1981–1982 Massachusetts legislature
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The 172nd Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1981 and 1982 during the governorship of Edward J. King. William Bulger served as president of the Senate and Thomas W. McGee served as speaker of the House.[4]
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| Legislative body | General Court | ||||
| Term | January 7, 1981 – January 2, 1983 [1] | ||||
| Senate | |||||
| Members | 40 [2] | ||||
| President | William Bulger | ||||
| Majority Leader | Daniel J. Foley | ||||
| Majority Whip | Mary L. Fonseca | ||||
| Minority Leader | John Francis Parker | ||||
| Minority Whip | David H. Locke | ||||
| Party control | Democrat[2] | ||||
| House | |||||
| Members | 160 [3] | ||||
| Speaker | Thomas W. McGee | ||||
| Majority Leader | George Keverian | ||||
| Majority Whip | John E. Murphy Jr. | ||||
| Minority Leader | William G. Robinson | ||||
| Minority Whip | Iris Holland | ||||
| Party control | Democrat[3] | ||||
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William Bulger, Senate president.
Thomas McGee, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1981-1982.
"In 1981, the General Court overrode the veto of Gov. Edward King to make Massachusetts one of the first states to encourage recycling" by bottle deposit.[5]
Senators edit
| portrait | name [4] | date of birth [6] | district [6] |
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Carol C. Amick | 5th Middlesex | |
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Chester G. Atkins | April 14, 1948 | |
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John F. Aylmer | January 27, 1934 | |
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George Bachrach | December 2, 1951 | |
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Jack Backman | April 26, 1922 | |
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Louis Peter Bertonazzi | October 9, 1933 | |
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Walter J. Boverini | June 5, 1925 | |
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John A. Brennan Jr. | September 19, 1945 | |
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Anna Buckley | 1924 | |
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Robert C. Buell | April 23, 1931 | |
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William Bulger | February 2, 1934 | |
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John P. Burke | December 2, 1954 | |
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Edward L. Burke | 1942 | |
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Gerard D'Amico | July 27, 1947 | |
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Paul Doane | March 26, 1943 | |
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Francis D. Doris | 1931 | |
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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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Paul D. Harold | September 5, 1948 | |
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John G. King (politician) | November 30, 1942 | |
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Edward P. Kirby | January 10, 1928 | |
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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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Michael LoPresti Jr. | April 30, 1947 | |
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William Q. MacLean Jr. | November 4, 1934 | |
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Patricia McGovern | August 2, 1941 | |
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Denis L. Mckenna | August 14, 1922 | |
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Allan R. McKinnon | June 2, 1930 | |
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John Olver | September 3, 1936 | |
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Bill Owens (Massachusetts politician) | July 6, 1937 | |
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John Francis Parker | May 29, 1907 | |
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Sharon Pollard | September 21, 1950 | |
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Martin Thomas Reilly | September 1, 1956 | |
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Samuel Rotondi | April 22, 1946 | |
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Philip L. Shea | October 19, 1941 | |
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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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Roger Tougas | January 9, 1927 | |
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Joseph B. Walsh | November 15, 1923 | |
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Peter Colbourne Webber | May 12, 1952 | |
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Robert D. Wetmore | July 24, 1930 |
Representatives edit
| portrait | name [4] | date of birth [6] | district [6] |
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Antone S. Aguiar Jr. | January 2, 1930 | 4th Bristol |
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Theodore J. Aleixo Jr. | August 23, 1942 | |
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Lawrence R. Alexander | 1950 | |
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Steven Angelo | June 8, 1952 | |
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Peter George Asiaf | August 15, 1905 | |
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Michael J. Barrett | June 27, 1948 | |
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Timothy A. Bassett | December 16, 1947 | |
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William D. Benson | 1948 | |
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Walter Bickford | February 16, 1942 | |
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Kevin Blanchette | 1954 | |
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Robert Joseph Bohigian | July 24, 1922 | |
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Royal L. Bolling Jr. | May 1, 1944 | |
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George Bourque | 1913 | |
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James T. Brett | December 22, 1949 | |
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Nicholas J. Buglione | 1932 | |
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Doris Bunte | July 2, 1933 | |
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John Businger | February 5, 1945 | |
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Jeremiah F. Cahir | December 4, 1924 | |
