1955–1956 Massachusetts legislature explained

159th
Massachusetts General Court
Body:General Court
Term End: [1]
Before:158th
After:160th
Chamber1:Senate
Membership1:40
Control1:Republican
Chamber1 Leader1 Type:President
Chamber1 Leader1:Richard I. Furbush
Chamber2:House
Membership2:240
Control2:Democrat
Chamber2 Leader1 Type:Speaker
Chamber2 Leader1:Michael F. Skerry

The 159th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1955 and 1956 during the governorship of Christian Herter. Richard I. Furbush served as president of the Senate and Michael F. Skerry served as speaker of the House.[2]

The Massachusetts Legislative Research Bureau began operating in 1955.

Senators

portraitname data-sort-type=date date of birth district
John AdamsMay 30, 19154th Essex
John Joseph BeadesJune 8, 1916
Paul H. BenoitJanuary 5, 1916
Philip Griggs BowkerApril 17, 1899
Ralph Vester ClampitMarch 28, 1896
Silvio O. ConteNovember 9, 1921
James J. CorbettNovember 27, 1896
Leslie Bradley CutlerMarch 24, 1890
Edmund DinisOctober 4, 1924
Maurice A. DonahueSeptember 12, 1918
George Jelly EvansFebruary 4, 1909
William Daniel FlemingApril 14, 1907
Mary L. FonsecaMarch 30, 1915
Richard I. FurbushJanuary 4, 1904
Joseph Francis GibneyJanuary 9, 1911
C. Henry GlovskyMarch 26, 1918
Philip A. GrahamMay 21, 1910
Charles W. HedgesMarch 27, 1901
James W. Hennigan Jr.March 27, 1927
Charles V. HoganApril 12, 1897
Newland H. HolmesAugust 30, 1891
Charles John InnesJune 1, 1901
Hastings KeithNovember 22, 1915
Fred I. LamsonDecember 11, 1910
Richard Henry LeeDecember 20, 1901
Ralph LercheAugust 19, 1899
Harold R. LundgrenMay 22, 1894
Ralph Collins MaharJanuary 4, 1912
Francis X. McCannSeptember 2, 1912
Frederick T. McDermottNovember 20, 1906
Charles William OlsonAugust 24, 1889
John Francis ParkerMay 29, 1907
John E. PowersNovember 10, 1910
Albert S. Previte Jr.September 26, 1928
Andrew P. QuigleyJanuary 13, 1926
Daniel Rudsten
Elizabeth StantonMay 27, 1909
Edward C. StoneJune 29, 1878
Mario UmanaMay 5, 1914
Patrick John F. Walsh Jr.July 2, 1915

