1975–1976 Massachusetts legislature explained

169th
Massachusetts General Court
Body:General Court
Election:November 4, 1974
Session2 End:[1]
Before:168th
After:170th
Chamber1:Senate
Membership1:40
Control1:Democrat
Chamber1 Leader1 Type:President
Chamber1 Leader1:Kevin B. Harrington
Chamber1 Leader2 Type:Majority Leader
Chamber1 Leader2:Joseph DiCarlo
Chamber1 Leader3 Type:Vice-Leader Majority of House of Representatives
Chamber1 Leader3:Mary L. Fonseca
Chamber1 Leader4 Type:Minority Leader
Chamber1 Leader4:John Francis Parker
Chamber1 Leader5 Type:Vice-Leader Minority
Chamber1 Leader5:David H. Locke
Chamber2:House
Membership2:240
Control2:Democrat
Chamber2 Leader1 Type:Speaker
Chamber2 Leader1:David M. Bartley (1975)
Thomas W. McGee (1975–1976)
Chamber2 Leader2 Type:Majority Leader
Chamber2 Leader2:Thomas W. McGee (1975)
William Q. MacLean Jr. (1975–1976)
Chamber2 Leader3 Type:Vice-Majority
Chamber2 Leader3:William Q. MacLean Jr. (1975)
George Keverian (1975–1976)
Chamber2 Leader4 Type:Minority Leader
Chamber2 Leader4:Francis W. Hatch Jr.
Chamber2 Leader5 Type:Vice-Leader Minority
Chamber2 Leader5:William G. Robinson

The 169th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1975 and 1976 during the governorship of Michael Dukakis. Kevin B. Harrington served as president of the Senate and Thomas W. McGee served as speaker of the House.[2]

Senators

portraitname data-sort-type=date date of birth district
Chester G. AtkinsApril 14, 1948
John F. AylmerJanuary 27, 1934
Jack BackmanApril 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. Burke1942
John J. ConteMay 3, 1930
Joseph DiCarloMarch 21, 1936
Jack Fitzpatrick (businessman)April 5, 1923
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
Michael LoPresti Jr.April 30, 1947
Ronald Conrad MacKenzieMay 3, 19345th Middlesex
Francis X. McCannSeptember 2, 1912
Robert E. McCarthyJanuary 12, 1940
Stephen McGrailSeptember 23, 1948
Denis L. MckennaAugust 14, 1922
Allan R. McKinnonJune 2, 1930
John OlverSeptember 3, 1936
Bill Owens (Massachusetts politician)July 6, 1937
John Francis ParkerMay 29, 1907
George Rogers (Massachusetts politician)August 2, 1933
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
William X. WallJuly 1, 1904
Joseph B. WalshNovember 15, 1923
Stanley John ZarodApril 11, 1924

