1961–1962 Massachusetts legislature explained

162nd
Massachusetts General Court
Body:General Court
Election:November 8, 1960
Session2 End:[1]
Before:161st
After:163rd
Chamber1:Senate
Membership1:40
Control1:Democrat (25 D, 14 R)
Chamber1 Leader1 Type:President
Chamber1 Leader1:John E. Powers
Chamber1 Leader2 Type:Majority Leader
Chamber1 Leader2:Maurice A. Donahue
Chamber1 Leader3 Type:Minority Leader
Chamber1 Leader3:Fred I. Lamson
Chamber2:House
Membership2:240
Control2:Democrat (156 D, 83 R)
Chamber2 Leader1 Type:Speaker
Chamber2 Leader1:John F. Thompson
Chamber2 Leader2 Type:Majority Leader
Chamber2 Leader2:Cornelius F. Kiernan
Chamber2 Leader3 Type:Majority Whip
Chamber2 Leader3:William H. Finnegan
Chamber2 Leader4 Type:Minority Leader
Chamber2 Leader4:Frank S. Giles
Chamber2 Leader5 Type:Minority Whip
Chamber2 Leader5:John A. Armstrong

The 162nd Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1961 and 1962 during the governorship of John Volpe. John E. Powers served as president of the Senate and John F. Thompson served as speaker of the House.[2] In 1962, the General Court expanded the University of Massachusetts outside of the Amherst campus with the creation of the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester.[3] [4]

Senators

portraitname data-sort-type=date date of birth district
John Joseph BeadesJune 8, 19167th Suffolk
Paul H. BenoitJanuary 5, 1916
Thomas S. Burgin
James F. BurkeSeptember 7, 1914
Otto F. BurkhardtJanuary 17, 1902
Harold Wilson CanavanMay 13, 1915
Richard CaplesDecember 23, 1921
Robert P. CramerOctober 22, 1916
Leslie Bradley CutlerMarch 24, 1890
Maurice A. DonahueSeptember 12, 1918
C. Eugene FarnamDecember 31, 1916
William Daniel FlemingApril 14, 1907
Mary L. FonsecaMarch 30, 1915
A. Frank FosterFebruary 8, 1910
Joseph Francis GibneyJanuary 9, 1911
Philip A. GrahamMay 21, 1910
Kevin B. HarringtonJanuary 9, 1929
John Edward Harrington Jr.July 30, 1930
William E. HaysNovember 28, 1903
James W. Hennigan Jr.March 27, 1927
Charles V. HoganApril 12, 1897
Newland H. HolmesAugust 30, 1891
Fred I. LamsonDecember 11, 1910
James J. LongNovember 15, 1913
Harold R. LundgrenMay 22, 1894
Ralph Collins MaharJanuary 4, 1912
Francis X. McCannSeptember 2, 1912
Denis L. MckennaAugust 14, 1922
Charles William OlsonAugust 24, 1889
John Francis ParkerMay 29, 1907
John E. PowersNovember 10, 1910
James Paul RurakNovember 9, 1911
Antone L. Silva
Joseph SilvanoMarch 1, 1909
Elizabeth StantonMay 27, 1909
Edward C. StoneJune 29, 1878
George A. Sullivan Jr.
Mario UmanaMay 5, 1914
William X. WallJuly 1, 1904
Stanley John ZarodApril 11, 1920