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Howard C. Cahoon, Jr | December 31, 1944 | |
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Ellen M. Canavan | December 26, 1941 | |
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Andrew Card | May 10, 1947 | |
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William A. Carey | January 28, 1920 | |
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Angelo R. Cataldo | November 12, 1917 | |
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Paul Cellucci | April 24, 1948 | |
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Allan R. Chiocca | May 3, 1954 | |
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Rudy Chmura | March 21, 1932 | |
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Salvatore Ciccarelli | February 16, 1941 | |
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Forrester Clark | November 30, 1934 | |
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Deborah R. Cochran | September 18, 1939 | |
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David B. Cohen (mayor) | September 2, 1947 | |
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Gerald M. Cohen | February 22, 1934 | |
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Andrew Collaro | March 21, 1910 | |
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James G. Collins | August 2, 1946 | |
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Edward W. Connelly | August 2, 1919 | |
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Leo R. Corazzini | February 17, 1930 | |
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Robert Correia | January 3, 1939 | |
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Nicholas Costello | 1935 | |
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James J. Craven, Jr. | March 24, 1919 | |
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Michael C. Creedon | November 3, 1946 | |
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John F. Cusack | October 5, 1937 | |
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Charles Decas | October 5, 1937 | |
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Walter DeFilippi | October 3, 1926 | |
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A. Joseph DeNucci | August 30, 1939 | |
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Salvatore DiMasi | August 11, 1945 | |
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Stephen W. Doran | March 26, 1956 | |
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Charles Robert Doyle | September 24, 1925 | |
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John R. Driscoll | May 9, 1924 | |
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Dennis J. Duffin | November 24, 1930 | |
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Frank Emilio (politician) | August 31, 1935 | |
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Thomas Francis Fallon | December 4, 1929 | |
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John J. Finnegan | July 21, 1938 | |
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Thomas Finneran | January 2, 1950 | |
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Kevin W. Fitzgerald | 1950 | |
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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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William J. Flynn, Jr. | 1933 | |
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Peter Forman | April 28, 1958 | |
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Bruce N. Freeman | March 4, 1921 | |
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Thomas M. Gallagher | October 26, 1948 | |
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William F. Galvin | September 17, 1950 | |
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Mary Jane Gibson | February 7, 1933 | |
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William Glodis | April 6, 1934 | |
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Roger R. Goyette | January 22, 1925 | |
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Saundra Graham | September 5, 1941 | |
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Barbara Gray | October 11, 1926 | |
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John Gray | January 12, 1956 | |
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Haden Greenhalgh | January 16, 1931 | |
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Henry Grenier | December 9, 1924 | |
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James T. Harrington | June 9, 1949 | |
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Jonathan Healy | October 10, 1945 | |
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Joseph N. Hermann | June 8, 1924 | |
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Lucile Hicks | May 11, 1938 | |
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Iris Holland | September 30, 1920 | |
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Robert L. Howarth | 1942 | |
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Marie Elizabeth Howe | June 13, 1939 | |
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Philip W. Johnston | July 21, 1944 | |
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Raymond A. Jordan Jr. | May 5, 1943 | |
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Stephen Karol | 1948 | |
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Bill Keating (politician) | September 6, 1952 | |
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Mel King | October 20, 1928 | |
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Paul Kollios | February 24, 1936 | |
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Raymond M. LaFontaine | May 18, 1927 | |
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Nickolas Lambros | January 9, 1933 | |
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Denis Lawrence | 1940 | |
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Mark E. Lawton | July 26, 1949 | |
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Edward LeLacheur | June 1, 1925 | |
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Kenneth M. Lemanski | January 27, 1954 | |
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Leon Lombardi | April 16, 1949 | |
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Michael J. Lombardi | May 27, 1917 | |
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John Loring | 1926 | |
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Thomas R. Lussier | April 5, 1957 | |
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Thomas K. Lynch | April 30, 1946 | |
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Charles Mann | April 27, 1935 | |
