The 168th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1973 and 1974 during the governorship of Francis Sargent. Kevin B. Harrington 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 | ||||
| Term | January 3, 1973 – August 2, 1974 [1] | ||||
| Senate | |||||
| Members | 40 [2] | ||||
| President | Kevin B. Harrington | ||||
| Majority Leader | Mario Umana | ||||
| Vice Majority | Joseph DiCarlo | ||||
| Minority Leader | John Francis Parker | ||||
| Minority Vice | David H. Locke | ||||
| Party control | Democrat[2] | ||||
| House | |||||
| Members | 240 [3] | ||||
| Speaker | David M. Bartley | ||||
| Majority Leader of House of Representatives | Thomas W. McGee | ||||
| Vice Majority of House of Representatives | William Q. MacLean Jr. | ||||
| Minority Leader in House of Representatives | Francis W. Hatch Jr. | ||||
| Vice Assistant Minority of House of Representatives | William G. Robinson | ||||
| Party control | Democrat[3] | ||||
Kevin Harrington, Senate president.
David Bartley, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1973-1974.
Senators
edit| portrait | name [4] | date of birth [5] | district [5] |
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Chester G. Atkins | April 14, 1948 | 5th Middlesex |
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John F. Aylmer | January 27, 1934 | |
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Jack Backman | April 26, 1922 | |
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Roger L. Bernashe | September 9, 1927 | |
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Walter J. Boverini | June 5, 1925 | |
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Anna Buckley | 1924 | |
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William Bulger | February 2, 1934 | |
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John W. Bullock | March 13, 1929 | |
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Edward L. Burke | 1942 | |
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John J. Conte | May 3, 1930 | |
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Joseph DiCarlo | March 21, 1936 | |
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Irving Fishman | March 29, 1921 | |
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Daniel J. Foley | April 6, 1921 | |
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Mary L. Fonseca | March 30, 1915 | |
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Robert A. Hall | April 15, 1946 | |
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Kevin B. Harrington | January 9, 1929 | |
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James A. Kelly Jr. | May 11, 1926 | |
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Arthur Joseph Lewis Jr. | September 3, 1934 | |
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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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Stephen McGrail | September 23, 1948 | |
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Denis L. Mckenna | August 14, 1922 | |
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Allan R. McKinnon | June 2, 1930 | |
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George G. Mendonca | March 26, 1924 | |
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Andrea F. Nuciforo Sr. | July 14, 1927 | |
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John Olver | September 3, 1936 | |
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John Francis Parker | May 29, 1907 | |
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John M. Quinlan | July 11, 1935 | |
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James Paul Rurak | November 9, 1911 | |
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William L. Saltonstall | May 14, 1927 | |
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Frederic W. Schlosstein Jr. | March 17, 1923 | |
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Alan Sisitsky | June 4, 1942 | |
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Joseph F. Timilty (state senator) | October 3, 1938 | |
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Arthur Tobin | May 22, 1930 | |
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B. Joseph Tully | January 4, 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 B. Walsh | November 15, 1923 | |
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Stanley John Zarod | April 11, 1924 |
Representatives
edit| portrait | name[4] | date of birth [5] | district [5] |
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Antone S. Aguiar Jr. | January 2, 1930 | 10th Bristol |
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Theodore J. Aleixo Jr. | August 23, 1942 | |
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Alfred Almeida | October 5, 1931 | |
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Robert B. Ambler | 1927 | |
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John S. Ames, III | October 18, 1936 | |
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Frank A. Antonelli | August 20, 1924 | |
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Peter George Asiaf | August 15, 1905 | |
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Roger Sumner Babb | 1935 | |
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Wilfred E. Balthazar | July 17, 1914 | |
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David M. Bartley | February 9, 1935 | |
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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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Raymond J. Boffetti | 1924 | |
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Robert Joseph Bohigian | July 24, 1922 | |
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Royal L. Bolling Sr. | ||
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Royal L. Bolling Jr. | ||
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George Bourque | 1913 | |
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John Jerome Bowes | February 25, 1917 | |
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Joseph E. Brett | May 19, 1907 | |
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Thomas Brownell | March 25, 1940 | |
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John R. Buckley | 1932 | |
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Robert C. Buell | April 23, 1931 | |
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Charles J. Buffone | 1919 | |
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Nicholas J. Buglione | 1932 | |
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Doris Bunte | July 2, 1933 | |
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Walter T. Burke | August 5, 1911 | |
| John A. Businger | |||
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Thomas Bussone | September 20, 1912 | |
