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1975–1976 Massachusetts legislature

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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.[4]

169th
Massachusetts General Court
←168th 170th→
Overview
Legislative bodyGeneral Court
ElectionNovember 4, 1974
Senate
Members40
PresidentKevin B. Harrington
Majority LeaderJoseph DiCarlo
Vice-Leader Majority of House of RepresentativesMary L. Fonseca
Minority LeaderJohn Francis Parker
Vice-Leader MinorityDavid H. Locke
Party controlDemocrat[1]
House
Members240
SpeakerDavid M. Bartley (1975)
Thomas W. McGee (1975–1976)
Majority LeaderThomas W. McGee (1975)
William Q. MacLean Jr. (1975–1976)
Vice-MajorityWilliam Q. MacLean Jr. (1975)
George Keverian (1975–1976)
Minority LeaderFrancis W. Hatch Jr.
Vice-Leader MinorityWilliam G. Robinson
Party controlDemocrat[2]
Sessions
1stJanuary 1, 1975 (1975-01-01) – January 6, 1976 (1976-01-06)
2ndJanuary 7, 1976 (1976-01-07) – October 14, 1976 (1976-10-14)[3]
Kevin Harrington
Kevin Harrington, Senate president.
Thomas McGee
Thomas McGee, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1975.

Senators

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portrait name [5] date of birth [6] district [6]
 
 Chester G. Atkins April 14, 1948
 
 John F. Aylmer January 27, 1934
 
 Jack Backman April 26, 1922
 
 Roger L. Bernashe September 9, 1927
 
 Walter J. Boverini June 5, 1925
 
 Anna Buckley 1924
 
 William Bulger February 2, 1934
 
 John W. Bullock March 13, 1929
 
 Edward L. Burke 1942
 
 John J. Conte May 3, 1930
 
 Joseph DiCarlo March 21, 1936
 
 Jack Fitzpatrick (businessman) April 5, 1923
 
 Daniel J. Foley April 6, 1921
 
 Mary L. Fonseca March 30, 1915
 
 Robert A. Hall April 15, 1946
 
 Kevin B. Harrington January 9, 1929
 
 James A. Kelly Jr. May 11, 1926
 
 Arthur Joseph Lewis Jr. September 3, 1934
 
 David H. Locke August 4, 1927
 
 Michael LoPresti Jr. April 30, 1947
 
 Ronald Conrad MacKenzie May 3, 1934 5th Middlesex
 
 Francis X. McCann September 2, 1912
 
 Robert E. McCarthy January 12, 1940
 
 Stephen McGrail September 23, 1948
 
 Denis L. Mckenna August 14, 1922
 
 Allan R. McKinnon June 2, 1930
 
 John Olver September 3, 1936
 
 Bill Owens (Massachusetts politician) July 6, 1937
 
 John Francis Parker May 29, 1907
 
 George Rogers (Massachusetts politician) August 2, 1933
 
 James Paul Rurak November 9, 1911
 
 William L. Saltonstall May 14, 1927
 
 Frederic W. Schlosstein Jr. March 17, 1923
 
 Alan Sisitsky June 4, 1942
 
 Joseph F. Timilty (state senator) October 3, 1938
 
 Arthur Tobin May 22, 1930
 
 B. Joseph Tully January 4, 1927
 
 William X. Wall July 1, 1904
 
 Joseph B. Walsh November 15, 1923
 
 Stanley John Zarod April 11, 1924

Representatives

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portrait name [5] date of birth [6] district [6]
 
