2001–2002 Massachusetts legislature explained

182nd Massachusetts General Court
Body:	General Court
Term End:	^[1]
Before:	181st
After:	183rd
Chamber1:	Senate
Membership1:	40
Control1:	Democratic
Chamber1 Leader1 Type:	President
Chamber1 Leader1:	Tom Birmingham
Chamber1 Leader2 Type:	Majority Leader
Chamber1 Leader2:	Linda Melconian
Chamber1 Leader3 Type:	Majority Whip
Chamber1 Leader3:	Robert Travaglini
Chamber1 Leader4 Type:	Minority Leader
Chamber1 Leader4:	Brian Lees
Chamber1 Leader5 Type:	Minority Whip
Chamber1 Leader5:	Richard Tisei
Chamber2:	House
Membership2:	160
Control2:	Democratic
Chamber2 Leader1 Type:	Speaker
Chamber2 Leader1:	Thomas Finneran
Chamber2 Leader2 Type:	Majority Leader
Chamber2 Leader2:	William P. Nagle Jr.
Chamber2 Leader3 Type:	Majority Whip
Chamber2 Leader3:	Salvatore DiMasi
Chamber2 Leader4 Type:	Minority Leader
Chamber2 Leader4:	Francis L. Marini (2001–2002) Bradley Jones Jr. (2002)
Chamber2 Leader5 Type:	Minority Whip
Chamber2 Leader5:	George N. Peterson Jr.

The 182nd Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 2001 and 2002 during the governorships of Paul Cellucci and Jane Swift. Tom Birmingham served as president of the Senate and Thomas Finneran served as speaker of the House.^[2]

Senators

portrait	name ^[3]	data-sort-type=date	date of birth	district
	Robert A. Antonioni	July 15, 1958
	Frederick Berry	December 20, 1949	2nd Essex
	Tom Birmingham	August 4, 1949
	Stephen Brewer	February 10, 1948
	Harriette L. Chandler	December 20, 1937
	Edward J. Clancy Jr.	June 30, 1950
	Robert Creedon	November 13, 1942
	Cynthia Stone Creem	September 17, 1942
	Susan Fargo	August 27, 1942
	Guy Glodis	February 15, 1969
	Robert Havern III	July 17, 1949
	Robert L. Hedlund	July 12, 1961
	Cheryl Jacques	February 17, 1962
	James Jajuga	December 12, 1946
	Brian A. Joyce	September 5, 1962
	Michael Knapik	February 11, 1963
	Brian Lees	July 25, 1953
	Stephen F. Lynch	March 31, 1955
	David P. Magnani	May 24, 1944
	Linda Melconian
	Joan Menard	September 6, 1935
	Mark Montigny	June 20, 1961
	Richard T. Moore	August 7, 1943
	Michael W. Morrissey	August 2, 1954
	Therese Murray	October 10, 1947
	Andrea F. Nuciforo Jr.	February 26, 1964
	Robert O%27Leary	January 24, 1946
	Marc Pacheco	October 29, 1952
	Steven C. Panagiotakos	November 26, 1959
	Pam Resor	1942
	Stan Rosenberg	October 12, 1949
	Charles E. Shannon Jr.	August 31, 1943
	Jo Ann Sprague	November 3, 1931
	Bruce Tarr	January 2, 1964
	Richard Tisei	August 13, 1962
	Steven Tolman	October 2, 1954
	Robert Travaglini	July 20, 1952
	Susan Tucker (politician)	November 7, 1944
	Marian Walsh	1954
	Dianne Wilkerson	May 2, 1955

