1987–1988 Massachusetts legislature explained

175th
Massachusetts General Court
Body:General Court
Term End: [1]
Before:174th
After:176th
Chamber1:Senate
Membership1:40
Control1:Democrat
Chamber1 Leader1 Type:President
Chamber1 Leader1:William Bulger
Chamber1 Leader2 Type:Majority Leader
Chamber1 Leader2:Walter J. Boverini
Chamber1 Leader3 Type:Majority Whip
Chamber1 Leader3:John A. Brennan Jr.
Chamber1 Leader4 Type:Minority Leader
Chamber1 Leader4:John Francis Parker
Chamber1 Leader5 Type:Minority Whip
Chamber1 Leader5:David H. Locke
Chamber2:House
Membership2:160
Control2:Democrat
Chamber2 Leader1 Type:Speaker
Chamber2 Leader1:George Keverian
Chamber2 Leader2 Type:Majority Leader
Chamber2 Leader2:Charles Flaherty
Chamber2 Leader3 Type:Majority Whip
Chamber2 Leader3:Robert Correia
Chamber2 Leader4 Type:Minority Leader
Chamber2 Leader4:Steven Pierce
Chamber2 Leader5 Type:Minority Whip
Chamber2 Leader5:Lucile Hicks

The 175th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1987 and 1988 during the governorship of Michael Dukakis. William Bulger served as president of the Senate and George Keverian served as speaker of the House.[2]

Notable legislation included creation of the Massachusetts Environmental Trust.[3]

Senators

portraitname data-sort-type=date date of birth district
Salvatore R. Albano1935
Carol Amick5th Middlesex
Michael J. BarrettJune 27, 1948
Frederick BerryDecember 20, 1949
Louis Peter BertonazziOctober 9, 1933
Royal L. BollingJune 19, 1920
Walter J. BoveriniJune 5, 1925
John A. Brennan Jr.September 19, 1945
Anna Buckley1924
Robert C. BuellApril 23, 1931
William BulgerFebruary 2, 1934
John P. BurkeDecember 2, 1954
Edward L. Burke1942
Paul CellucciApril 24, 1948
Nicholas Costello1935
Paul DoaneMarch 26, 1943
Francis D. Doris1931
William B. GoldenOctober 9, 1948
Paul D. HaroldSeptember 5, 1948
John Patrick Houston1955
Bill Keating (politician)September 6, 1952
Edward P. KirbyJanuary 10, 1928
Richard Arnold Kraus1937
Arthur Joseph Lewis, Jr.September 3, 1934
David H. LockeAugust 4, 1927
Michael LoPresti Jr.April 30, 1947
William Q. MacLean Jr.November 4, 1934
Patricia McGovernAugust 2, 1941
Linda Melconian
Thomas C. NortonDecember 11, 1934
John OlverSeptember 3, 1936
Mary L. Padula
John Francis ParkerMay 29, 1907
Lois PinesAugust 16, 1940
Martin Thomas ReillySeptember 1, 1956
Paul J. SheehyNovember 1, 1934
Joseph B. WalshNovember 15, 1923
Peter Colbourne WebberMay 12, 1952
Robert D. WetmoreJuly 24, 1930
Thomas P. WhiteAugust 27, 1950