 Antone S. Aguiar Jr. January 2, 1930 13th Bristol
 
 Theodore J. Aleixo Jr. August 23, 1942
 
 Alfred Almeida October 5, 1931
 
 Robert B. Ambler 1927
 
 John S. Ames, III October 18, 1936
 
 Carol Amick
 
 Peter George Asiaf August 15, 1905
 
 Wilfred E. Balthazar July 17, 1914
 
 David M. Bartley February 9, 1935
 
 Timothy A. Bassett December 16, 1947
 
 Wilfred P. Beauchesne September 3, 1923
 
 Louis Peter Bertonazzi October 9, 1933
 
 Francis Bevilacqua August 12, 1923
 
 Donald T. Bliss 1937
 
 Belden Bly September 29, 1914
 
 Raymond J. Boffetti 1924
 
 Robert Joseph Bohigian July 24, 1922
 
 Royal L. Bolling Jr. May 1, 1944
 
 George Bourque 1913
 
 Joseph E. Brett May 19, 1907
 
 Thomas Brownell March 25, 1940
 
 John R. Buckley 1932
 
 Robert C. Buell April 23, 1931
 
 Charles J. Buffone 1919
 
 Nicholas J. Buglione 1932
 
 Doris Bunte July 2, 1933
 
 Kevin M. Burke December 7, 1946
 
 Walter T. Burke August 5, 1911
 
 John Businger February 5, 1945
 
 Laurence R. Buxbaum March 9, 1942
 
 Sean Francis Cahillane February 9, 1951
 
 Howard C. Cahoon Jr. December 31, 1944
 
 Fred F. Cain November 5, 1909
 
 Eleanor Campobasso August 10, 1923
 
 Andrew Card May 10, 1947
 
 William A. Carey January 28, 1920
 
 Angelo R. Cataldo November 12, 1917
 
 Robert A. Cerasoli July 12, 1947
 
 Rudy Chmura March 21, 1932
 
 Steve T. Chmura March 29, 1928
 
 John F. Coffey February 7, 1918
 
 Gerald M. Cohen February 22, 1934
 
 Lincoln P. Cole Jr. September 18, 1918
 
 Andrew Collaro March 21, 1910
 
 James G. Collins August 2, 1946
 
 H. Thomas Colo December 27, 1929
 
 William Augustine Connell Jr. November 17, 1922
 
 Edward W. Connelly August 2, 1919
 
 Michael J. Connolly April 20, 1947
 
 James S. Conway July 4, 1930
 
 John Sydney Conway August 19, 1927
 
 Francis X. Coppinger March 12, 1935
 
 Leo R. Corazzini February 17, 1930
 
 Genevra R. Counihan December 15, 1925
 
 Edward P. Coury October 19, 1927
 
 Gilbert W. Cox Jr. February 28, 1933
 
 James J. Craven Jr. March 24, 1919
 
 Michael C. Creedon November 3, 1946
 
 Thomas E. Creighton February 1, 1922
 
 Sidney Curtiss September 4, 1917
 
 John F. Cusack October 5, 1937
 
 Michael John Daly July 18, 1940
 
 Alan Paul Danovitch September 17, 1940
 
 William D. Delahunt
 
 Richard H. Demers January 19, 1928
 
 Arthur Leo Desrocher January 25, 1930
 
 Edward M. Dickson March 12, 1912
 
 Brian J. Donnelly March 2, 1946
 
 Robert F. Donovan September 13, 1936
 
 Francis D. Doris 1931
 
 John R. Driscoll May 9, 1924
 
 Dennis J. Duffin November 24, 1930
 
 Richard J. Dwinell August 5, 1917
 
 Edward J. Early Jr. July 23, 1931
 
 Charles F. Engdahl July 3, 1921
 
 Thomas Francis Fallon December 4, 1929
 
 Mary Fantasia October 1, 1919
 
 John F. Farland May 14, 1940
 
 Michael Paul Feeney March 26, 1907
 
 Philip Frank Filosa July 6, 1948
 
 John J. Finnegan July 21, 1938
 
 Richard F. Finnigan September 27, 1936
 
 Kevin W. Fitzgerald 1950
 
 Charles Flaherty (politician) October 13, 1938
 
 Michael F. Flaherty Sr. September 6, 1936
 
 Raymond Flynn July 22, 1939
 
 Bernard D. Flynn April 11, 1945
 
 Peter Y. Flynn 1940
 
 William J. Flynn Jr. 1933
 
 Robert I. Fortes
 
 Barney Frank March 31, 1940
 
 Bruce N. Freeman March 4, 1921
 
 James J. Gaffney III December 20, 1942
 
 Anthony Michael Gallugi May 16, 1948
 
 Edward F. Galotti May 11, 1925
 
 William F. Galvin September 17, 1950
 
 Ann Gannett November 7, 1916
 
 Joseph Garczynski Jr. February 14, 1927
 
 Donald R. Gaudette December 16, 1926
 
 Robert W. Gillette September 1, 1934
 
 Mary Goode July 2, 1927
 
 Paul M. Goulston August 1, 1932
 
 Barbara Gray October 11, 1926
 
 Henry Grenier December 9, 1924
 
 James L. Grimaldi May 3, 1911
 
 Gerard A. Guilmette October 22, 1911
 
 Edward D. Harrington Jr. August 11, 1921
 
 Peter F. Harrington February 12, 1936
 
 Norris W. Harris March 16, 1915
 
 Francis W. Hatch Jr. May 6, 1925
 
 Jonathan Healy October 10, 1945
 
 Daniel J. Henderson
 
 William Francis Hogan June 6, 1925
 
 Iris Holland September 30, 1920
 
 Marie Elizabeth Howe June 13, 1939
 
 James P. Hurrell March 1, 1944
 
 Philip W. Johnston July 21, 1944
 
 Gary D. Jones
 
 Raymond A. Jordan Jr. May 5, 1943
 
 Daniel L. Joyce Jr. May 14, 1934
 
 Dennis J. Kearney September 25, 1949
 
 James A. Keefe Jr.
 