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Laurence R. Buxbaum | March 9, 1942 | |
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Howard C. Cahoon Jr. | December 31, 1944 | |
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Fred F. Cain | November 5, 1909 | |
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Eleanor Campobasso | August 10, 1923 | |
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Angelo R. Cataldo | November 12, 1917 | |
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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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James G. Collins | August 2, 1946 | |
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H. Thomas Colo | December 27, 1929 | |
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Edward W. Connelly | August 2, 1919 | |
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James S. Conway | July 4, 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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Thomas E. Creighton | February 1, 1922 | |
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Sidney Curtiss | September 4, 1917 | |
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John F. Cusack | October 5, 1937 | |
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Joseph S. Daly | October 26, 1931 | |
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Alan Paul Danovitch | September 17, 1940 | |
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Richard H. Demers | January 19, 1928 | |
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Arthur Leo Desrocher | January 25, 1930 | |
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Edward M. Dickson | March 12, 1912 | |
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William J. Dignan | September 28, 1926 | |
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Robert F. Donovan | September 13, 1936 | |
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Charles Robert Doyle | September 24, 1925 | |
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Dennis J. Duffin | November 24, 1930 | |
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Richard J. Dwinell | August 5, 1917 | |
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Joseph D. Early | January 31, 1933 | |
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Albert E. Elwell | October 29, 1899 | |
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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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John J. Finnegan | July 21, 1938 | |
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Richard F. Finnigan | September 27, 1936 | |
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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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Peter Y. Flynn | 1940 | |
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Barney Frank | March 31, 1940 | |
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Bruce N. Freeman | March 4, 1921 | |
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Anthony Michael Gallugi | May 16, 1948 | |
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Edward F. Galotti | May 11, 1925 | |
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Ann Gannett | November 7, 1916 | |
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Joseph Garczynski Jr. | February 14, 1927 | |
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Donald R. Gaudette | December 16, 1926 | |
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Robert W. Gillette | September 1, 1934 | |
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Barbara Gray | October 11, 1926 | |
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Henry Grenier | December 9, 1924 | |
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Edward J. Grimley Jr. | December 26, 1943 | |
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Anthony P. Grosso | October 19, 1913 | |
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Paul Guzzi | June 17, 1942 | |
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Edward D. Harrington Jr. | August 11, 1921 | |
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Norris W. Harris | March 16, 1915 | |
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Francis W. Hatch Jr. | May 6, 1925 | |
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Jonathan Healy | October 10, 1945 | |
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Iris Holland | September 30, 1920 | |
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Marie Elizabeth Howe | June 13, 1939 | |
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James P. Hurrell | March 1, 1944 | |
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Daniel L. Joyce Jr. | May 14, 1934 | |
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Richard Kendall | August 21, 1934 | |
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George Keverian | June 3, 1931 | |
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Arthur M. Khoury | February 5, 1940 | |
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Cornelius F. Kiernan | August 15, 1917 | |
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John G. King (politician) | November 30, 1942 | |
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Mel King | October 20, 1928 | |
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William I. Kitterman | July 19, 1928 | |
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Raymond M. LaFontaine | May 18, 1927 | |
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Nickolas Lambros | January 9, 1933 | |
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Richard E. Landry | May 29, 1936 | |
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David Lane (Massachusetts politician) | July 6, 1927 | |
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Peter H. Lappin | September 25, 1938 | |
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Michael E. McLaughlin | October 27, 1945 | |
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David J. Lionett | October 3, 1943 | |
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Alexander Lolas | July 9, 1932 | |
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Gerald P. Lombard | January 4, 1916 | |
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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 Loring | 1926 | |
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Garreth J. Lynch | March 13, 1943 | |
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Frederick M. MacDonald | August 3, 1924 | |
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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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Thomas H. D. Mahoney | November 4, 1913 | |
