 1920
Carlton M. ViveirosDecember 4, 1938
Henry A. WalkerDecember 7, 1919
Norman S. Weinberg1919
Robert D. WetmoreJuly 24, 1930
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: 1973–1974 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . 1973 . .