Representatives

portrait	name ^[4]	data-sort-type=date	date of birth	district
	Christopher P. Asselin	March 10, 1969	9th Hampden
	Cory Atkins	February 10, 1949
	Demetrius Atsalis	March 31, 1964
	Bruce Ayers	April 17, 1962
	Ruth Balser	October 30, 1948
	Jarrett Barrios	October 16, 1969
	John Binienda	June 22, 1947
	Deborah Blumer	October 18, 1941
	Daniel E. Bosley	December 9, 1953
	Garrett Bradley	July 4, 1970
	Arthur Broadhurst	September 28, 1964
	Scott Brown (politician)	September 12, 1959
	David Bunker
	Stephen Buoniconti	September 4, 1969
	Antonio Cabral	January 26, 1955
	Michael P. Cahill	December 12, 1961
	Christine Canavan	January 25, 1950
	Gale D. Candaras	1949
	Paul Caron	November 15, 1955
	Mark Carron	July 8, 1962
	Paul Casey	February 26, 1961
	Vincent P. Ciampa	April 15, 1945
	Carol Cleven	November 2, 1928
	Cheryl Coakley-Rivera	February 21, 1964
	Edward G. Connolly	August 22, 1928
	Michael J. Coppola	December 7, 1942
	Robert Correia	January 3, 1939
	Geraldine Creedon	September 26, 1945
	Brian Cresta	April 22, 1969
	Robert DeLeo (politician)	March 27, 1950
	Vinny deMacedo	October 16, 1965
	Paul C. Demakis	July 9, 1953
	Brian Dempsey (politician)	September 30, 1966
	Salvatore DiMasi	August 11, 1945
	Paul Donato	October 27, 1941
	David Donnelly	June 7, 1956
	Carol A. Donovan	June 5, 1937
	James H. Fagan	October 13, 1947
	Christopher Fallon	June 7, 1953
	Mark Falzone	June 14, 1975
	Robert Fennell	June 26, 1956
	Mike Festa	May 9, 1954
	Barry Finegold	March 3, 1971
	Thomas Finneran	January 2, 1950
	Kevin W. Fitzgerald	1950
	Nancy Flavin	June 26, 1950
	Marie St. Fleur	May 4, 1962
	David Lawrence Flynn	February 5, 1933
	Gloria Fox	March 18, 1942
	John Fresolo	October 11, 1964
	Paul Frost	April 25, 1970
	William C. Galvin	October 18, 1956
	Colleen Garry	July 21, 1962
	Thomas N. George	May 2, 1938
	Emile Goguen	March 16, 1933
	Brian Paul Golden	February 2, 1965
	Thomas Golden Jr.	March 5, 1971
	Shirley Gomes	January 23, 1940
	William G. Greene Jr.	April 24, 1940
	Patricia Haddad	May 7, 1950
	Cele Hahn	March 21, 1942
	Geoff Hall (politician)	October 10, 1948
	Robert S. Hargraves	October 14, 1936
	Lida E. Harkins	January 24, 1944
	Jack Hart (state senator)	April 21, 1961
	Shirley Owens Hicks	April 22, 1942
	Bradford Hill	January 22, 1967
	Reed V. Hillman	November 30, 1948
	Christopher Hodgkins	August 24, 1957
	Kevin Honan	June 5, 1958
	Frank Hynes	December 23, 1940
	Patricia D. Jehlen	October 14, 1943
	Bradley Jones Jr.	January 9, 1965
	Louis Kafka	November 28, 1945
	Michael F. Kane	June 10, 1967
	Rachel Kaprielian	June 24, 1968
	Jay R. Kaufman	May 4, 1947
	Daniel F. Keenan	February 15, 1961
	Shaun P. Kelly	March 13, 1964
	Thomas P. Kennedy	August 15, 1951
	Kay Khan	June 22, 1941
	Brian Knuuttila	February 22, 1957
	Robert Koczera	November 25, 1953
	Peter Koutoujian	September 17, 1961
	Paul Kujawski	August 26, 1953
	Stephen Kulik	August 3, 1950
	Peter J. Larkin	December 23, 1953
	James Leary	March 27, 1967
	Stephen LeDuc	February 29, 1968
	John Lepper	December 22, 1934
	Maryanne Lewis	1963
	David Linsky	October 16, 1957
	John A. Locke (Massachusetts politician)	November 27, 1962
	Paul Loscocco	March 7, 1962
	Liz Malia	September 30, 1949
	Ronald Mariano	October 31, 1946
	Francis L. Marini	March 5, 1949
	Jim Marzilli	May 8, 1958
	Thomas M. McGee	December 15, 1955
	John Merrigan	May 2, 1961
