The 166th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1969 and 1970 during the governorship of Francis Sargent. Maurice A. Donahue served as president of the Senate and David M. Bartley served as speaker of the House.[4]
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| Overview | |||||
| Legislative body | General Court | ||||
| Election | November 5, 1968 | ||||
| Senate | |||||
| Members | 40 | ||||
| President | Maurice A. Donahue (2nd Hampden district) | ||||
| Majority Leader | Kevin B. Harrington | ||||
| Majority Whip | Mario Umana | ||||
| Minority Leader | John Francis Parker | ||||
| Minority Whip | William D. Weeks | ||||
| Party control | Democrat[1] | ||||
| House | |||||
| Members | 240 | ||||
| Speaker | David M. Bartley | ||||
| Majority Leader | Thomas W. McGee | ||||
| Majority Whip | Paul F. Murphy | ||||
| Minority Leader | Sidney Curtiss | ||||
| Minority Whip | George W. Shattuck | ||||
| Party control | Democrat[2] | ||||
| Sessions | |||||
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Maurice Donahue, Senate president.
David Bartley, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1969.
Senators
edit| portrait | name [5] | date of birth [6] | district [6] |
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Oliver F. Ames | December 13, 1920 | 3rd Suffolk |
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John Dowkontt Barrus | August 19, 1924 | |
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James F. Burke | September 7, 1914 | |
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Robert L. Cawley | July 30, 1934 | |
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Beryl Cohen | September 18, 1934 | |
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John J. Conte | May 3, 1930 | |
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James DeNormandie | November 10, 1907 | |
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Joseph DiCarlo | March 21, 1936 | |
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Maurice A. Donahue | September 12, 1918 | |
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Daniel J. Foley | April 6, 1921 | |
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Mary L. Fonseca | March 30, 1915 | |
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George D. Hammond | October 29, 1906 | |
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Samuel Harmon | April 29, 1911 | |
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Kevin B. Harrington | January 9, 1929 | |
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John Edward Harrington Jr. | July 30, 1930 | |
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Charles V. Hogan | April 12, 1897 | |
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Allan Francis Jones | June 29, 1921 | |
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James A. Kelly Jr. | May 11, 1926 | |
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George V. Kenneally Jr. | December 29, 1929 | |
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Fred I. Lamson | December 11, 1910 | |
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David H. Locke | August 4, 1927 | |
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Ronald Conrad MacKenzie | May 3, 1934 | |
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Francis X. McCann | September 2, 1912 | |
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James McIntyre (politician) | May 25, 1930 | |
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Denis L. Mckenna | August 14, 1922 | |
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George G. Mendonca | March 26, 1924 | |
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Joe Moakley | April 27, 1927 | |
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Andrea F. Nuciforo Sr. | July 14, 1927 | |
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John Francis Parker | May 29, 1907 | |
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Philibert L. Pellegrini | September 4, 1918 | |
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John M. Quinlan | July 11, 1935 | |
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Philip Andrew Quinn | February 21, 1910 | |
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William I. Randall | September 13, 1915 | |
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James Paul Rurak | November 9, 1911 | |
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William L. Saltonstall | May 14, 1927 | |
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Mario Umana | May 5, 1914 | |
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William X. Wall | July 1, 1904 | |
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Joseph D. Ward | March 26, 1914 | |
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William D. Weeks | May 9, 1926 | |
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Stanley John Zarod | April 11, 1924 |
Representatives
edit| portrait | name [5] | date of birth [6] | district [6] |
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James A. Adams | December 24, 1923 | |
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Antone S. Aguiar Jr. | January 2, 1930 | 10th Bristol |
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David C. Ahearn | July 28, 1929 | |
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Theodore J. Aleixo Jr. | August 23, 1942 | |
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Robert B. Ambler [7] | 1927 | |
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John A. Armstrong | June 12, 1901 | |
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Robert S. Aronson | July 3, 1920 | |
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Peter George Asiaf | August 15, 1905 | |
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Roger Sumner Babb | 1935 | |
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Jack Backman[7] | April 26, 1922 | |
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Wilfred E. Balthazar | July 17, 1914 | |
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David M. Bartley | February 9, 1935 | |
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Robert A. Belmonte | July 2, 1930 | |
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Roger L. Bernashe | September 9, 1927 | |
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Louis Peter Bertonazzi | October 9, 1933 | |
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Francis Bevilacqua | August 12, 1923 | |
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Donald T. Bliss | 1937 | |
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Belden Bly | September 29, 1914 | |
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Stanley Joseph Bocko | August 26, 1920 | |
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Robert Joseph Bohigian | July 24, 1922 | |
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George Bourque | 1913 | |
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John Jerome Bowes | February 25, 1917 | |
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James John Bowler | July 18, 1923 | |
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John Cornelius Bresnahan | November 14, 1919 | |
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Joseph E. Brett | May 19, 1907 | |
