The 162nd Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1961 and 1962 during the governorship of John Volpe. John E. Powers served as president of the Senate and John F. Thompson served as speaker of the House.[5] In 1962, the General Court expanded the University of Massachusetts outside of the Amherst campus with the creation of the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester.[6][7]
| 162nd Massachusetts General Court | |||||
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| Overview | |||||
| Legislative body | General Court | ||||
| Election | November 8, 1960 | ||||
| Senate | |||||
| Members | 40 | ||||
| President | John E. Powers | ||||
| Majority Leader | Maurice A. Donahue | ||||
| Minority Leader | Fred I. Lamson | ||||
| Party control | Democrat (25 D, 14 R)[1][2] | ||||
| House | |||||
| Members | 240 | ||||
| Speaker | John F. Thompson | ||||
| Majority Leader | Cornelius F. Kiernan | ||||
| Majority Whip | William H. Finnegan | ||||
| Minority Leader | Frank S. Giles | ||||
| Minority Whip | John A. Armstrong | ||||
| Party control | Democrat (156 D, 83 R)[1][3] | ||||
| Sessions | |||||
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John Powers, Senate president.
John Thompson, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1961.
Senators edit
| portrait | name [8] | date of birth [9] | district [9] |
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John Joseph Beades | June 8, 1916 | 7th Suffolk |
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Paul H. Benoit | January 5, 1916 | |
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Thomas S. Burgin | ||
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James F. Burke | September 7, 1914 | |
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Otto F. Burkhardt | January 17, 1902 | |
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Harold Wilson Canavan | May 13, 1915 | |
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Richard Caples | December 23, 1921 | |
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Robert P. Cramer | October 22, 1916 | |
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Leslie Bradley Cutler | March 24, 1890 | |
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Maurice A. Donahue | September 12, 1918 | |
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C. Eugene Farnam | December 31, 1916 | |
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William Daniel Fleming | April 14, 1907 | |
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Mary L. Fonseca | March 30, 1915 | |
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A. Frank Foster | February 8, 1910 | |
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Joseph Francis Gibney | January 9, 1911 | |
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Philip A. Graham | May 21, 1910 | |
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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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William E. Hays | November 28, 1903 | |
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James W. Hennigan Jr. | March 27, 1927 | |
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Charles V. Hogan | April 12, 1897 | |
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Newland H. Holmes | August 30, 1891 | |
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Fred I. Lamson | December 11, 1910 | |
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James J. Long | November 15, 1913 | |
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Harold R. Lundgren | May 22, 1894 | |
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Ralph Collins Mahar | January 4, 1912 | |
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Francis X. McCann | September 2, 1912 | |
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Denis L. Mckenna | August 14, 1922 | |
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Charles William Olson | August 24, 1889 | |
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John Francis Parker | May 29, 1907 | |
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John E. Powers | November 10, 1910 | |
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James Paul Rurak | November 9, 1911 | |
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Antone L. Silva | ||
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Joseph Silvano | March 1, 1909 | |
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Elizabeth Stanton | May 27, 1909 | |
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Edward C. Stone | June 29, 1878 | |
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George A. Sullivan Jr. | ||
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Mario Umana | May 5, 1914 | |
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William X. Wall | July 1, 1904 | |
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Stanley John Zarod | April 11, 1920 |
Representatives edit
| portrait | name [8] | date of birth [9] | district [9] |
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Harry Benjamin Albro | January 21, 1887 | 2nd Barnstable |
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George L. Allen | ||
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Walter T. Anderson | January 6, 1891 | |
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Julius Ansel | April 27, 1908 | |
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John A. Armstrong | June 12, 1901 | |
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Peter George Asiaf | August 15, 1905 | |
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Fred A. Baumeister | September 24, 1892 | |
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Raymond H. Beach | August 11, 1888 | |
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Roger L. Bernashe | September 9, 1927 | |
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John T. Berry | November 20, 1924 | |
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Francis Bevilacqua | August 12, 1923 | |
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Charles A. Bisbee Jr. | June 8, 1918 | |
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Vinson Blanchard | August 1, 1916 | |
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Carlton H. Bliss | August 7, 1900 | |
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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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Royal L. Bolling Sr.[10] | June 19, 1920 | |
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Gordon Dickson Boynton | August 9, 1901 | |
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G. Edward Bradley | October 21, 1906 | |
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John Cornelius Bresnahan | November 14, 1919 | |
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Joseph E. Brett | May 19, 1907 | |
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Lawrence F. Bretta | January 12, 1928 | |
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Alfred Sylvester Brothers[10] | November 4, 1919 | |
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John D. Brown | January 30, 1900 | |
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John Brox | November 16, 1910 | |