 John G. Kelleher
 
 Richard Kendall August 21, 1934
 
 Robert B. Kennedy February 6, 1940
 
 George Keverian June 3, 1931
 
 Arthur M. Khoury February 5, 1940
 
 John G. King (politician) November 30, 1942
 
 Mel King October 20, 1928
 
 William I. Kitterman July 19, 1928
 
 Matthew J. Kuss December 5, 1915
 
 Raymond M. LaFontaine May 18, 1927
 
 Nickolas Lambros January 9, 1933
 
 Richard E. Landry May 29, 1936
 
 David Lane (Massachusetts politician) July 6, 1927
 
 Donat J. Laplante August 12, 1913
 
 Francis C. Lapointe January 13, 1939
 
 Peter H. Lappin September 25, 1938
 
 Michael E. McLaughlin October 27, 1945
 
 Mark E. Lawton July 26, 1949
 
 Edward LeLacheur June 1, 1925
 
 Gerald P. Lombard January 4, 1916
 
 Michael J. Lombardi May 27, 1917
 
 Charles W. Long August 14, 1940
 
 John J. Long December 10, 1927
 
 Thomas D. Lopes September 7, 1942
 
 Garreth J. Lynch March 13, 1943
 
 Charles A. MacKenzie Jr. February 4, 1919
 
 William Q. MacLean Jr. November 4, 1934
 
 Thomas H. D. Mahoney November 4, 1913
 
 M. Joseph Manning September 23, 1924
 
 Donald J. Manning June 23, 1929
 
 Robert Manzelli
 
 Ed Markey July 11, 1946
 
 Angelo Marotta October 16, 1937
 
 Frank J. Matrango July 19, 1926
 
 Anthony P. McBride August 28, 1932
 
 Peter C. McCarthy September 8, 1941
 
 Terrence P. McCarthy August 12, 1941
 
 Peter L. McDowell
 
 Thomas W. McGee May 24, 1924
 
 Charles M. McGowan November 13, 1923
 
 Richard J. McGrath
 
 Richard M. McGrath April 4, 1931
 
 Arthur James McKenna October 29, 1914
 
 Robert D. McNeil December 16, 1930
 
 Paul E. Means June 18, 1945
 
 John F. Melia June 5, 1915
 
 Elizabeth Metayer August 12, 1911
 
 David J. Mofenson February 7, 1943
 
 Paul F. X. Moriarty August 18, 1929
 
 John E. Murphy Jr. April 3, 1943
 
 William P. Nagle Jr. June 10, 1951
 
 Andrew Natsios September 22, 1949
 
 Joseph M. Navin May 19, 1946
 
 Lou Nickinello September 8, 1940
 
 Elaine Noble January 22, 1944
 
 James R. Nolen April 17, 1933
 
 Nils L. Nordberg November 6, 1934
 
 Thomas C. Norton December 11, 1934
 
 James Anthony O'Brien Jr. June 22, 1919
 
 Henry J. O'Donnell March 13, 1940
 
 James E. O'Leary April 7, 1933
 
 O. Roland Orlandi March 25, 1936
 
 Robert Owens October 7, 1946
 
 Raymond S. Peck December 10, 1922
 
 Robert M. Penta
 
 Felix Perrault October 27, 1915
 
 John B. Perry February 15, 1935
 
 Robert G. Phelan March 19, 1933
 
 William A. Pickett June 10, 1935
 
 Angelo Picucci April 12, 1915
 
 Ronald Anthony Pina August 11, 1944
 
 Lois Pines August 16, 1940
 
 Vincent J. Piro 1931
 
 Daniel F. Pokaski June 26, 1949
 
 Manuel Raposa Jr. May 13, 1915
 
 Robert C. Reynolds November 6, 1934
 
 William G. Robinson March 10, 1926
 
 A. David Rodham November 26, 1938
 
 Andrew J. Rogers Jr. May 6, 1944
 
 Francis E. Rogers July 18, 1932
 
 Richard A. Rogers July 8, 1930
 
 Robert J. Rohan August 15, 1921
 