Representatives

portraitname data-sort-type=date date of birth district
Theodore J. Aleixo Jr.August 23, 19423rd Bristol
Frances Alexander (politician)June 16, 1919
Lawrence R. Alexander1950
Robert B. Ambler1927
Steven AngeloJune 8, 1952
John C. BartleyMarch 25, 1956
Geoffrey C. Beckwith1958
John BiniendaJune 22, 1947
Kevin Blanchette1954
Peter I. BluteJanuary 28, 1956
Robert Joseph BohigianJuly 24, 1922
Daniel E. BosleyDecember 9, 1953
George Bourque1913
John C. BradfordFebruary 16, 1940
James T. BrettDecember 22, 1949
Thomas BrownellMarch 25, 1940
Carmen BuellFebruary 3, 1945
Suzanne M. BumpFebruary 18, 1956
John BusingerFebruary 5, 1945
Thomas CahirSeptember 19, 1952
Howard C. Cahoon, JrDecember 31, 1944
Ellen CanavanDecember 26, 1941
Paul CaronNovember 15, 1955
Athan Catjakis1931
Robert A. CerasoliJuly 12, 1947
Marjorie ClapproodSeptember 24, 1949
Forrester ClarkNovember 30, 1934
Carol ClevenNovember 2, 1928
David B. Cohen (mayor)September 2, 1947
Andrew CollaroMarch 21, 1910
Joseph M. ConnollyJanuary 5, 1924
William Constantino Jr.May 27, 1944
Robert CorreiaJanuary 3, 1939
John F. CoxJuly 27, 1955
Michael C. CreedonNovember 3, 1946
Charles DecasOctober 5, 1937
Walter DeFilippiOctober 3, 1926
Salvatore DiMasiAugust 11, 1945
Stephen W. DoranMarch 26, 1956
Charles Robert DoyleSeptember 24, 1925
John R. DriscollMay 9, 1924
Robert DurandFebruary 28, 1953
Frank Emilio (politician)August 31, 1935
Patricia FieroJune 12, 1941
Thomas FinneranJanuary 2, 1950
Kevin W. Fitzgerald1950
Charles Flaherty (politician)October 13, 1938
Michael F. Flaherty Sr.September 6, 1936
John H. FloodJune 24, 1939
William J. Flynn, Jr.1933
Peter FormanApril 28, 1958
Gloria FoxMarch 18, 1942
William F. GalvinSeptember 17, 1950
Barbara GardnerJanuary 19, 1941
Mary Jane GibsonFebruary 7, 1933
Larry F. Giordano1944
William GlodisApril 6, 1934
Augusto GraceApril 9, 1954
Saundra GrahamSeptember 5, 1941
Barbara GrayOctober 11, 1926
Henry GrenierDecember 9, 1924
Sherwood Guernsey1946
Robert Havern IIIJuly 17, 1949
Robert Emmet Hayes1951
Jonathan HealyOctober 10, 1945
Joseph N. HermannJune 8, 1924
Albert HerrenJune 8, 1952
Lucile HicksMay 11, 1938
Shirley Owens HicksApril 22, 1942
Barbara HildtApril 13, 1946
Christopher HodgkinsAugust 24, 1957
Iris HollandSeptember 30, 1920
Kevin HonanJune 5, 1958
Augusta HornblowerJune 6, 1948
Robert L. Howarth1942
Marie Elizabeth HoweJune 13, 1939
Frank HynesDecember 23, 1940
Robert F. Jakubowicz1932
Raymond A. Jordan Jr.May 5, 1943
Stephen Karol1948
Marie-Louise KehoeDecember 12, 1928
Thomas P. KennedyAugust 15, 1951
George KeverianJune 3, 1931
Paul KolliosFebruary 24, 1936
Patrick LandersSeptember 20, 1959
Denis Lawrence1940
Edward LeLacheurJune 1, 1925
Kenneth M. LemanskiJanuary 27, 1954
Jacqueline LewisMay 3, 1945
John Loring1926
Vincent LozziJanuary 28, 1932
John MacGovernJuly 14, 1951
Joseph Mackey1951
David P. MagnaniMay 24, 1944
Anthony MandileAugust 14, 1946
Charles MannApril 27, 1935
M. Joseph ManningSeptember 23, 1924
Francis Mara1950
Angelo MarottaOctober 16, 1937
Robert H. MarshAugust 15, 1959
John E. McDonoughMay 21, 1953
Thomas W. McGeeMay 24, 1924
Michael J. McGlynnApril 23, 1953
Joseph B. McIntyreApril 11, 1957
Mary Jane McKennaOctober 23, 1939
John C. McNeilJune 8, 1945
Joan MenardSeptember 6, 1935
Jim MiceliMarch 25, 1935
Richard T. MooreAugust 7, 1943
William E. MoriartyOctober 4, 1923
Peter B. MorinApril 2, 1955
Michael W. MorrisseyAugust 2, 1954
Mary Jeanette MurrayDecember 24, 1924
Eleanor MyersonMay 9, 1922
William P. Nagle Jr.June 10, 1951
Shannon O%27BrienApril 30, 1959
Timothy F. O'Leary1944
Kevin O%27Sullivan (politician)September 30, 1953
Nicholas PaleologosMarch 9, 1953
Thomas PalumboJune 9, 1950
Marie ParenteMay 22, 1928
Thomas PetrolatiMarch 16, 1957
Angelo PicucciApril 12, 1915
Steven PierceOctober 10, 1949
Kevin PoirierJuly 7, 1940
Daniel Ranieri1951
Henri S. RauschenbachOctober 9, 1947
Michael J. Rea, JrJuly 23, 1940
William ReinsteinMarch 26, 1929
Robert J. RohanAugust 15, 1921
Mark RooseveltDecember 10, 1955
Stan RosenbergOctober 12, 1949
Susan RourkeMarch 7, 1954
Richard J. RouseMarch 30, 1954
J. Michael RuaneDecember 10, 1927
Byron RushingJuly 29, 1942
Alfred E. Saggese Jr.November 21, 1946
Sherman SaltmarshApril 27, 1929
Angelo ScacciaSeptember 29, 1942
Susan SchurFebruary 27, 1940
Anthony M. ScibelliOctober 16, 1911
Emanuel SerraJune 12, 1945
Charles SilviaFebruary 18, 1945
Chester SuhoskiMarch 26, 1941
Gregory W. SullivanJanuary 29, 1952
Richard TiseiAugust 13, 1962
Peter G. TorkildsenJanuary 28, 1958
Roger TougasJanuary 9, 1927
Barry TrahanDecember 27, 1954
Marilyn TravinskiJune 1, 1947
Philip TravisJuly 2, 1940
Peter TrombleySeptember 16, 1948
Susan Tucker (politician)November 7, 1944
Peter A. Vellucci1942
William B. VernonApril 17, 1951
Richard VokeDecember 2, 1947
Patricia WalrathAugust 11, 1941
Michael P. Walsh
Thomas Walsh (Massachusetts politician)July 15, 1960
W. Paul WhiteJuly 7, 1945
Francis H. WoodwardMarch 17, 1939

See also

Further reading

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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: 1987–1988 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . 1987 . .
  3. The Massachusetts Environmental Trust . Charles H.W. Foster and Frances H. Foster . Ecology Law Quarterly . 41 . 2014 . 3 . 751–841 . 44320199 .