Representatives

portraitname [3] data-sort-type=date date of birth district
Antone S. Aguiar Jr.January 2, 193013th Bristol
Theodore J. Aleixo Jr.August 23, 1942
Alfred AlmeidaOctober 5, 1931
Robert B. Ambler1927
John S. Ames, IIIOctober 18, 1936
Carol Amick
Peter George AsiafAugust 15, 1905
Wilfred E. BalthazarJuly 17, 1914
David M. BartleyFebruary 9, 1935
Timothy A. BassettDecember 16, 1947
Wilfred P. BeauchesneSeptember 3, 1923
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 Jr.May 1, 1944
George Bourque1913
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
Kevin M. BurkeDecember 7, 1946
Walter T. BurkeAugust 5, 1911
John BusingerFebruary 5, 1945
Laurence R. BuxbaumMarch 9, 1942
Sean Francis CahillaneFebruary 9, 1951
Howard C. Cahoon, JrDecember 31, 1944
Fred F. CainNovember 5, 1909
Eleanor CampobassoAugust 10, 1923
Andrew CardMay 10, 1947
William A. CareyJanuary 28, 1920
Angelo R. CataldoNovember 12, 1917
Robert A. CerasoliJuly 12, 1947
Rudy ChmuraMarch 21, 1932
Steve T. ChmuraMarch 29, 1928
John F. CoffeyFebruary 7, 1918
Gerald M. CohenFebruary 22, 1934
Lincoln P. Cole, Jr.September 18, 1918
Andrew CollaroMarch 21, 1910
James G. CollinsAugust 2, 1946
H. Thomas ColoDecember 27, 1929
William Augustine Connell, JrNovember 17, 1922
Edward W. ConnellyAugust 2, 1919
Michael J. ConnollyApril 20, 1947
James S. ConwayJuly 4, 1930
John Sydney ConwayAugust 19, 1927
Francis X. CoppingerMarch 12, 1935
Leo R. CorazziniFebruary 17, 1930
Genevra R. CounihanDecember 15, 1925
Edward P. CouryOctober 19, 1927
Gilbert W. Cox, JrFebruary 28, 1933
James J. Craven, Jr.March 24, 1919
Michael C. CreedonNovember 3, 1946
Thomas E. CreightonFebruary 1, 1922
Sidney CurtissSeptember 4, 1917
John F. CusackOctober 5, 1937
Michael John DalyJuly 18, 1940
Alan Paul DanovitchSeptember 17, 1940
William D. Delahunt
Richard H. DemersJanuary 19, 1928
Arthur Leo DesrocherJanuary 25, 1930
Edward M. DicksonMarch 12, 1912
Brian J. DonnellyMarch 2, 1946
Robert F. DonovanSeptember 13, 1936
Francis D. Doris1931
John R. DriscollMay 9, 1924
Dennis J. DuffinNovember 24, 1930
Richard J. DwinellAugust 5, 1917
Edward J. Early Jr.July 23, 1931
Charles F. EngdahlJuly 3, 1921
Thomas Francis FallonDecember 4, 1929
Mary FantasiaOctober 1, 1919
John F. FarlandMay 14, 1940
Michael Paul FeeneyMarch 26, 1907
Philip Frank FilosaJuly 6, 1948
John J. FinneganJuly 21, 1938
Richard F. FinniganSeptember 27, 1936
Kevin W. Fitzgerald1950
Charles Flaherty (politician)October 13, 1938
Michael F. Flaherty Sr.September 6, 1936
Raymond FlynnJuly 22, 1939
Bernard D. FlynnApril 11, 1945
Peter Y. Flynn1940
William J. Flynn, Jr.1933
Robert I. Fortes
Barney FrankMarch 31, 1940
Bruce N. FreemanMarch 4, 1921
James J. Gaffney IIIDecember 20, 1942
Anthony Michael GallugiMay 16, 1948
Edward F. GalottiMay 11, 1925
William F. GalvinSeptember 17, 1950
Ann GannettNovember 7, 1916
Joseph Garczynski, JrFebruary 14, 1927
Donald R. GaudetteDecember 16, 1926
Robert W. GilletteSeptember 1, 1934
Mary GoodeJuly 2, 1927
Paul M. GoulstonAugust 1, 1932
Barbara GrayOctober 11, 1926
Henry GrenierDecember 9, 1924
James L. GrimaldiMay 3, 1911
Gerard A. GuilmetteOctober 22, 1911
Edward D. Harrington Jr.August 11, 1921
Peter F. HarringtonFebruary 12, 1936
Norris W. HarrisMarch 16, 1915
Francis W. Hatch Jr.May 6, 1925
Jonathan HealyOctober 10, 1945
Daniel J. Henderson
William Francis HoganJune 6, 1925
Iris HollandSeptember 30, 1920
Marie Elizabeth HoweJune 13, 1939
James P. HurrellMarch 1, 1944
Philip W. JohnstonJuly 21, 1944
Gary D. Jones
Raymond A. Jordan Jr.May 5, 1943
Daniel L. Joyce, JrMay 14, 1934
Dennis J. KearneySeptember 25, 1949
James A. Keefe, Jr.
John G. Kelleher
Richard KendallAugust 21, 1934
Robert B. KennedyFebruary 6, 1940
George KeverianJune 3, 1931
Arthur M. KhouryFebruary 5, 1940
John G. King (politician)November 30, 1942
Mel KingOctober 20, 1928