Representatives

portraitname [3] data-sort-type=date date of birth district
Frank Haskell AllenOctober 12, 18777th Worcester
Leonard H. AmorosoFebruary 14, 1897
Charles H. AnthonyJuly 6, 1893
Ernest W. AprilJanuary 15, 1915
John A. ArmstrongJune 12, 1901
Charles J. Artesani
John George AsiafJune 30, 1900
John Robert AyersFebruary 18, 1911
Clifton H. BakerNovember 28, 1878
Cyrus BarnesAugust 23, 1889
Fred A. BaumeisterSeptember 24, 1892
James C. BayleyOctober 28, 1908
Raymond H. BeachAugust 11, 1888
Rene R. BernardinJuly 24, 1910
Charles A. Bisbee Jr.June 8, 1918
Fred Arthur BlakeJanuary 13, 1895
Carlton H. BlissAugust 7, 1900
Belden BlySeptember 29, 1914
Frank Edwin BootNovember 8, 1905
Samuel Joseph Boudreau
Gordon Dickson BoyntonAugust 9, 1901
Malcolm Blanchard BoyntonNovember 13, 1894
G. Edward BradleyOctober 21, 1906
Rene A. BrassardAugust 5, 1917
John Cornelius BresnahanNovember 14, 1919
Frank Eben BrownJanuary 14, 1890
John D. BrownJanuary 30, 1900
John BroxNovember 16, 1910
John Patrick Buckley1906
William Francis BurkeFebruary 12, 1925
Pasquale CaggianoAugust 31, 1909
Oscar Josiah CahoonApril 29, 1912
Gardner E. CampbellNovember 22, 1886
John J. CampbellAugust 26, 1922
Harold Wilson CanavanMay 13, 1915
Michael Herbert CantwellMay 2, 1905
Richard CaplesDecember 23, 1921
Charles W. CapraroNovember 2, 1920
Michael Joseph CarrollJune 21, 1891
Ralph W. Cartwright Jr.October 5, 1920
John Joseph CavanaughDecember 16, 1921
Harrison ChadwickFebruary 25, 1903
Wendell Phillips ChamberlainOctober 28, 1911
Amelio Della ChiesaJuly 31, 1901
Stephen T. ChmuraAugust 25, 1916
Thomas Francis Coady Jr.May 8, 1905
Anthony M. ColonnaMay 2, 1916
Harry Coltun
George Raymand ComoJuly 3, 1912
James Francis CondonFebruary 4, 1899
Joseph T. Conley
William Augustine Connell, JrNovember 17, 1922
John W. CostelloApril 20, 1927
Leo Joseph CournoyerDecember 11, 1905
William A. CowingJanuary 6, 1878
Wallace Boyd CrawfordNovember 19, 1908
John Francis Cremens
Sidney CurtissSeptember 4, 1917
John A. DavisMay 9, 1912
John DavorenJuly 27, 1915
James DeNormandieNovember 10, 1907
Domenic Victor DePariOctober 27, 1910
Wilfred Adolphus DerosierMarch 2, 1908
Edward DeSaulnierJanuary 8, 1921
Cornelius DesmondOctober 4, 1893
Theophile Jean DesRochesJune 27, 1902
William P. Di Vitto
Thomas J. DohertyAugust 25, 1919
John F. DolanSeptember 7, 1922
James R. DoncasterJanuary 28, 1919
Edmond J. DonlanDecember 19, 1899
Allison Rice DormanDecember 1, 1879
Charles Robert DoyleSeptember 24, 1925
John T. DriscollOctober 26, 1925
Charles E. Luke DriscollOctober 1, 1909
Philip J. DurkinOctober 21, 1903
John Marshall Eaton Jr.March 26, 1918
Thomas Edward EnrightAugust 1, 1881
Manuel FariaMarch 7, 1906
C. Eugene FarnamDecember 31, 1916
Thomas F. FarrellOctober 10, 1897
Michael Paul FeeneyMarch 26, 1907
Lawrence F. FeloneySeptember 11, 1921
Charles E. FergusonJanuary 30, 1894
William H. FinneganMarch 29, 1926
Thomas M. FlahertySeptember 6, 1903
Stephen L. FrenchMarch 9, 1892
Peter B. GayJuly 13, 1915
Charles GibbonsJuly 21, 1901
Donald Linwood GibbsAugust 7, 1904
Frank S. GilesJune 15, 1915
Louis Harry GlaserJune 15, 1910
Edwin Daniel GormanNovember 19, 1912
Hollis M. GottMay 25, 1885
Joseph Patrick GrahamAugust 22, 1902
Thomas T. GrayJuly 22, 1892
George GreeneMarch 7, 1897
Thomas J. HannonDecember 9, 1900
Francis Appleton Harding1908
Fred C. HarringtonApril 21, 1902
William E. HaysNovember 28, 1903
Arthur Graham HeaneyJuly 7, 1908
Francis J. Hickey, Jr.March 7, 1928
George W. HillSeptember 15, 1888
Paul L. HinckleyAugust 16, 1910
Isaac Alexander HodgenMarch 28, 1907
Olaf Hoff Jr.January 11, 1892
Herbert B. HollisSeptember 10, 1899
Charles F. HolmanJune 21, 1892
J. Philip HowardFebruary 16, 1907
Richard Lester HullNovember 30, 1917
Walter Forbes HurlburtFebruary 18, 1917
Nathaniel M. HurwitzMarch 24, 1893
Fred A. HutchinsonApril 5, 1881
Christopher A. IannellaMay 29, 1913
Charles IannelloApril 25, 1906
John Peter IvascynOctober 19, 1909
William Whittem JennessApril 3, 1904
Adolph JohnsonJuly 20, 1885
Ernest A. JohnsonMarch 13, 1897
Stanley Everett JohnsonOctober 4, 1911
Allan Francis JonesJune 29, 1921
Abraham Herbert Kahalas
Sumner Z. KaplanFebruary 3, 1920