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John Patrick Buckley | 1906 | |
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Thaddeus M. Buczko | February 23, 1926 | |
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William Bulger | February 2, 1934 | |
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George H. Burgeson | December 25, 1907 | |
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Anthony Joseph Burke | July 17, 1931 | |
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Walter T. Burke | August 5, 1911 | |
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Patrick Edmund Callaghan | August 13, 1895 | |
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Gardner E. Campbell | November 22, 1886 | |
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John J. Campbell | August 26, 1922 | |
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Michael Herbert Cantwell | May 2, 1905 | |
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Raymond Edward Carey | January 6, 1899 | |
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William A. Carey | January 28, 1920 | |
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Ralph W. Cartwright Jr. | October 5, 1920 | |
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William J. Casey (Massachusetts politician) | June 27, 1905 | |
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Michael Catino | February 21, 1904 | |
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John Joseph Cavanaugh | December 16, 1921 | |
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Harrison Chadwick | February 25, 1903 | |
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Amelio Della Chiesa | July 31, 1901 | |
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Stephen Thomas Chmura | August 25, 1916 | |
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John George Clark | February 26, 1902 | |
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Peter Joseph Cloherty | February 19, 1923 | |
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Thomas Francis Coady Jr. | May 8, 1905 | |
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Beryl Cohen | September 18, 1934 | |
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Anthony M. Colonna | May 2, 1916 | |
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James Francis Condon | February 4, 1899 | |
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Lloyd E. Conn | November 26, 1904 | |
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William Augustine Connell, Jr | November 17, 1922 | |
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James C. Corcoran Jr. | September 22, 1926 | |
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Beatrice Corliss | October 21, 1910 | |
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Gilbert M. Coroa | January 13, 1925 | |
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Leo Joseph Cournoyer | December 11, 1905 | |
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Russell H. Craig | February 4, 1924 | |
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Robert Q. Crane | March 21, 1926 | |
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James J. Craven, Jr. | March 24, 1919 | |
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Wallace Boyd Crawford | November 19, 1908 | |
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John J. Cronin | August 1, 1910 | |
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Walter A. Cuffe | January 29, 1898 | |
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Sidney Curtiss | September 4, 1917 | |
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Michael A. D'Avolio | ||
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Stephen Davenport | June 27, 1924 | |
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John Davoren | July 27, 1915 | |
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James DeNormandie | November 10, 1907 | |
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Cornelius Desmond | October 4, 1893 | |
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Theophile Jean DesRoches | June 27, 1902 | |
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Gerard F. Doherty | April 6, 1928 | |
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John F. Dolan | September 7, 1922 | |
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Edmond J. Donlan | December 19, 1899 | |
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Henry C. Donnelly | April 13, 1922 | |
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Thomas Francis Donohue | December 6, 1902 | |
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Harold Lawrence Dower | September 16, 1908 | |
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Charles Robert Doyle | September 24, 1925 | |
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Charles E. Luke Driscoll | October 1, 1909 | |
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James V. Duffy | March 14, 1920 | |
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John Marshall Eaton Jr. | March 26, 1918 | |
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Thomas Francis Fallon | December 4, 1929 | |
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Manuel Faria | March 7, 1906 | |
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Thomas F. Farrell | October 10, 1897 | |
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Michael Paul Feeney | March 26, 1907 | |
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Lawrence F. Feloney | September 11, 1921 | |
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A. Richard Ferullo | December 29, 1929 | |
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Cornelius T. Finnegan Jr. | December 13, 1918 | |
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William H. Finnegan | March 29, 1926 | |
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John Joseph Fitzgerald | February 28, 1918 | |
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Thomas M. Flaherty | September 6, 1903 | |
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Vernon R. Fletcher | February 8, 1924 | |
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Maurice Richard Flynn Jr. | December 20, 1917 | |
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Bernard J. Pat Foley | July 20, 1917 | |
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Jeremiah J. Foley | October 28, 1915 | |
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John Winslow Frenning | July 19, 1922 | |
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Joseph Garczynski, Jr | February 14, 1927 | |
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Frank S. Giles | June 15, 1915 | |
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Julie Gilligan | August 5, 1911 | |
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Edwin Daniel Gorman | November 19, 1912 | |
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Robert C. Hahn | March 25, 1921 | |
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David Boyce Hamilton | December 4, 1890 | |
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Samuel Harmon | April 29, 1911 | |
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Edward D. Harrington Jr. | August 11, 1921 | |