 Maurice E. Ronayne Jr. November 16, 1917
 
 Raymond F. Rourke October 10, 1917
 
 J. Michael Ruane December 10, 1927
 
 John Rucho November 22, 1922
 
 Frederick Dello Russo December 14, 1943
 
 Alfred E. Saggese Jr. November 21, 1946
 
 Sherman Saltmarsh April 27, 1929
 
 Angelo Scaccia September 29, 1942
 
 Joseph Scelsi June 4, 1915
 
 Anthony M. Scibelli October 16, 1911
 
 James W. Segel June 29, 1945
 
 Joseph J. Semensi March 6, 1923
 
 Emanuel Serra June 12, 1945
 
 William G. Shaughnessy July 10, 1918
 
 C. Vincent Shea November 20, 1916
 
 Philip L. Shea October 19, 1941
 
 James A. Sheets June 3, 1935
 
 Edward Shortell August 21, 1916
 
 Richard R. Silva March 13, 1922
 
 Thomas G. Simons January 21, 1942
 
 James E. Smith September 3, 1946
 
 George R. Sprague June 19, 1938
 
 William A. Starzec October 14, 1918
 
 Gregory W. Sullivan January 29, 1952
 
 Karen Swanson January 15, 1954
 
 David J. Swartz April 2, 1931
 
 Robert S. Teahan March 1, 1921
 
 John Joseph Toomey March 25, 1909
 
 Theodore J. Trudeau January 22, 1916
 
 Peter A. Velis October 8, 1942
 
 Robert A. Vigneau November 4, 1920
 
 Carlton M. Viveiros December 4, 1938
 
 Max Volterra January 7, 1936
 
 Henry A. Walker December 7, 1919
 
 Norman S. Weinberg 1919
 
 Bruce E. Wetherbee September 1, 1950
 
 Robert D. Wetmore July 24, 1930
 
 W. Paul White July 7, 1945
 
 Thomas P. White August 27, 1950
 
 Bernard Wilber
 
 George L. Woods Jr. March 28, 1925
 
 George Chester Young September 18, 1912
 
 Bruce H. Zeiser

Images

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    Map of 240 districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives apportioned in 1973

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Composition of the Massachusetts State Senate", Resources on Massachusetts Political Figures in the State Library, Mass.gov, archived from the original on June 6, 2020
  2. ^ "Composition of the State of Massachusetts House of Representatives", Resources on Massachusetts Political Figures in the State Library, Mass.gov, archived from the original on June 6, 2020
  3. ^ "Length of Legislative Sessions". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 348+.
  4. ^ "Organization of the Legislature Since 1780". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2005. p. 338+.
  5. ^ a b Edward B. O'Neill and Wallace C. Mills. 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
  6. ^ a b c d "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1975" (PDF), Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via State Library of Massachusetts

Further reading

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  • Election Statistics: The Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1974), Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1975, hdl:2452/43466
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