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John R. Buckley | 1932 | |
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Robert C. Buell | April 23, 1931 | |
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Nicholas J. Buglione | 1932 | |
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William Bulger | February 2, 1934 | |
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Walter T. Burke | August 5, 1911 | |
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Thomas Bussone | September 20, 1912 | |
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Louis Buttiglieri | May 18, 1916 | |
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Fred F. Cain | November 5, 1909 | |
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Eleanor Campobasso | August 10, 1923 | |
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William A. Carey | January 28, 1920 | |
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Philip N. Carney | June 6, 1919 | |
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Daniel William Carney [7] | August 17, 1925 | |
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Emmett J. Cauley | February 28, 1903 | |
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Paul J. Cavanaugh | February 22, 1936 | |
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Harrison Chadwick | February 25, 1903 | |
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Rudy Chmura | March 21, 1932 | |
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Steve T. Chmura | March 29, 1928 | |
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John F. Coffey | February 7, 1918 | |
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Lincoln P. Cole Jr. | September 18, 1918 | |
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Andrew Collaro | March 21, 1910 | |
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H. Thomas Colo | December 27, 1929 | |
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William Augustine Connell Jr. | November 17, 1922 | |
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James S. Conway | July 4, 1930 | |
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Francis X. Coppinger | March 12, 1935 | |
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Paul J. Corriveau | July 3, 1930 | |
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Edward P. Coury | October 19, 1927 | |
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Gilbert W. Cox Jr. | February 28, 1933 | |
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James J. Craven Jr. | March 24, 1919 | |
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Robert Creedon | November 13, 1942 | |
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Thomas E. Creighton | February 1, 1922 | |
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Paul W. Cronin | March 14, 1938 | |
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Sidney Curtiss | September 4, 1917 | |
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Michael John Daly | July 18, 1940 | |
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Richard W. Daly | March 25, 1936 | |
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Alan Paul Danovitch | September 17, 1940 | |
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Joseph Del Grosso | July 25, 1904 | |
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John Joseph Desmond | July 1, 1930 | |
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Arthur Leo Desrocher | January 25, 1930 | |
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Edward J. Dever Jr. | June 21, 1936 | |
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Edward M. Dickson | March 12, 1912 | |
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Anthony R. DiFruscia | June 5, 1940 | |
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George DiLorenzo | March 24, 1919 | |
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John F. Dolan | September 7, 1922 | |
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Charles Robert Doyle | September 24, 1925 | |
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Wilfred C. Driscoll | December 31, 1926 | |
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Michael Dukakis | November 3, 1933 | |
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Richard J. Dwinell | August 5, 1917 | |
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Joseph D. Early | January 31, 1933 | |
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Charles F. Engdahl | July 3, 1921 | |
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Seymour F. Epstein | November 7, 1919 | |
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Thomas Francis Fallon | December 4, 1929 | |
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Vernon R. Farnsworth Jr. | April 18, 1934 | |
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Thomas F. Farrell | October 10, 1897 | |
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Michael Paul Feeney | March 26, 1907 | |
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John J. Finnegan | July 21, 1938 | |
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Irving Fishman | March 29, 1921 | |
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Charles Flaherty (politician) | October 13, 1938 | |
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Michael F. Flaherty Sr. | September 6, 1936 | |
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Edward M. Flanagan | January 9, 1929 | |
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Charles L. Flannery | March 22, 1920 | |
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David Lawrence Flynn | February 5, 1933 | |
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Bruce N. Freeman | March 4, 1921 | |
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Maurice E. Frye Jr. | February 6, 1921 | |
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Edward F. Galotti | May 11, 1925 | |
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Ann Gannett | November 7, 1916 | |
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Donald R. Gaudette | December 16, 1926 | |
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T. Harold Gayron | August 31, 1914 | |
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J. Laurence Golden | June 10, 1933 | |
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Joel S. Greenberg | May 31, 1930 | |
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James L. Grimaldi | May 3, 1911 | |
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Anthony P. Grosso | October 19, 1913 | |
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Gerard A. Guilmette | October 22, 1911 | |
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Barry T. Hannon | November 21, 1935 | |
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Walter J. Hannon | September 4, 1931 | |
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Michael J. Harrington | September 2, 1936 | |
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Edward D. Harrington Jr. | August 11, 1921 | |
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J. Edmond Harris | November 17, 1916 | |
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David E. Harrison | June 19, 1933 | |
