2007–2008 Massachusetts legislature

The 185th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 2007 and 2008 during the governorship of Deval Patrick. Therese Murray served as president of the Senate and Salvatore DiMasi served as speaker of the House.

185th
Massachusetts General Court
184th 186th
Overview
Legislative bodyGeneral Court
TermJanuary 3, 2007 (2007-01-03) – January 6, 2009 (2009-01-06) [1]
Election2006 Massachusetts general election
Senate
Members40 [2]
PresidentTherese Murray
Majority LeaderFrederick Berry
Majority WhipJoan Menard
Minority LeaderRichard Tisei
Minority WhipBruce Tarr
Party controlDemocrat[2]
House
Members160
SpeakerSalvatore DiMasi
Majority LeaderJohn H. Rogers
Majority WhipLida E. Harkins
Minority LeaderBradley Jones Jr.
Minority WhipGeorge N. Peterson Jr.
Party controlDemocrat[3]
Therese Murray
Therese Murray, Senate president.
Salvatore DiMasi
Salvatore DiMasi, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 2007-2008.

Notable activities included new webcasting of Senate formal sessions[4] and repeal of "a 1913 law declaring that nonresidents could not marry in Massachusetts if the marriage would not be legal in their home states."[5]

Senators

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portrait name [6] date of birth [7] district [7]
 
Robert A. Antonioni July 15, 1958
 
Edward M. Augustus Jr. March 31, 1964 2nd Worcester
 
Steven Baddour 1969
 
Frederick Berry December 20, 1949
 
Stephen Brewer February 10, 1948
 
Scott Brown (politician) September 12, 1959
 
Stephen Buoniconti September 4, 1969
 
Gale D. Candaras 1949
 
Harriette L. Chandler December 20, 1937
 
Robert Creedon November 13, 1942
 
Cynthia Stone Creem September 17, 1942
 
Benjamin Downing September 11, 1981
 
Susan Fargo August 27, 1942
Anthony D. Galluccio 1969
 
Jack Hart (state senator) April 21, 1961
 
Robert L. Hedlund July 12, 1961
 
Patricia D. Jehlen October 14, 1943
 
Brian A. Joyce September 5, 1962
 
Michael Knapik February 11, 1963
 
Jim Marzilli May 8, 1958
 
Thomas M. McGee December 15, 1955
 
Joan Menard September 6, 1935
 
Mark Montigny June 20, 1961
 
Richard T. Moore August 7, 1943
 
Michael W. Morrissey August 2, 1954
 
Therese Murray October 10, 1947
 
Robert O'Leary January 24, 1946
 
Marc Pacheco October 29, 1952
 
Steven C. Panagiotakos November 26, 1959
 
Anthony Petruccelli October 2, 1972
 
Pam Resor 1942
 
Stan Rosenberg October 12, 1949
 
Karen Spilka January 11, 1953
 
Bruce Tarr January 2, 1964
 
James E. Timilty
 
Richard Tisei August 13, 1962
 
Steven Tolman October 2, 1954
 
Susan Tucker (politician) November 7, 1944
 
Marian Walsh 1954
 
Dianne Wilkerson May 2, 1955

Representatives

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portrait name [8] date of birth [7] district [7]
Kevin Aguiar 1972 7th Bristol
Geraldo Alicea September 27, 1963
Willie Mae Allen February 11, 1937
 
Cory Atkins February 10, 1949
 
Demetrius Atsalis March 31, 1964
 
Bruce Ayers April 17, 1962
 
Ruth Balser October 30, 1948
F. Jay Barrows April 5, 1956
Carlo Basile June 29, 1971
 
