2009–2010 Massachusetts legislature explained

186th
Massachusetts General Court
Body:General Court
Election:2008 Massachusetts general election
Before:185th
After:187th
Chamber1:Senate
Membership1:40
Control1:Democrat
Chamber1 Leader1 Type:President
Chamber1 Leader1:Therese Murray
Chamber1 Leader2 Type:Majority Leader
Chamber1 Leader2:Frederick Berry
Chamber1 Leader3 Type:Majority Whip
Chamber1 Leader3:Joan Menard
Chamber1 Leader4 Type:Minority Leader
Chamber1 Leader4:Richard Tisei
Chamber1 Leader5 Type:Minority Whip
Chamber1 Leader5:Robert L. Hedlund
Chamber2:House
Membership2:160
Control2:Democrat
Chamber2 Leader1 Type:Speaker
Chamber2 Leader1:Robert DeLeo
Chamber2 Leader2 Type:Majority Leader
Chamber2 Leader2:James E. Vallee
Chamber2 Leader3 Type:Majority Whip
Chamber2 Leader3:Ronald Mariano
Chamber2 Leader4 Type:Minority Leader
Chamber2 Leader4:Bradley Jones Jr.
Chamber2 Leader5 Type:Minority Whip
Chamber2 Leader5:Bradford Hill

The 186th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 2009 and 2010 during the governorship of Deval Patrick. Therese Murray served as president of the Senate and Robert DeLeo served as speaker of the House.

Senators

portraitname [1] data-sort-type=date date of birth district [2]
Steven Baddour19691st Essex
Frederick BerryDecember 20, 1949
Stephen BrewerFebruary 10, 1948
Stephen BuonicontiSeptember 4, 1969
Gale D. Candaras1949
Harriette L. ChandlerDecember 20, 1937
Sonia Chang-D%C3%ADazMarch 31, 1978
Cynthia Stone CreemSeptember 17, 1942
Sal DiDomenicoJune 20, 1971
Ken DonnellyJuly 15, 1950
Benjamin DowningSeptember 11, 1981
Jamie EldridgeAugust 11, 1973
Susan FargoAugust 27, 1942
Jennifer FlanaganSeptember 5, 1975
Jack Hart (state senator)April 21, 1961
Robert L. HedlundJuly 12, 1961
Patricia D. JehlenOctober 14, 1943
Brian A. JoyceSeptember 5, 1962
Thomas P. KennedyAugust 15, 1951
Michael KnapikFebruary 11, 1963
Thomas M. McGeeDecember 15, 1955
Joan MenardSeptember 6, 1935
Mark MontignyJune 20, 1961
Michael O. MooreJanuary 17, 1963
Richard T. MooreAugust 7, 1943
Michael W. MorrisseyAugust 2, 1954
Therese MurrayOctober 10, 1947
Robert O%27LearyJanuary 24, 1946
Marc PachecoOctober 29, 1952
Steven C. PanagiotakosNovember 26, 1959
Anthony PetruccelliOctober 2, 1972
Stan RosenbergOctober 12, 1949
Richard J. RossJuly 6, 1954
Karen SpilkaJanuary 11, 1953
Bruce TarrJanuary 2, 1964
James E. Timilty
Richard TiseiAugust 13, 1962
Steven TolmanOctober 2, 1954
Susan Tucker (politician)November 7, 1944
Marian Walsh1954