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Francis W. Hatch Jr. | May 6, 1925 | |
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Michael E. Haynes[8] | May 9, 1927 | |
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Winston Healy | October 20, 1937 | |
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Theodore M. Herman | October 5, 1919 | |
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Timothy William Hickey | February 14, 1938 | |
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William Francis Hogan | June 6, 1925 | |
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Franklin W. Holgate [8] | May 3, 1929 | |
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Herbert B. Hollis | September 10, 1899 | |
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Marie Elizabeth Howe | June 13, 1939 | |
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John Peter Ivascyn | October 19, 1909 | |
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John Janas | September 4, 1910 | |
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Daniel L. Joyce Jr. | May 14, 1934 | |
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Francis M. Keane | April 8, 1933 | |
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Joseph M. Kearney | February 23, 1927 | |
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F. Leo Kenney | November 15, 1902 | |
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Walter T. Kerr | May 20, 1918 | |
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George Keverian | June 3, 1931 | |
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Gregory Benjamin Khachadoorian | July 8, 1928 | |
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Cornelius F. Kiernan | August 15, 1917 | |
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William I. Kitterman | July 19, 1928 | |
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Walter Kostanski | December 10, 1923 | |
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Mitsie T. Kulig | May 18, 1921 | |
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Matthew J. Kuss | December 5, 1915 | |
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Raymond M. LaFontaine | May 18, 1927 | |
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Richard E. Landry | May 29, 1936 | |
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Joseph A. Langone, III | January 25, 1917 | |
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Francis C. Lapointe | January 13, 1939 | |
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J. Louis Leblanc | January 6, 1940 | |
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Arthur Joseph Lewis Jr. | September 3, 1934 | |
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David Samuel Liederman | April 26, 1935 | |
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Martin A. Linsky | August 28, 1940 | |
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Alexander Lolas | July 9, 1932 | |
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Gerald P. Lombard | January 4, 1916 | |
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Michael J. Lombardi | May 27, 1917 | |
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Charles W. Long | August 14, 1940 | |
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John J. Long | December 10, 1927 | |
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John C. Losch | March 23, 1932 | |
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Charles A. MacKenzie Jr. | February 4, 1919 | |
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William Q. MacLean Jr. | November 4, 1934 | |
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Paul F. Malloy | April 29, 1940 | |
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Theodore D. Mann | May 13, 1922 | |
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Charles Mann | April 27, 1935 | |
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M. Joseph Manning | September 23, 1924 | |
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Donald J. Manning | June 23, 1929 | |
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Clifford Marshall | December 14, 1937 | |
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Frank J. Matrango | July 19, 1926 | |
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Benjamin C. Mayhew Jr. | October 28, 1909 | |
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Anthony P. McBride | August 28, 1932 | |
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Peter C. McCarthy | September 8, 1941 | |
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Edward A. McColgan | March 20, 1932 | |
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Thomas W. McGee | May 24, 1924 | |
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Robert J. McGinn | December 18, 1918 | |
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John Austin Shaw McGlennon | August 10, 1935 | |
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John J. McGlynn | February 26, 1922 | |
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Charles M. McGowan | November 13, 1923 | |
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Allan McGuane | July 26, 1928 | |
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Arthur James McKenna | October 29, 1914 | |
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John F. Melia | June 5, 1915 | |
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Paul C. Menton | April 15, 1925 | |
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John J. Mooney | August 14, 1930 | |
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Hugh J. Morgan Jr. | April 4, 1921 | |
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Louis J. Morini | October 8, 1907 | |
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Paul F. Murphy | October 14, 1932 | |
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Paul Maurice Murphy | February 24, 1932 | |
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Albert L. Nash | May 13, 1921 | |
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John J. Navin | September 9, 1915 | |
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Mary B. Newman | February 15, 1909 | 2nd Middlesex |
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James R. Nolen | April 17, 1933 | |
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Nils L. Nordberg | November 6, 1934 | |
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Karl S. Nordin | September 10, 1906 | |
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James Anthony O'Brien Jr. | June 22, 1919 | |
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John Paul O'Brien | June 10, 1937 | |
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Norton Cornelius O'Brien | April 9, 1907 | |
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Walter Wilson O'Brien | October 14, 1910 | |
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David J. O'Connor | November 9, 1924 | |
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Philip Conroy O'Donnell | July 29, 1915 | |
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Charles Ohanian | September 2, 1936 | |
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Carl R. Ohlson | June 4, 1925 | |
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John Olver | September 3, 1936 | |