John Binienda June 22, 1947
 
Daniel E. Bosley December 9, 1953
 
Garrett Bradley July 4, 1970
 
Will Brownsberger March 21, 1957
 
Antonio Cabral January 26, 1955
 
Jennifer Callahan August 24, 1964
Thomas Calter
Linda Dean Campbell
 
Christine Canavan January 25, 1950
 
Stephen Canessa 1980
 
Paul Casey February 26, 1961
 
Katherine Clark July 17, 1963
 
Cheryl Coakley-Rivera February 21, 1964
Tom Conroy July 7, 1962
 
Michael A. Costello May 5, 1965
 
Geraldine Creedon September 26, 1945
 
Sean Curran (politician) August 23, 1977
Steven D'Amico February 21, 1953
 
Robert DeLeo (politician) March 27, 1950
 
Vinny deMacedo October 16, 1965
 
Brian Dempsey (politician) September 30, 1966
 
Salvatore DiMasi August 11, 1945
Stephen DiNatale
 
Paul Donato October 27, 1941
 
Christopher Donelan December 25, 1964
 
Joseph R. Driscoll 1970
Lori Ehrlich June 9, 1963
 
Jamie Eldridge August 11, 1973
 
Lewis Evangelidis July 11, 1961
 
James H. Fagan October 13, 1947
 
Christopher Fallon June 7, 1953
 
Mark Falzone June 14, 1975
 
Robert Fennell June 26, 1956
John V. Fernandes November 16, 1952
 
Barry Finegold March 3, 1971
 
Jennifer Flanagan September 5, 1975
 
Marie St. Fleur May 4, 1962
 
David Lawrence Flynn February 5, 1933
 
Linda Dorcena Forry November 1, 1973
 
Gloria Fox March 18, 1942
 
John Fresolo October 11, 1964
 
Paul Frost April 25, 1970
 
William C. Galvin October 18, 1956
Sean Garballey February 22, 1985
 
Colleen Garry July 21, 1962
 
Susan Williams Gifford November 3, 1959
 
Anne Gobi December 27, 1962
 
Thomas Golden Jr. March 5, 1971
 
Mary E. Grant January 10, 1953
 
William G. Greene Jr. April 24, 1940
 
Denis Guyer July 11, 1966
 
Patricia Haddad May 7, 1950
 
Geoff Hall (politician) October 10, 1948
 
Robert S. Hargraves October 14, 1936
 
Lida E. Harkins January 24, 1944
 
Bradford Hill January 22, 1967
 
Kevin Honan June 5, 1958
 
Donald Humason Jr. July 31, 1967
 
Frank Hynes December 23, 1940
 
Bradley Jones Jr. January 9, 1965
 
Louis Kafka November 28, 1945
 
Michael F. Kane June 10, 1967
 
Rachel Kaprielian June 24, 1968
 
Jay R. Kaufman May 4, 1947
 
John D. Keenan April 4, 1965
 
Thomas P. Kennedy August 15, 1951
 
Kay Khan June 22, 1941
 
Peter Kocot September 18, 1956
 
Robert Koczera November 25, 1953
 
Peter Koutoujian September 17, 1961
 
Paul Kujawski August 26, 1953
 
Stephen Kulik August 3, 1950
 
Barbara L'Italien January 3, 1961
 
William Lantigua February 19, 1955
 
John Lepper December 22, 1934
 
David Linsky October 16, 1957
 
Paul Loscocco March 7, 1962
 
Liz Malia September 30, 1949
 
Ronald Mariano October 31, 1946
Allen McCarthy February 24, 1970
 
Paul McMurtry October 28, 1965
 
Jim Miceli March 25, 1935
 
Michael Moran (Massachusetts politician) February 23, 1971
 
Charles A. Murphy August 11, 1965
 
James M. Murphy November 15, 1969
 
Kevin J. Murphy (politician) November 27, 1952
 
David Nangle December 18, 1960
 
Patrick Natale September 22, 1968
 
Harold Naughton Jr. July 4, 1960
 
Robert Nyman August 20, 1960
 
Jim O'Day May 23, 1954
 
Eugene O'Flaherty July 20, 1968
 
Matthew Patrick (politician) April 1, 1952
Sarah Peake October 4, 1957
 
Vincent Pedone March 15, 1967
 
Alice Peisch October 4, 1954
 
Jeff Perry (politician) January 8, 1964
 
George N. Peterson Jr. July 8, 1950
 
Thomas Petrolati March 16, 1957
 
William "Smitty" Pignatelli August 31, 1959
 
Elizabeth Poirier October 27, 1942
 
Karyn Polito November 11, 1966
 
Denise Provost March 9, 1951
Angelo Puppolo
 
John F. Quinn April 7, 1963
 
Kathi-Anne Reinstein January 31, 1971
Robert L. Rice Jr.
Pam Richardson
 
Michael Rodrigues (politician) May 30, 1959
 
Mary Rogeness May 18, 1941
 
John H. Rogers October 22, 1964
 
Richard J. Ross July 6, 1954
 
Mike Rush November 30, 1973
 
Byron Rushing July 29, 1942
 
Jeffrey Sanchez (politician) July 18, 1969
Rosemary Sandlin May 31, 1946
 
Tom Sannicandro March 22, 1956
 
Angelo Scaccia September 29, 1942
 
John Scibak May 4, 1953
 
Carl Sciortino July 6, 1978
Stephen Stat Smith May 25, 1955
 
Frank Smizik September 4, 1944
 
Todd Smola 1977
 
Theodore C. Speliotis August 20, 1953
 
Robert Spellane March 5, 1970
 
Christopher Speranzo October 24, 1972
 
Joyce Spiliotis December 27, 1946
 
Harriett Stanley March 30, 1950
 
Thomas M. Stanley March 23, 1964
 
Ellen Story October 17, 1941
 
William M. Straus June 26, 1956
 
David B. Sullivan June 6, 1953
 
Benjamin Swan September 18, 1933
 
Walter Timilty July 19, 1969
 
A. Stephen Tobin July 3, 1956
 
Timothy J. Toomey Jr. June 7, 1953
 
David Torrisi September 18, 1968
 
Eric Turkington August 12, 1947
 
Cleon Turner December 29, 1945
 
James E. Vallee July 24, 1966
 
Anthony Verga April 26, 1935
 
Joseph Wagner (Massachusetts politician) May 7, 1960
 
Brian P. Wallace July 26, 1949
 
Patricia Walrath August 11, 1941
 
Marty Walsh April 10, 1967
 
Steven Walsh September 11, 1973
 
Martha M. Walz July 7, 1961
 
Daniel K. Webster April 2, 1964
 
James T. Welch December 22, 1975
 
Alice Wolf December 24, 1933

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Length of Legislative Sessions". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 348+.
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ "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
  4. ^ "Massachusetts Senate Broadcasts Live Over Internet", Govtech.com, January 8, 2008
  5. ^ Andrew Carden; Kristen Lee (January 3, 2013), "Antiquated state laws stir modern-day worry", Boston Globe
  6. ^ "List of Senate Members of the 185th General Court (2007-2008)". Mass.gov. Archived from the original on July 18, 2008.
  7. ^ a b c d "Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 2007-2008" (PDF), Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via State Library of Massachusetts
  8. ^ "185th General Court, House of Representatives: List of Members for the 2007-2008 Session". Mass.gov. Archived from the original on July 18, 2008.

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