Representatives

portraitname [3] data-sort-type=date date of birthdistrict
Kevin Aguiar19727th Bristol
Geraldo AliceaSeptember 27, 1963
Willie Mae AllenFebruary 11, 1937
James ArcieroAugust 27, 1974
Brian AsheApril 23, 1963
Cory AtkinsFebruary 10, 1949
Demetrius AtsalisMarch 31, 1964
Bruce AyersApril 17, 1962
Ruth BalserOctober 30, 1948
F. Jay BarrowsApril 5, 1956
Carlo BasileJune 29, 1971
Jennifer Benson
John BiniendaJune 22, 1947
Daniel E. BosleyDecember 9, 1953
Bill Bowles
Garrett BradleyJuly 4, 1970
Michael Brady (politician)
Will BrownsbergerMarch 21, 1957
Antonio CabralJanuary 26, 1955
Jennifer CallahanAugust 24, 1964
Thomas Calter
Linda Dean Campbell
Christine CanavanJanuary 25, 1950
Stephen Canessa1980
James CantwellOctober 25, 1966
Katherine ClarkJuly 17, 1963
Cheryl Coakley-RiveraFebruary 21, 1964
Tom ConroyJuly 7, 1962
Michael A. CostelloMay 5, 1965
Geraldine CreedonSeptember 26, 1945
Sean Curran (politician)August 23, 1977
Steven D%27AmicoFebruary 21, 1953
Robert DeLeo (politician)March 27, 1950
Vinny deMacedoOctober 16, 1965
Brian Dempsey (politician)September 30, 1966
Marcos DeversOctober 25, 1950
Stephen DiNatale
Paul DonatoOctober 27, 1941
Christopher DonelanDecember 25, 1964
Joseph R. Driscoll1970
James J. Dwyer
Carolyn DykemaDecember 26, 1967
Lori EhrlichJune 9, 1963
Lewis EvangelidisJuly 11, 1961
James H. FaganOctober 13, 1947
Christopher FallonJune 7, 1953
Mark FalzoneJune 14, 1975
Robert FennellJune 26, 1956
John V. FernandesNovember 16, 1952
Ann-Margaret FerranteJune 26, 1972
Barry FinegoldMarch 3, 1971
Linda Dorcena ForryNovember 1, 1973
Gloria FoxMarch 18, 1942
John FresoloOctober 11, 1964
Paul FrostApril 25, 1970
William C. GalvinOctober 18, 1956
Sean GarballeyFebruary 22, 1985
Colleen GarryJuly 21, 1962
Susan Williams GiffordNovember 3, 1959
Anne GobiDecember 27, 1962
Thomas Golden Jr.March 5, 1971
Mary E. GrantJanuary 10, 1953
William G. Greene Jr.April 24, 1940
Danielle Gregoire
Denis GuyerJuly 11, 1966
Patricia HaddadMay 7, 1950
Robert S. HargravesOctober 14, 1936
Lida E. HarkinsJanuary 24, 1944
Jon Hecht
Bradford HillJanuary 22, 1967
Kate HoganJanuary 15, 1957
Kevin HonanJune 5, 1958
Donald Humason Jr.July 31, 1967
Bradley Jones Jr.January 9, 1965
Louis KafkaNovember 28, 1945
Michael F. KaneJune 10, 1967
Jay R. KaufmanMay 4, 1947
John D. KeenanApril 4, 1965
Thomas P. KennedyAugust 15, 1951
Kay KhanJune 22, 1941
Peter KocotSeptember 18, 1956
Robert KoczeraNovember 25, 1953
Peter KoutoujianSeptember 17, 1961
Paul KujawskiAugust 26, 1953
Stephen KulikAugust 3, 1950
Barbara L%27ItalienJanuary 3, 1961
Jason Lewis (Massachusetts politician)April 19, 1968
David LinskyOctober 16, 1957
Timothy Madden
Liz MaliaSeptember 30, 1949
Ronald MarianoOctober 31, 1946
Allen McCarthyFebruary 24, 1970
Paul McMurtryOctober 28, 1965
Jim MiceliMarch 25, 1935
Aaron Michlewitz1978
Michael Moran (Massachusetts politician)February 23, 1971
Charles A. MurphyAugust 11, 1965
James M. MurphyNovember 15, 1969
Kevin J. Murphy (politician)November 27, 1952
David NangleDecember 18, 1960
Harold Naughton Jr.July 4, 1960
Jim O%27DayMay 23, 1954
Eugene O%27FlahertyJuly 20, 1968
Matthew Patrick (politician)April 1, 1952
Sarah PeakeOctober 4, 1957
Vincent PedoneMarch 15, 1967
Alice PeischOctober 4, 1954
Jeff Perry (politician)January 8, 1964
George N. Peterson Jr.July 8, 1950
Thomas PetrolatiMarch 16, 1957
William %22Smitty%22 PignatelliAugust 31, 1959
Elizabeth PoirierOctober 27, 1942
Karyn PolitoNovember 11, 1966
Denise ProvostMarch 9, 1951
Angelo Puppolo
John F. QuinnApril 7, 1963
Kathi-Anne ReinsteinJanuary 31, 1971
Robert L. Rice Jr.
Pam Richardson
Michael Rodrigues (politician)May 30, 1959
John H. RogersOctober 22, 1964
Dennis Rosa
Richard J. RossJuly 6, 1954
Mike RushNovember 30, 1973
Byron RushingJuly 29, 1942
Jeffrey Sanchez (politician)July 18, 1969
Rosemary SandlinMay 31, 1946
Tom SannicandroMarch 22, 1956
Angelo ScacciaSeptember 29, 1942
John ScibakMay 4, 1953
Carl SciortinoJuly 6, 1978
Stephen Stat SmithMay 25, 1955
Frank SmizikSeptember 4, 1944
Todd Smola1977
Theodore C. SpeliotisAugust 20, 1953
Robert SpellaneMarch 5, 1970
Christopher SperanzoOctober 24, 1972
Joyce SpiliotisDecember 27, 1946
Harriett StanleyMarch 30, 1950
Thomas M. StanleyMarch 23, 1964
Ellen StoryOctober 17, 1941
William M. StrausJune 26, 1956
David B. SullivanJune 6, 1953
Benjamin SwanSeptember 18, 1933
Walter TimiltyJuly 19, 1969
A. Stephen TobinJuly 3, 1956
Timothy J. Toomey Jr.June 7, 1953
David TorrisiSeptember 18, 1968
Cleon TurnerDecember 29, 1945
James E. ValleeJuly 24, 1966
Joseph Wagner (Massachusetts politician)May 7, 1960
Brian P. WallaceJuly 26, 1949
Marty WalshApril 10, 1967
Steven WalshSeptember 11, 1973
Martha M. WalzJuly 7, 1961
Daniel K. WebsterApril 2, 1964
James T. WelchDecember 22, 1975
Alice WolfDecember 24, 1933

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20100914110741/http://www.malegislature.gov/People/Senate . Members of the Senate . Malegislature.gov . September 14, 2010 .
  2. Book: Manual for the Use of the General Court . 2009 . Boston . Commonwealth of Massachusetts . 2452/119266 .
  3. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20100914110737/http://www.malegislature.gov/People/House . Members of the House of Representatives . Malegislature.gov . September 14, 2010 .