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Bernard Paquette | February 2, 1919 | |
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Raymond S. Peck | December 10, 1922 | |
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Felix Perrault | October 27, 1915 | |
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William A. Pickett | June 10, 1935 | |
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Angelo Picucci | April 12, 1915 | |
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Vincent J. Piro | 1931 | |
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Manuel Raposa Jr. | May 13, 1915 | |
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Harry A. S. Read | November 18, 1936 | |
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William Reinstein | March 26, 1929 | |
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Robert C. Reynolds | November 6, 1934 | |
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William G. Robinson | March 10, 1926 | |
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J. Hilary Rockett | January 16, 1935 | |
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George Rogers (Massachusetts politician) | August 2, 1933 | |
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Maurice E. Ronayne Jr. | November 16, 1917 | |
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Nathan Rosenfeld | January 31, 1906 | |
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Raymond F. Rourke | October 10, 1917 | |
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William H. Ryan | July 17, 1938 | |
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George Sacco | July 19, 1936 | |
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Joseph Douglas Saulnier | April 14, 1906 | |
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Anthony James Scalli | November 11, 1914 | |
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Frederic W. Schlosstein Jr. | March 17, 1923 | |
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Anthony M. Scibelli | October 16, 1911 | |
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Jerome A. Segal | June 3, 1931 | |
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Joseph J. Semensi | March 6, 1923 | |
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I. Edward Serlin | August 21, 1912 | |
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George W. Shattuck | July 17, 1916 | |
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H. James Shea Jr. | December 10, 1939 | |
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C. Vincent Shea | November 20, 1916 | |
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Paul J. Sheehy | November 1, 1934 | |
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Andre Rives Sigourney | June 30, 1927 | |
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Michael John Simonelli | May 9, 1913 | |
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Ralph E. Sirianni Jr. | 1923 | |
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Alan Sisitsky | June 4, 1942 | |
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John J. Slater Jr. | November 27, 1925 | |
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Lawrence Philip Smith | December 4, 1919 | |
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George I. Spatcher | February 2, 1902 | |
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William J. Spence | May 4, 1930 | |
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John F. St. Cyr | January 8, 1936 | |
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Kevin C. Sullivan | ||
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Charles Tagman | ||
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A. Edward Talbot | January 24, 1915 | |
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Arthur Tobin | May 22, 1930 | |
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John Joseph Toomey | March 25, 1909 | |
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Daniel C. Towse | December 5, 1924 | |
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George E. Twomey | February 3, 1920 | |
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Robert A. Vigneau | November 4, 1920 | |
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Dave Norman Vigneault | September 3, 1936 | |
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Joseph B. Walsh | November 15, 1923 | |
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Stephen Weekes | February 1, 1925 | |
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Norman S. Weinberg | 1919 | |
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Robert D. Wetmore | July 24, 1930 | |
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Thomas Casmere Wojtkowski | September 18, 1926 | |
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Richard L. Wood | ||
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George L. Woods Jr. | March 28, 1925 | |
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George Chester Young | September 18, 1912 | |
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Bruce H. Zeiser | ||
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Samuel Zoll | June 20, 1934 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "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
- ^ "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
- ^ "Length of Legislative Sessions". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 348+.
- ^ "Organization of the Legislature Since 1780". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2005. p. 338+.
- ^ a b 1969–1970 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1969.
- ^ a b c d "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1969" (PDF), Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via State Library of Massachusetts
- ^ a b c State Library of Massachusetts, "Massachusetts State Legislator's Papers Collections at the State Library", Mass.gov, retrieved September 3, 2020
- ^ a b Massachusetts, State Library of; Court, Massachusetts General (2010), Black Legislators in the Massachusetts General Court: 1867-Present, State Library of Massachusetts, hdl:2452/48905
Further reading
edit- Election Statistics: The Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1968), Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1969, hdl:2452/43460
- "Democrats Gain Firm Control Of Massachusetts Legislature", New York Times, November 8, 1968
- Court, Massachusetts General (1969). Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. hdl:2452/40799.
- John F. Parker (1985), "High Drama at the State House: 'The House Cut' (Feb. 25, 1970)", Legislative Life, Its Realities, Facts, Wit & Humor,
New Legislators' Orientation, State House, Boston
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1969–1970 Massachusetts legislature.
- Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1969, hdl:2452/429130
- Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1970, hdl:2452/429131
- Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1969, hdl:2452/2673
- Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1970, hdl:2452/2674
- Reports of the Legislative Research Council, Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via New England School of Law (1964-1994)