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Frank J. Matrango | July 19, 1926 | |
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Thomas W. McGee | May 24, 1924 | |
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Michael J. McGlynn | April 23, 1953 | |
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Arthur James McKenna | October 29, 1914 | |
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Charles F. McNally | April 3, 1929 | |
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John C. McNeil | June 8, 1945 | |
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Robert D. McNeil | December 16, 1930 | |
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Joan Menard | September 6, 1935 | |
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Jim Miceli | March 25, 1935 | |
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Alfred A. Minahan, Jr. | September 14, 1953 | |
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F. John Monahan | July 3, 1943 | |
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Richard T. Moore | August 7, 1943 | |
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William E. Moriarty | October 4, 1923 | |
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William D. Mullins | August 13, 1931 | |
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John E. Murphy, Jr. | April 3, 1943 | |
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Mary Jeanette Murray | December 24, 1924 | |
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William P. Nagle Jr. | June 10, 1951 | |
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Andrew Natsios | September 22, 1949 | |
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Joseph M. Navin | May 19, 1946 | |
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David R. Nelson (politician) | December 14, 1937 | |
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Lou Nickinello | September 8, 1940 | |
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Thomas C. Norton | December 11, 1934 | |
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Nicholas Paleologos | March 9, 1953 | |
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Marie Parente | May 22, 1928 | |
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Angelo Picucci | April 12, 1915 | |
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Steven Pierce | October 10, 1949 | |
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Vincent J. Piro | 1931 | |
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Kevin Poirier | July 7, 1940 | |
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Daniel F. Pokaski | June 26, 1949 | |
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Michael J. Rea, Jr | July 23, 1940 | |
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William G. Robinson | March 10, 1926 | |
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Andrew J. Rogers, Jr | May 6, 1944 | |
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Robert J. Rohan | August 15, 1921 | |
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Timothy M. Rourke | October 21, 1952 | |
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J. Michael Ruane | December 10, 1927 | |
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Alfred E. Saggese Jr. | November 21, 1946 | |
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Sherman Saltmarsh | April 27, 1929 | |
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Angelo Scaccia | September 29, 1942 | |
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Joseph Scelsi | June 4, 1915 | |
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Susan Schur | February 27, 1940 | |
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Anthony M. Scibelli | October 16, 1911 | |
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Emanuel Serra | June 12, 1945 | |
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Richard R. Silva | March 13, 1922 | |
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Walter Silveira, Jr. | June 15, 1934 | |
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Charles Silvia | February 18, 1945 | |
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Theodore C. Speliotis | August 20, 1953 | |
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Gregory W. Sullivan | January 29, 1952 | |
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Royall H. Switzler | September 27, 1938 | |
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Roger Tougas | January 9, 1927 | |
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Peter Trombley | September 16, 1948 | |
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Thomas J. Vallely | January 6, 1950 | |
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Robert A. Vigneau | November 4, 1920 | |
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Richard Voke | December 2, 1947 | |
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Richard L. Walsh | July 26, 1948 | |
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Bruce E. Wetherbee | September 1, 1950 | |
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W. Paul White | July 7, 1945 | |
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Thomas P. White | August 27, 1950 | |
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A. James Whitney | April 15, 1943 | |
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Francis H. Woodward | March 17, 1939 |
See also edit
References 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 1981–1982 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1981 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Robert David Sullivan (2005). "A Toast to the General Court". CommonWealth Magazine. 10 (4).
- ^ a b c d "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1981" (PDF), Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via State Library of Massachusetts
Further reading edit
- Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1981. hdl:2452/40804.
External links edit
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "1980 State Senate General Election". Sec.state.ma.us.
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "1980 State Representative General Election". Sec.state.ma.us.
- Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1981, hdl:2452/429136
- Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1981, hdl:2452/29306
- Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1982, hdl:2452/365962
- Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1982, hdl:2452/32846
- Reports of the Legislative Research Council, Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via New England School of Law (1964-1994)