1997–1998 Massachusetts legislature

The 180th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1997 and 1998 during the governorships of Bill Weld and Paul Cellucci. Thomas F. Birmingham served as president of the Senate and Thomas M. Finneran served as speaker of the House.[4]

180th
Massachusetts General Court
179th 181st
Overview
Legislative bodyGeneral Court
TermJanuary 1997 (1997-01) –  () [1]
Senate
Members40 [2]
PresidentTom Birmingham
Majority LeaderThomas C. Norton
Majority WhipLinda Melconian
Minority LeaderBrian Lees
Minority WhipRichard Tisei
Party controlDemocrat[2]
House
Members160
SpeakerThomas Finneran
Majority LeaderWilliam P. Nagle Jr.
Majority WhipBarbara Gardner
Minority LeaderDavid Peters
Minority WhipFrancis L. Marini
Party controlDemocrat[3]
Thomas F. Birmingham
Thomas Birmingham, Senate president.
Thomas M. Finneran
Thomas Finneran, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1997-1998.

Senators

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portrait name [5] date of birth [6] district [6]
 
Matthew J. Amorello March 15, 1958 2nd Worcester
 
Robert A. Antonioni July 15, 1958
 
Robert A. Bernstein March 22, 1961
 
Frederick Berry December 20, 1949
 
Tom Birmingham August 4, 1949
 
Stephen Brewer February 10, 1948
 
Edward J. Clancy Jr. June 30, 1950
 
Robert Creedon November 13, 1942
 
Robert Durand February 28, 1953
 
Susan Fargo August 27, 1942
 
Robert Havern III July 17, 1949
 
Robert L. Hedlund July 12, 1961
 
Cheryl Jacques February 17, 1962
 
James Jajuga December 12, 1946
 
Brian A. Joyce September 5, 1962
 
Bill Keating (politician) September 6, 1952
 
Michael Knapik February 11, 1963
 
Brian Lees July 25, 1953
 
Stephen F. Lynch March 31, 1955
 
David P. Magnani May 24, 1944
 
Linda Melconian
 
Mark Montigny June 20, 1961
 
Richard T. Moore August 7, 1943
 
Michael W. Morrissey August 2, 1954
 
Therese Murray October 10, 1947
 
Thomas C. Norton December 11, 1934
 
Andrea F. Nuciforo Jr. February 26, 1964
 
John D. O'Brien Jr. 1960
 
Marc Pacheco October 29, 1952
 
Steven C. Panagiotakos November 26, 1959
 
Lois Pines August 16, 1940
 
Henri S. Rauschenbach October 9, 1947
 
Stan Rosenberg October 12, 1949
 
Charles E. Shannon Jr. August 31, 1943
 
Bruce Tarr January 2, 1964
 
Richard Tisei August 13, 1962
 
Warren Tolman October 23, 1959
 
Robert Travaglini July 20, 1952
 
Marian Walsh 1954
 
Dianne Wilkerson May 2, 1955

Representatives

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portrait name [5] date of birth [6] district [6]
 