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Arthur Graham Heaney | July 7, 1908 | |
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Herbert B. Hollis | September 10, 1899 | |
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J. Philip Howard | February 16, 1907 | |
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Richard Lester Hull | November 30, 1917 | |
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Charles Iannello | April 25, 1906 | |
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John Peter Ivascyn | October 19, 1909 | |
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Carl R. Johnson Jr. | August 22, 1926 | |
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Allan Francis Jones | June 29, 1921 | |
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William F. Joyce | July 26, 1909 | |
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Sumner Z. Kaplan | February 3, 1920 | |
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William Francis Keenan | January 8, 1921 | |
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James A. Kelly Jr. | May 11, 1926 | |
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James H. Kelly | October 15, 1919 | |
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Archibald E. Kenefick | November 4, 1896 | |
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George V. Kenneally Jr. | December 29, 1929 | |
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John P. Kennedy | February 24, 1918 | |
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Edward L. Kerr | March 6, 1909 | |
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Gregory Benjamin Khachadoorian | July 8, 1928 | |
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Cornelius F. Kiernan | August 15, 1917 | |
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Philip Kimball | June 6, 1918 | |
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William James Kingston | October 17, 1909 | |
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Edward P. Kirby | January 10, 1928 | |
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Freyda Koplow | October 26, 1907 | |
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Walter Kostanski | December 10, 1923 | |
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Albert Kramer | July 4, 1933 | |
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Matthew J. Kuss | December 5, 1915 | |
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Joseph A. Langone, III | January 25, 1917 | |
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John Joseph Lawless | July 15, 1912 | |
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James R. Lawton | October 20, 1925 | |
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Frank F. Lemos | January 6, 1901 | |
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Peter John Levanti | March 19, 1903 | |
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David H. Locke | August 4, 1927 | |
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Gerald P. Lombard | January 4, 1916 | |
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John J. Long | December 10, 1927 | |
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William Longworth | August 17, 1914 | |
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William Q. MacLean Jr. | November 4, 1934 | |
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J. Robert Mahan | December 14, 1903 | |
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Donald J. Manning | June 23, 1929 | |
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Francis Joseph Marr | October 10, 1927 | |
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Rico Matera | June 21, 1917 | |
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George C. McDermott | ||
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Joseph F. McEvoy Jr. | April 27, 1918 | |
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Robert J. McGinn | December 18, 1918 | |
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John J. McGlynn | February 26, 1922 | |
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Allan McGuane | July 26, 1928 | |
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James McIntyre (politician) | May 25, 1930 | |
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George G. Mendonca | March 26, 1924 | |
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Paul C. Menton | April 15, 1925 | |
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Robert Francis Mooney | February 16, 1931 | |
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William James Moran | June 24, 1921 | |
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Edward S. Morrow | March 20, 1921 | |
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Edwin Herbert Morse | January 7, 1902 | |
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William Dix Morton Jr. | November 5, 1904 | |
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Charles A. Mullaly Jr. | September 28, 1910 | |
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James Gerard Mullen | May 5, 1922 | |
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Paul Maurice Murphy | February 24, 1932 | |
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Cornelius Joseph Murray | August 19, 1890 | |
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Lorenz Francis Muther Jr. | September 26, 1908 | |
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John J. Navin | September 9, 1915 | |
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Michael Anthony Nazzaro Jr. | June 2, 1925 | |
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Mary B. Newman | February 15, 1909 | 2nd Middlesex |
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Thomas M. Newth | March 15, 1911 | |
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James R. Nolen | April 17, 1933 | |
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Leo James Normandin | December 14, 1922 | |
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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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Walter Wilson O'Brien | October 14, 1910 | |
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David J. O'Connor | November 9, 1924 | |
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George Henry O'Farrell | November 15, 1910 | |
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Joseph Michael O'Loughlin | November 26, 1914 | |
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George J. O'Shea Jr. | January 5, 1929 | |
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William F. Otis | October 12, 1903 | |
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Domenick S. Pasciucco | August 1, 1921 | |
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Charles Louis Patrone | March 17, 1914 | |
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Francis Whitney Perry | April 21, 1913 | |
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Vite Pigaga | ||
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Lincoln Pope Jr. | May 29, 1916 | |
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George William Porter | November 6, 1885 | |