William Francis KeenanJanuary 8, 1921
Charles T. KelleherJuly 26, 1912
James H. KellyOctober 15, 1919
Archibald E. KenefickNovember 4, 1896
Edward L. KerrMarch 6, 1909
Cornelius F. KiernanAugust 15, 1917
Philip KimballJune 6, 1918
William James KingstonOctober 17, 1909
William Walter KirlinMay 13, 1897
Thomas Edward KitchenDecember 16, 1924
Freyda KoplowOctober 26, 1907
Edmund Vincent LaneAugust 31, 1893
John Joseph LawlessJuly 15, 1912
James R. LawtonOctober 20, 1925
Carter LeeJuly 3, 1907
Francis W. LindstromDecember 18, 1898
Thomas Francis LinehanNovember 23, 1905
Gerald P. LombardJanuary 4, 1916
William LongworthAugust 17, 1914
Arthur Ulton MahanJune 18, 1900
Francis Joseph MarrOctober 10, 1927
Charles Sumner Marston 3dJune 16, 1921
Rico MateraJune 21, 1917
Joseph F. McEvoy Jr.April 27, 1918
Hugh J. McLaughlinSeptember 27, 1915
John P. McMorrowSeptember 19, 1926
Wilfred S. MirskySeptember 14, 1906
Joe MoakleyApril 27, 1927
William Dix Morton Jr.November 5, 1904
Charles A. Mullaly Jr.September 28, 1910
John E. MurphyFebruary 13, 1900
Cornelius Joseph MurrayAugust 19, 1890
Harold Clinton NagleJuly 27, 1917
Thomas M. NewthMarch 15, 1911
Leo James NormandinDecember 14, 1922
William F. NourseSeptember 12, 1922
James Anthony O'BrienOctober 27, 1886
Walter Wilson O'BrienOctober 14, 1910
David J. O%27ConnorNovember 9, 1924
Thomas J. O%27ConnorJuly 27, 1925
John Henry O'Connor Jr.December 9, 1917
James O'Dea Jr.August 25, 1922
George Henry O'FarrellNovember 15, 1910
Joseph Michael O'LoughlinNovember 26, 1914
John J. O'RourkeJune 26, 1916
Daniel Matthew O'SullivanAugust 17, 1921
Frank B. Oliveira
Harold A. PalmerOctober 15, 1906
Charles Louis PatroneMarch 17, 1914
Charles W. PattersonJanuary 30, 1917
Patrick Francis PlunkettMarch 21, 1917
Michael A. PorrazzoJune 2, 1913
George William PorterNovember 6, 1885
Harvey Armand PothierSeptember 6, 1901
Harold Putnam (Massachusetts politician)February 15, 1916
Philip Andrew QuinnFebruary 21, 1910
William I. RandallSeptember 13, 1915
George E. RawsonDecember 6, 1886
Frank G. RicoJune 2, 1912
William H. J. RowanJune 21, 1879
Richard August RuetherAugust 28, 1896
Roger A. SalaAugust 8, 1893
Joseph Douglas SaulnierApril 14, 1906
Anthony James ScalliNovember 11, 1914
Anthony M. ScibelliOctober 16, 1911
John Ralph Sennott Jr.April 22, 1910
John Ellsworth SheldonAugust 17, 1909
Joseph SilvanoMarch 1, 1909
Michael John SimonelliMay 9, 1913
J. Roger SissonAugust 14, 1921
Michael F. SkerryJanuary 3, 1909
Thomas J. SlackFebruary 10, 1914
Fletcher Smith Jr.May 20, 1918
George T. SmithMarch 18, 1888
Leo SontagAugust 16, 1922
Anthony William SpadaforaOctober 20, 1924
George I. SpatcherFebruary 2, 1902
C. Clifford StoneAugust 20, 1897
Franklin Sturgis Jr.October 18, 1883
William Christopher SullivanOctober 13, 1924
Joseph A. SylviaAugust 19, 1892
Joseph A. Sylvia Jr.September 16, 1903
Alvin C. TamkinJune 19, 1924
Armand N. TancratiMay 3, 1914
Frank Daniel TannerFebruary 3, 1888
Duncan Forbes ThayerFebruary 14, 1900
John F. Thompson (politician)May 20, 1920
George Hawley ThompsonJune 8, 1917
Irene ThresherJuly 6, 1900
Nathaniel TildenNovember 3, 1903
Robert Xavier TivnanJune 9, 1924
John Joseph ToomeyMarch 25, 1909
Herbert TuckermanMay 2, 1921
Earle Stanley TylerDecember 18, 1896
John Taylor TynanJune 7, 1920
Theodore Jack VaitsesMay 8, 1901
William X. WallJuly 1, 1904
Joseph Francis WalshFebruary 9, 1907
Barclay H. Warburton IIIFebruary 5, 1922
Joseph D. WardMarch 26, 1914
Martha WareOctober 6, 1917
Chester H. WaterousNovember 18, 1905
Norman S. Weinberg1919
Philip F. WhitmoreSeptember 10, 1892
Charles E. WilkinsonDecember 26, 1883
Joseph WisniowskiMarch 1, 1918
Thomas Casmere WojtkowskiSeptember 18, 1926
Stanislaus George WondolowskiAugust 20, 1909
Alton Hamilton WorrallApril 20, 1893
John YerxaApril 23, 1904
Albert H. ZabriskieDecember 7, 1917
John F. ZamparelliDecember 13, 1922
Paul G. ZolloAugust 26, 1904

See also

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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: 1955–1956 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . 1955 . .
  3. Book: 1955–1956 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . 1955 . .