Representatives

portraitname [5] data-sort-type=date date of birth district
Harry Benjamin AlbroJanuary 21, 18872nd Barnstable
George L. Allen
Walter T. AndersonJanuary 6, 1891
Julius AnselApril 27, 1908
John A. ArmstrongJune 12, 1901
Peter George AsiafAugust 15, 1905
Fred A. BaumeisterSeptember 24, 1892
Raymond H. BeachAugust 11, 1888
Roger L. BernasheSeptember 9, 1927
John T. BerryNovember 20, 1924
Francis BevilacquaAugust 12, 1923
Charles A. Bisbee Jr.June 8, 1918
Vinson BlanchardAugust 1, 1916
Carlton H. BlissAugust 7, 1900
Belden BlySeptember 29, 1914
Stanley Joseph BockoAugust 26, 1920
Robert Joseph BohigianJuly 24, 1922
Royal L. Bolling Sr.June 19, 1920
Gordon Dickson BoyntonAugust 9, 1901
G. Edward BradleyOctober 21, 1906
John Cornelius BresnahanNovember 14, 1919
Joseph E. BrettMay 19, 1907
Lawrence F. BrettaJanuary 12, 1928
Alfred Sylvester BrothersNovember 4, 1919
John D. BrownJanuary 30, 1900
John BroxNovember 16, 1910
John Patrick Buckley1906
Thaddeus M. BuczkoFebruary 23, 1926
William BulgerFebruary 2, 1934
George H. BurgesonDecember 25, 1907
Anthony Joseph BurkeJuly 17, 1931
Walter T. BurkeAugust 5, 1911
Patrick Edmund CallaghanAugust 13, 1895
Gardner E. CampbellNovember 22, 1886
John J. CampbellAugust 26, 1922
Michael Herbert CantwellMay 2, 1905
Raymond Edward CareyJanuary 6, 1899
William A. CareyJanuary 28, 1920
Ralph W. Cartwright Jr.October 5, 1920
William J. Casey (Massachusetts politician)June 27, 1905
Michael CatinoFebruary 21, 1904
John Joseph CavanaughDecember 16, 1921
Harrison ChadwickFebruary 25, 1903
Amelio Della ChiesaJuly 31, 1901
Stephen T. ChmuraAugust 25, 1916
John George ClarkFebruary 26, 1902
Peter Joseph ClohertyFebruary 19, 1923
Thomas Francis Coady Jr.May 8, 1905
Beryl CohenSeptember 18, 1934
Anthony M. ColonnaMay 2, 1916
James Francis CondonFebruary 4, 1899
Lloyd E. ConnNovember 26, 1904
William Augustine Connell, JrNovember 17, 1922
James C. Corcoran Jr.September 22, 1926
Beatrice CorlissOctober 21, 1910
Gilbert M. CoroaJanuary 13, 1925
Leo Joseph CournoyerDecember 11, 1905
Russell H. CraigFebruary 4, 1924
Robert Q. CraneMarch 21, 1926
James J. Craven, Jr.March 24, 1919
Wallace Boyd CrawfordNovember 19, 1908
John J. CroninAugust 1, 1910
Walter A. CuffeJanuary 29, 1898
Sidney CurtissSeptember 4, 1917
Michael A. D'Avolio
Stephen DavenportJune 27, 1924
John DavorenJuly 27, 1915
James DeNormandieNovember 10, 1907
Cornelius DesmondOctober 4, 1893
Theophile Jean DesRochesJune 27, 1902
Gerard F. DohertyApril 6, 1928
John F. DolanSeptember 7, 1922
Edmond J. DonlanDecember 19, 1899
Henry C. DonnellyApril 13, 1922
Thomas Francis DonohueDecember 6, 1902
Harold Lawrence DowerSeptember 16, 1908
Charles Robert DoyleSeptember 24, 1925
Charles E. Luke DriscollOctober 1, 1909
James V. DuffyMarch 14, 1920
John Marshall Eaton Jr.March 26, 1918
Thomas Francis FallonDecember 4, 1929
Manuel FariaMarch 7, 1906
Thomas F. FarrellOctober 10, 1897
Michael Paul FeeneyMarch 26, 1907
Lawrence F. FeloneySeptember 11, 1921
A. Richard FerulloDecember 29, 1929
Cornelius T. Finnegan Jr.December 13, 1918
William H. FinneganMarch 29, 1926
John Joseph FitzgeraldFebruary 28, 1918
Thomas M. FlahertySeptember 6, 1903
Vernon R. FletcherFebruary 8, 1924
Maurice Richard Flynn Jr.December 20, 1917
Bernard J. Pat FoleyJuly 20, 1917
Jeremiah J. FoleyOctober 28, 1915
John Winslow FrenningJuly 19, 1922
Joseph Garczynski, JrFebruary 14, 1927
Frank S. GilesJune 15, 1915
Julie GilliganAugust 5, 1911
Edwin Daniel GormanNovember 19, 1912
Robert C. HahnMarch 25, 1921
David Boyce HamiltonDecember 4, 1890
Samuel HarmonApril 29, 1911
Edward D. Harrington Jr.August 11, 1921
Arthur Graham HeaneyJuly 7, 1908
Herbert B. HollisSeptember 10, 1899
J. Philip HowardFebruary 16, 1907
Richard Lester HullNovember 30, 1917
Charles IannelloApril 25, 1906
John Peter IvascynOctober 19, 1909
Carl R. Johnson Jr.August 22, 1926
Allan Francis JonesJune 29, 1921
William F. JoyceJuly 26, 1909
Sumner Z. KaplanFebruary 3, 1920
William Francis KeenanJanuary 8, 1921
James A. Kelly Jr.May 11, 1926
James H. KellyOctober 15, 1919
Archibald E. KenefickNovember 4, 1896
George V. Kenneally Jr.December 29, 1929
John P. KennedyFebruary 24, 1918
Edward L. KerrMarch 6, 1909
Gregory Benjamin KhachadoorianJuly 8, 1928
Cornelius F. KiernanAugust 15, 1917
Philip KimballJune 6, 1918
William James KingstonOctober 17, 1909
Edward P. KirbyJanuary 10, 1928