	Jim Miceli	March 25, 1935
	Charles A. Murphy	August 11, 1965
	Kevin J. Murphy (politician)	November 27, 1952
	William P. Nagle Jr.	June 10, 1951
	David Nangle	December 18, 1960
	Harold Naughton Jr.	July 4, 1960
	Robert Nyman	August 20, 1960
	Thomas J. O%27Brien (Massachusetts politician)	March 15, 1964
	Eugene O%27Flaherty	July 20, 1968
	Marie Parente	May 22, 1928
	Matthew Patrick (politician)	April 1, 1952
	Anne Paulsen	August 8, 1936
	Vincent Pedone	March 15, 1967
	Douglas W. Petersen	March 7, 1948
	George N. Peterson Jr.	July 8, 1950
	Thomas Petrolati	March 16, 1957
	Anthony Petruccelli	October 2, 1972
	Elizabeth Poirier	October 27, 1942
	Karyn Polito	November 11, 1966
	Susan Pope	October 9, 1942
	Ruth Provost	August 9, 1949
	John F. Quinn	April 7, 1963
	Kathi-Anne Reinstein	January 31, 1971
	Michael Rodrigues (politician)	May 30, 1959
	Mary Rogeness	May 18, 1941
	George Rogers (Massachusetts politician)	August 2, 1933
	John H. Rogers	October 22, 1964
	J. Michael Ruane	December 10, 1927
	Byron Rushing	July 29, 1942
	José L. Santiago
	Angelo Scaccia	September 29, 1942
	Mary Jane Simmons	May 14, 1953
	John P. Slattery	April 5, 1958
	Frank Smizik	September 4, 1944
	Theodore C. Speliotis	August 20, 1953
	Robert Spellane	March 5, 1970
	Harriett Stanley	March 30, 1950
	Thomas M. Stanley	March 23, 1964
	Ellen Story	October 17, 1941
	William M. Straus	June 26, 1956
	David B. Sullivan	June 6, 1953
	Joseph Sullivan (mayor)	March 1, 1959
	Benjamin Swan	September 18, 1933
	Kathleen Teahan	June 11, 1947
	Walter Timilty	July 19, 1969
	Paul Tirone	February 8, 1951
	A. Stephen Tobin	July 3, 1956
	Timothy J. Toomey Jr.	June 7, 1953
	David Torrisi	September 18, 1968
	Philip Travis	July 2, 1940
	Eric Turkington	August 12, 1947
	James E. Vallee	July 24, 1966
	Anthony Verga	April 26, 1935
	Joseph Wagner (Massachusetts politician)	May 7, 1960
	Patricia Walrath	August 11, 1941
	Marty Walsh	April 10, 1967
	Alice Wolf	December 24, 1933

See also

• 107th United States Congress
• List of Massachusetts General Courts

Further reading

• Book: 2001 . Boston . Commonwealth of Massachusetts . Manual for the Use of the General Court . 2452/40636 . Court . Massachusetts General .

External links

• Book: 2001–2002 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . Boston . Internet Archive .
• Web site: Sec.state.ma.us . Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division . 2000 State Senate General Election .
• Web site: Sec.state.ma.us . Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division . 2000 State Representative General Election .

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. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20010414032154/http://www.state.ma.us/LEGIS/ . The 182nd General Court of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts . April 14, 2001 . State.ma.us .
3. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20010413135842/http://www.state.ma.us/legis/memmenus.htm . Commonwealth of Massachusetts: List of members of the 182nd General Court (2001-2002) . April 13, 2001 . State.ma.us . Senate .
4. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20010413135514/http://www.state.ma.us/legis/memmenuh.htm . Commonwealth of Massachusetts: the 182nd General Court, House of Representatives (2001-2002) . April 13, 2001 . State.ma.us . List of Members .