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Auville Wright Putnam | ||
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Robert H. Quinn | January 30, 1928 | |
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Philip Andrew Quinn | February 21, 1910 | |
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William I. Randall | September 13, 1915 | |
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George E. Rawson | December 6, 1886 | |
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Leo Joseph Reynolds | February 29, 1920 | |
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Frank G. Rico | June 2, 1912 | |
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Daniel H. Rider | July 15, 1912 | |
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Harold Rosen (politician) | 1906 | |
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Nathan Rosenfeld | January 31, 1906 | |
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Raymond F. Rourke | October 10, 1917 | |
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Harry Della Russo | May 26, 1907 | |
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Roger A. Sala | August 8, 1893 | |
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Joseph Douglas Saulnier | April 14, 1906 | |
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Anthony M. Scibelli | October 16, 1911 | |
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John Ralph Sennott Jr. | April 22, 1910 | |
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Vincent Joseph Shanley | January 27, 1916 | |
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Charles Louis Shea | June 28, 1927 | |
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Thomas A. Sheehan | March 21, 1933 | |
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Alfred R. Shrigley | June 6, 1914 | |
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Michael John Simonelli | May 9, 1913 | |
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George T. Smith | March 18, 1888 | |
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Lawrence Philip Smith | December 4, 1919 | |
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George William Spartichino | June 11, 1924 | |
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George I. Spatcher | February 2, 1902 | |
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Garrett Henry Spillane Jr. | ||
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Edmund R. St. John Jr. | April 28, 1920 | |
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C. Clifford Stone | August 20, 1897 | |
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Joseph A. Sylvia | August 19, 1892 | |
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Alvin C. Tamkin | June 19, 1924 | |
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Armand N. Tancrati | May 3, 1914 | |
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Frank Daniel Tanner | February 3, 1888 | |
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John F. Thompson (politician) | May 20, 1920 | |
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George Breed Thomson | January 10, 1921 | |
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J. Robert Tickle | February 27, 1918 | |
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John Joseph Toomey | March 25, 1909 | |
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Henry Andrews Turner | March 22, 1887 | |
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Warren A. Turner | January 25, 1905 | |
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Leo J. Turo | December 11, 1923 | |
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John Taylor Tynan | June 7, 1920 | |
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Theodore Jack Vaitses | May 8, 1901 | |
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Dave Norman Vigneault | September 3, 1936 | |
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Alfred R. Voke | February 12, 1919 | |
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George B. Walsh | March 21, 1907 | |
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Joseph B. Walsh | November 15, 1923 | |
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Martin H. Walsh | July 31, 1916 | |
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Chester H. Waterous | November 18, 1905 | |
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Norman S. Weinberg | 1919 | |
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Benjamin Horace White | April 11, 1902 | |
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Thomas M. White | ||
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Philip F. Whitmore | September 10, 1892 | |
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John W. Whittemore | January 30, 1906 | |
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Arthur Williams | December 14, 1915 | |
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Thomas Casmere Wojtkowski | September 18, 1926 | |
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Albert H. Zabriskie | December 7, 1917 | |
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Paul G. Zollo | August 26, 1904 |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "Directory of State Legislators: Massachusetts", Book of the States (PDF), Chicago: Council of State Governments, 1961,
Supplement I, February 1961
- ^ "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+.
- ^ Feldberg, Michael (2015). UMass Boston at 50: A Fiftieth-Anniversary History of the University of Massachusetts Boston. Amherst, Massachusetts: University of Massachusetts Press. p. 5. ISBN 978-1625341693.
- ^ More, Ellen S. (2012). The University of Massachusetts Medical School, A History: Integrating Primary Care and Biomedical Research. Worcester, MA: University of Massachusetts Medical School. p. 16. doi:10.13028/e2m6-hs02.
- ^ a b 1961-1962 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1961.
- ^ a b c d "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1961" (PDF), Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via State Library of Massachusetts
- ^ 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 (1960), Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1961, hdl:2452/43452
- Court, Massachusetts General (1961). Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. hdl:2452/40795.
- William M. Bulger. While the Music Lasts: My Life in Politics. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1996. ISBN 0-395-72041-9.
- Pertti Pesonen [in Finnish] (1963). "Close and Safe State Elections in Massachusetts". Midwest Journal of Political Science. 7 (1): 54–70. doi:10.2307/2108821. JSTOR 2108821.
External links edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1961–1962 Massachusetts legislature.
- Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1961, hdl:2452/265591
- Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1962, hdl:2452/393336
- Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1961, hdl:2452/1961
- Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1962, hdl:2452/2666
- "January 9, 1961: JFK's Farewell to Massachusetts Legislature", Massmoments.org, Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities, 10 January 2005