Freyda KoplowOctober 26, 1907
Walter KostanskiDecember 10, 1923
Albert KramerJuly 4, 1933
Matthew J. KussDecember 5, 1915
Joseph A. Langone, IIIJanuary 25, 1917
John Joseph LawlessJuly 15, 1912
James R. LawtonOctober 20, 1925
Frank F. LemosJanuary 6, 1901
Peter John LevantiMarch 19, 1903
David H. LockeAugust 4, 1927
Gerald P. LombardJanuary 4, 1916
John J. LongDecember 10, 1927
William LongworthAugust 17, 1914
William Q. MacLean Jr.November 4, 1934
J. Robert MahanDecember 14, 1903
Donald J. ManningJune 23, 1929
Francis Joseph MarrOctober 10, 1927
Rico MateraJune 21, 1917
George C. McDermott
Joseph F. McEvoy Jr.April 27, 1918
Robert J. McGinnDecember 18, 1918
John J. McGlynnFebruary 26, 1922
Allan McGuaneJuly 26, 1928
James McIntyre (politician)May 25, 1930
George G. MendoncaMarch 26, 1924
Paul C. MentonApril 15, 1925
Robert Francis MooneyFebruary 16, 1931
William James MoranJune 24, 1921
Edward S. MorrowMarch 20, 1921
Edwin Herbert MorseJanuary 7, 1902
William Dix Morton Jr.November 5, 1904
Charles A. Mullaly Jr.September 28, 1910
James Gerard MullenMay 5, 1922
Paul Maurice MurphyFebruary 24, 1932
Cornelius Joseph MurrayAugust 19, 1890
Lorenz Francis Muther Jr.September 26, 1908
John J. NavinSeptember 9, 1915
Michael Anthony Nazzaro Jr.June 2, 1925
Mary B. NewmanFebruary 15, 19092nd Middlesex
Thomas M. NewthMarch 15, 1911
James R. NolenApril 17, 1933
Leo James NormandinDecember 14, 1922
James Anthony O'Brien, JrJune 22, 1919
John Paul O'BrienJune 10, 1937
Walter Wilson O'BrienOctober 14, 1910
David J. O'ConnorNovember 9, 1924
George Henry O'FarrellNovember 15, 1910
Joseph Michael O'LoughlinNovember 26, 1914
George J. O'Shea Jr.January 5, 1929
William F. OtisOctober 12, 1903
Domenick S. PasciuccoAugust 1, 1921
Charles Louis PatroneMarch 17, 1914
Francis Whitney PerryApril 21, 1913
Vite Pigaga
Lincoln Pope Jr.May 29, 1916
George William PorterNovember 6, 1885
Auville Wright Putnam
Robert H. QuinnJanuary 30, 1928
Philip Andrew QuinnFebruary 21, 1910
William I. RandallSeptember 13, 1915
George E. RawsonDecember 6, 1886
Leo Joseph ReynoldsFebruary 29, 1920
Frank G. RicoJune 2, 1912
Daniel H. RiderJuly 15, 1912
Harold Rosen (politician)1906
Nathan RosenfeldJanuary 31, 1906
Raymond F. RourkeOctober 10, 1917
Harry Della RussoMay 26, 1907
Roger A. SalaAugust 8, 1893
Joseph Douglas SaulnierApril 14, 1906
Anthony M. ScibelliOctober 16, 1911
John Ralph Sennott Jr.April 22, 1910
Vincent Joseph ShanleyJanuary 27, 1916
Charles Louis SheaJune 28, 1927
Thomas A. SheehanMarch 21, 1933
Alfred R. ShrigleyJune 6, 1914
Michael John SimonelliMay 9, 1913
George T. SmithMarch 18, 1888
Lawrence Philip SmithDecember 4, 1919
George William SpartichinoJune 11, 1924
George I. SpatcherFebruary 2, 1902
Garrett Henry Spillane Jr.
Edmund R. St. John Jr.April 28, 1920
C. Clifford StoneAugust 20, 1897
Joseph A. SylviaAugust 19, 1892
Alvin C. TamkinJune 19, 1924
Armand N. TancratiMay 3, 1914
Frank Daniel TannerFebruary 3, 1888
John F. Thompson (politician)May 20, 1920
George Breed ThomsonJanuary 10, 1921
J. Robert TickleFebruary 27, 1918
John Joseph ToomeyMarch 25, 1909
Henry Andrews TurnerMarch 22, 1887
Warren A. TurnerJanuary 25, 1905
Leo J. TuroDecember 11, 1923
John Taylor TynanJune 7, 1920
Theodore Jack VaitsesMay 8, 1901
Dave Norman VigneaultSeptember 3, 1936
Alfred R. VokeFebruary 12, 1919
George B. WalshMarch 21, 1907
Joseph B. WalshNovember 15, 1923
Martin H. WalshJuly 31, 1916
Chester H. WaterousNovember 18, 1905
Norman S. Weinberg1919
Benjamin Horace WhiteApril 11, 1902
Thomas M. White
Philip F. WhitmoreSeptember 10, 1892
John W. WhittemoreJanuary 30, 1906
Arthur WilliamsDecember 14, 1915
Thomas Casmere WojtkowskiSeptember 18, 1926
Albert H. ZabriskieDecember 7, 1917
Paul G. ZolloAugust 26, 1904

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Further reading

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: Feldberg, Michael. UMass Boston at 50: A Fiftieth-Anniversary History of the University of Massachusetts Boston. University of Massachusetts Press. Amherst, Massachusetts. 2015. 5. 978-1625341693.
  4. Book: More, Ellen S.. 2012. The University of Massachusetts Medical School, A History: Integrating Primary Care and Biomedical Research. Worcester, MA. University of Massachusetts Medical School. 16. 10.13028/e2m6-hs02.
  5. Book: 1961-1962 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . 1961 .