1975–1976 Massachusetts legislature

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

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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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