William I. KittermanJuly 19, 1928
Matthew J. KussDecember 5, 1915
Raymond M. LaFontaineMay 18, 1927
Nickolas LambrosJanuary 9, 1933
Richard E. LandryMay 29, 1936
David Lane (Massachusetts politician)July 6, 1927
Donat J. LaplanteAugust 12, 1913
Francis C. LapointeJanuary 13, 1939
Peter H. LappinSeptember 25, 1938
Michael E. McLaughlinOctober 27, 1945
Mark E. LawtonJuly 26, 1949
Edward LeLacheurJune 1, 1925
Gerald P. LombardJanuary 4, 1916
Michael J. LombardiMay 27, 1917
Charles W. LongAugust 14, 1940
John J. LongDecember 10, 1927
Thomas D. LopesSeptember 7, 1942
Garreth J. LynchMarch 13, 1943
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
Robert Manzelli
Ed MarkeyJuly 11, 1946
Angelo MarottaOctober 16, 1937
Frank J. MatrangoJuly 19, 1926
Anthony P. McBrideAugust 28, 1932
Peter C. McCarthySeptember 8, 1941
Terrence P. McCarthyAugust 12, 1941
Peter L. McDowell
Thomas W. McGeeMay 24, 1924
Charles M. McGowanNovember 13, 1923
Richard J. McGrath
Richard M. McGrathApril 4, 1931
Arthur James McKennaOctober 29, 1914
Robert D. McNeilDecember 16, 1930
Paul E. MeansJune 18, 1945
John F. MeliaJune 5, 1915
Elizabeth MetayerAugust 12, 1911
David J. MofensonFebruary 7, 1943
Paul F. X. MoriartyAugust 18, 1929
John E. Murphy Jr.April 3, 1943
William P. Nagle Jr.June 10, 1951
Andrew NatsiosSeptember 22, 1949
Joseph M. NavinMay 19, 1946
Lou NickinelloSeptember 8, 1940
Elaine NobleJanuary 22, 1944
James R. NolenApril 17, 1933
Nils L. NordbergNovember 6, 1934
Thomas C. NortonDecember 11, 1934
James Anthony O'Brien, JrJune 22, 1919
Henry J. O'DonnellMarch 13, 1940
James E. O'LearyApril 7, 1933
O. Roland OrlandiMarch 25, 1936
Robert OwensOctober 7, 1946
Raymond S. PeckDecember 10, 1922
Robert M. Penta
Felix PerraultOctober 27, 1915
John B. PerryFebruary 15, 1935
Robert G. PhelanMarch 19, 1933
William A. PickettJune 10, 1935
Angelo PicucciApril 12, 1915
Ronald Anthony PinaAugust 11, 1944
Lois PinesAugust 16, 1940
Vincent J. Piro1931
Daniel F. PokaskiJune 26, 1949
Manuel Raposa, Jr.May 13, 1915
Robert C. ReynoldsNovember 6, 1934
William G. RobinsonMarch 10, 1926
A. David RodhamNovember 26, 1938
Andrew J. Rogers, JrMay 6, 1944
Francis E. RogersJuly 18, 1932
Richard A. RogersJuly 8, 1930
Robert J. RohanAugust 15, 1921
Maurice E. Ronayne, JrNovember 16, 1917
Raymond F. RourkeOctober 10, 1917
J. Michael RuaneDecember 10, 1927
John RuchoNovember 22, 1922
Frederick Dello RussoDecember 14, 1943
Alfred E. Saggese Jr.November 21, 1946
Sherman SaltmarshApril 27, 1929
Angelo ScacciaSeptember 29, 1942
Joseph ScelsiJune 4, 1915
Anthony M. ScibelliOctober 16, 1911
James W. SegelJune 29, 1945
Joseph J. SemensiMarch 6, 1923
Emanuel SerraJune 12, 1945
William G. ShaughnessyJuly 10, 1918
C. Vincent SheaNovember 20, 1916
Philip L. SheaOctober 19, 1941
James A. SheetsJune 3, 1935
Edward ShortellAugust 21, 1916
Richard R. SilvaMarch 13, 1922
Thomas G. SimonsJanuary 21, 1942
James E. SmithSeptember 3, 1946
George R. SpragueJune 19, 1938
William A. StarzecOctober 14, 1918
Gregory W. SullivanJanuary 29, 1952
Karen SwansonJanuary 15, 1954
David J. SwartzApril 2, 1931
Robert S. TeahanMarch 1, 1921
John Joseph ToomeyMarch 25, 1909
Theodore J. TrudeauJanuary 22, 1916
Peter A. VelisOctober 8, 1942
Robert A. VigneauNovember 4, 1920
Carlton M. ViveirosDecember 4, 1938
Max VolterraJanuary 7, 1936
Henry A. WalkerDecember 7, 1919
Norman S. Weinberg1919
Bruce E. WetherbeeSeptember 1, 1950
Robert D. WetmoreJuly 24, 1930
W. Paul WhiteJuly 7, 1945
Thomas P. WhiteAugust 27, 1950
Bernard Wilber
George L. Woods, JrMarch 28, 1925
George Chester YoungSeptember 18, 1912
Bruce H. Zeiser

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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: 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: 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . Edward B. O'Neill and Wallace C. Mills .