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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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Peter L. Masnik | March 13, 1942 | |
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Frank J. Matrango | July 19, 1926 | |
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Anthony P. McBride | August 28, 1932 | |
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Robert E. McCarthy | January 12, 1940 | |
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Peter C. McCarthy | September 8, 1941 | |
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Terrence P. McCarthy | August 12, 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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Charles M. McGowan | November 13, 1923 | |
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Richard M. McGrath | April 4, 1931 | |
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Arthur James McKenna | October 29, 1914 | |
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John C. McNeil | June 8, 1945 | |
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David J. Mofenson | February 7, 1943 | |
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Paul F. Murphy | October 14, 1932 | |
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John J. Navin | September 9, 1915 | |
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Thomas C. Norton | December 11, 1934 | |
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James Anthony O'Brien Jr. | June 22, 1919 | |
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Kenneth M. O'Brien | February 5, 1951 | |
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Henry J. O'Donnell | March 13, 1940 | |
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James E. O'Leary | April 7, 1933 | |
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Thomas P. O'Neill III | 1944 | |
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Carl R. Ohlson | June 4, 1925 | |
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O. Roland Orlandi | March 25, 1936 | |
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Bill Owens (Massachusetts politician) | July 6, 1937 | |
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Robert Owens | October 7, 1946 | |
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Raymond S. Peck | December 10, 1922 | |
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Felix Perrault | October 27, 1915 | |
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Robert G. Phelan | March 19, 1933 | |
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Angelo Picucci | April 12, 1915 | |
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Robert C. Reynolds | November 6, 1934 | |
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William G. Robinson | March 10, 1926 | |
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Maurice E. Ronayne Jr. | November 16, 1917 | |
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Jon Rotenberg | October 21, 1947 | |
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Raymond F. Rourke | October 10, 1917 | |
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John Rucho | November 22, 1922 | |
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William H. Ryan | July 17, 1938 | |
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George Sacco | July 19, 1936 | |
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Angelo Scaccia | September 29, 1942 | |
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Anthony James Scalli | November 11, 1914 | |
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Joseph Scelsi | June 4, 1915 | |
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Anthony M. Scibelli | October 16, 1911 | |
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Emanuel Serra | June 12, 1945 | |
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George W. Shattuck | July 17, 1916 | |
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C. Vincent Shea | November 20, 1916 | |
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Edward Shortell | August 21, 1916 | |
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Richard R. Silva | March 13, 1922 | |
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Thomas G. Simons | January 21, 1942 | |
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Ralph E. Sirianni Jr. | 1923 | |
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William J. Spence | May 4, 1930 | |
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George R. Sprague | June 19, 1938 | |
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William A. Starzec | October 14, 1918 | |
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John Joseph Toomey | March 25, 1909 | |
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Daniel C. Towse | December 5, 1924 | |
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Robert A. Vigneau | November 4, 1920 | |
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Carlton M. Viveiros | December 4, 1938 | |
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Henry A. Walker | December 7, 1919 | |
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Norman S. Weinberg | 1919 | |
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Robert D. Wetmore | July 24, 1930 | |
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George L. Woods Jr. | March 28, 1925 | |
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George Chester Young | September 18, 1912 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Length of Legislative Sessions". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 348+.
- ^ a b "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
- ^ a b "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
- ^ a b c 1973–1974 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1973 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ a b c d "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1973" (PDF), Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via State Library of Massachusetts
Further reading
edit- "In Massachusetts, Legislature Votes To Cut Membership", New York Times, June 10, 1973
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court for 1973-1974. 1973.
External links
edit- Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "1972 State Senate General Election". Sec.state.ma.us.
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "1972 State Representative General Election". Sec.state.ma.us.
- Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1973, hdl:2452/303861
- Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1973, hdl:2452/26514
- Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1974, hdl:2452/335748
- Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1974, hdl:2452/32844
- Reports of the Legislative Research Council, Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via New England School of Law (1964-1994)