Steven Angelo June 8, 1952 9th Essex
 
Michael G. Bellotti March 21, 1963
 
John Binienda June 22, 1947
 
Daniel E. Bosley December 9, 1953
 
Arthur Broadhurst September 28, 1964
 
John Businger February 5, 1945
 
Antonio Cabral January 26, 1955
 
Michael P. Cahill December 12, 1961
 
Thomas Cahir September 19, 1952
 
Christine Canavan January 25, 1950
 
Gale D. Candaras 1949
 
Paul Caron November 15, 1955
 
Paul Casey February 26, 1961
 
Harriette L. Chandler December 20, 1937
 
Evelyn Chesky August 20, 1933
 
Vincent P. Ciampa April 15, 1945
 
Forrester Clark November 30, 1934
 
Carol Cleven November 2, 1928
 
David B. Cohen (mayor) September 2, 1947
 
Edward G. Connolly August 22, 1928
 
Robert Correia January 3, 1939
 
Geraldine Creedon September 26, 1945
 
Brian Cresta April 22, 1969
 
Donna Cuomo March 19, 1947
 
Walter DeFilippi October 3, 1926
 
Robert DeLeo (politician) March 27, 1950
 
Paul C. Demakis July 9, 1953
 
Brian Dempsey (politician) September 30, 1966
 
Salvatore DiMasi August 11, 1945
David Donnelly June 7, 1956
 
Carol A. Donovan June 5, 1937
 
James H. Fagan October 13, 1947
 
Christopher Fallon June 7, 1953
 
Robert Fennell June 26, 1956
 
Barry Finegold March 3, 1971
 
Kevin L. Finnegan June 1, 1964
 
Thomas Finneran January 2, 1950
 
Kevin W. Fitzgerald 1950
 
Nancy Flavin June 26, 1950
 
Gloria Fox March 18, 1942
 
Paul Frost April 25, 1970
Joseph Gallitano April 12, 1946
 
William C. Galvin October 18, 1956
 
Barbara Gardner January 19, 1941
 
Colleen Garry July 21, 1962
 
David Gately September 27, 1955
 
Ronald Gauch February 13, 1938
 
Thomas N. George May 2, 1938
 
Anthony Giglio January 28, 1941
 
Guy Glodis February 15, 1969
 
Emile Goguen March 16, 1933
 
Thomas Golden Jr. March 5, 1971
 
Shirley Gomes January 23, 1940
 
William G. Greene Jr. April 24, 1940
 
Patrick Guerriero March 3, 1968
 
Cele Hahn March 21, 1942
 
Paul Haley June 9, 1953
 
Geoff Hall (politician) October 10, 1948
 
Robert S. Hargraves October 14, 1936
 
Lida E. Harkins January 24, 1944
 
Jack Hart (state senator) April 21, 1961
 
Shirley Owens Hicks April 22, 1942
 
Christopher Hodgkins August 24, 1957
 
Kevin Honan June 5, 1958
 
Barbara Hyland October 17, 1943
 
Frank Hynes December 23, 1940
 
M. Paul Iannuccillo May 1, 1963
 
Patricia D. Jehlen October 14, 1943
 
Bradley Jones Jr. January 9, 1965
 
Louis Kafka November 28, 1945
 
Rachel Kaprielian June 24, 1968
 
Jay R. Kaufman May 4, 1947
 
Daniel F. Keenan February 15, 1961
 
Shaun P. Kelly March 13, 1964
 
Thomas P. Kennedy August 15, 1951
 
Kay Khan June 22, 1941
 
John C. Klimm November 5, 1955
 
Brian Knuuttila February 22, 1957
 
Robert Koczera November 25, 1953
 
Peter Koutoujian September 17, 1961
 
Paul Kujawski August 26, 1953
 
Stephen Kulik August 3, 1950
 
Patrick Landers September 20, 1959
 
Harold M. Lane, Jr. August 24, 1938
 
Peter J. Larkin December 23, 1953
 
Stephen LeDuc February 29, 1968
 
Edward LeLacheur June 1, 1925
 
John Lepper December 22, 1934
 
Jacqueline Lewis May 3, 1945
 
Maryanne Lewis 1963
 
John A. Locke (Massachusetts politician) November 27, 1962
 
Ronald Mariano October 31, 1946
 
Francis L. Marini March 5, 1949
 
Jim Marzilli May 8, 1958
 
Thomas M. McGee December 15, 1955
 
Joseph B. McIntyre April 11, 1957
 
William McManus January 26, 1963
 
Joan Menard September 6, 1935
 
John Merrigan May 2, 1961
 
Jim Miceli March 25, 1935
 
Charles A. Murphy August 11, 1965
 
Dennis M. Murphy September 12, 1962
 
Kevin J. Murphy (politician) November 27, 1952
 
Mary Jeanette Murray December 24, 1924
 
William P. Nagle Jr. June 10, 1951
 
Harold Naughton Jr. July 4, 1960
 
Janet O'Brien
 
Thomas J. O'Brien (Massachusetts politician) March 15, 1964
 
Eugene O'Flaherty July 20, 1968
 
Marie Parente May 22, 1928
 
Anne Paulsen August 8, 1936
 
Vincent Pedone March 15, 1967
 
David Peters (politician) March 1, 1954
 
Douglas W. Petersen March 7, 1948
 
George N. Peterson Jr. July 8, 1950
 
Thomas Petrolati March 16, 1957
 
Kevin Poirier July 7, 1940
 
Susan Pope October 9, 1942
 
Ruth Provost August 9, 1949
 
John F. Quinn April 7, 1963
 
William Reinstein March 26, 1929
 
Pam Resor 1942
 
Charlotte Golar Richie December 11, 1958
 
Michael Rodrigues (politician) May 30, 1959
 
Mary Rogeness May 18, 1941
 
John H. Rogers October 22, 1964
 
J. Michael Ruane December 10, 1927
 
Byron Rushing July 29, 1942
 
Angelo Scaccia September 29, 1942
 
Anthony M. Scibelli October 16, 1911
 
Emanuel Serra June 12, 1945
 
Mary Jane Simmons May 14, 1953
 
John P. Slattery April 5, 1958
 
Theodore C. Speliotis August 20, 1953
 
Jo Ann Sprague November 3, 1931
 
Harriett Stanley March 30, 1950
 
John Stasik June 5, 1942
 
John Stefanini March 23, 1964
 
Douglas Stoddart March 5, 1952
 
Ellen Story October 17, 1941
 
William M. Straus June 26, 1956
 
David B. Sullivan June 6, 1953
 
Joseph Sullivan (mayor) March 1, 1959
 
Benjamin Swan September 18, 1933
 
Kathleen Teahan June 11, 1947
 
Alvin Thompson May 15, 1939
 
A. Stephen Tobin July 3, 1956
 
Steven Tolman October 2, 1954
 
Timothy J. Toomey Jr. June 7, 1953
 
Philip Travis July 2, 1940
 
Eric Turkington August 12, 1947
 
David Tuttle
 
James E. Vallee July 24, 1966
 
Anthony Verga April 26, 1935
 
Joseph Wagner (Massachusetts politician) May 7, 1960
 
Patricia Walrath August 11, 1941
 
Marty Walsh April 10, 1967
 
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. ^ "The 180th General Court of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts". State.ma.us. Archived from the original on February 13, 1998.
  5. ^ a b 1997–1998 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston – via Internet Archive.
  6. ^ a b c d "Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1997-1998" (PDF), Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via State Library of Massachusetts

Further reading

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  • Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1997. hdl:2452/40812.
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