The 163rd Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1963 and 1964 during the governorship of Endicott Peabody. John E. Powers served as president of the Senate and John F. Thompson served as speaker of the House.[4]
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| Overview | |||||
| Legislative body | General Court | ||||
| Term | January 2, 1963 – July 4, 1964 [1] | ||||
| Senate | |||||
| Members | 40 [2] | ||||
| President | John E. Powers | ||||
| Majority Leader | Maurice A. Donahue | ||||
| Minority Leader | Philip A. Graham | ||||
| Party control | Democrat[2] | ||||
| House | |||||
| Members | 240 [3] | ||||
| Speaker | John F. Thompson | ||||
| Majority Leader | John Davoren | ||||
| Majority Whip | Robert H. Quinn | ||||
| Minority Leader | Sidney Curtiss | ||||
| Minority Whip | Alfred R. Shrigley | ||||
| Party control | Democrat[3] | ||||
John Powers, Senate president.
John Thompson, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1963-1964.
On May 9, 1964, a special grand jury indicted House speaker Thompson on 29 counts of bribery.[5] On June 16, 1964, the General Court passed the bill establishing the University of Massachusetts Boston co-sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Maurice A. Donahue, Senator George V. Kenneally Jr., and House Majority Whip Robert H. Quinn along with a $200,000 appropriation.[6]
Senators edit
| portrait | name [4] | date of birth [7] | district [7] |
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Oliver F. Ames | December 13, 1920 | 23rd Middlesex |
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Paul H. Benoit | January 5, 1916 | |
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Charles A. Bisbee Jr. | June 8, 1918 | |
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James F. Burke | September 7, 1914 | |
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John J. Conte | May 3, 1930 | |
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Leslie Bradley Cutler | March 24, 1890 | |
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Maurice A. Donahue | September 12, 1918 | 2nd Hampden |
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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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Michael J. Galvin | September 7, 1907 | |
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Joseph Francis Gibney | January 9, 1911 | |
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Philip A. Graham | May 21, 1910 | 3rd Essex |
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George D. Hammond | October 29, 1906 | |
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John Edward Harrington Jr. | July 30, 1930 | |
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Kevin B. Harrington | January 9, 1929 | |
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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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Allan Francis Jones | June 29, 1921 | |
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George V. Kenneally Jr. | December 29, 1929 | |
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Fred I. Lamson | December 11, 1910 | |
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James J. Long | November 15, 1913 | |
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Francis X. McCann | September 2, 1912 | |
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James S. McCormack | ||
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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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Philibert L. Pellegrini | September 4, 1918 | |
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John E. Powers | November 10, 1910 | 4th Suffolk |
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James Paul Rurak | November 9, 1911 | |
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Harry Della Russo | May 26, 1907 | |
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Antone L. Silva | ||
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Edmund R. St. John Jr. | April 28, 1920 | |
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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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Joseph D. Ward | March 26, 1914 | |
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Stanley John Zarod | April 11, 1920 |
Representatives edit
| portrait | name [4] | date of birth [7] | district [7] |
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Walter T. Anderson | January 6, 1891 | 23rd Middlesex |
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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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Normand J. Babineau | January 4, 1928 | |
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John Dowkontt Barrus | August 19, 1924 | |
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David M. Bartley | February 9, 1935 | |
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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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Donald T. Bliss | 1937 | |
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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 | 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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Joseph G. Bradley | June 14, 1930 | |
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John Cornelius Bresnahan | November 14, 1919 | |
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Joseph E. Brett | May 19, 1907 | |
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Alfred Sylvester Brothers[8] | November 4, 1919 | |
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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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Charles J. Buffone | 1919 | |
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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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Louis Buttiglieri | May 18, 1916 | |
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Patrick Edmund Callaghan | August 13, 1895 | |
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Gardner E. Campbell | November 22, 1886 | |
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Levin H. Campbell | January 2, 1927 | |
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Raymond Edward Carey | January 6, 1899 | |
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William A. Carey | January 28, 1920 | |
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Daniel William Carney [9] | August 17, 1925 | |
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Philip N. Carney | June 6, 1919 | |
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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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Paul A. Cataldo | May 15, 1935 | |
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Michael Catino | February 21, 1904 | |
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Emmett J. Cauley | February 28, 1903 | |
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Paul J. Cavanaugh | February 22, 1936 | |
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Robert L. Cawley | July 30, 1934 | |
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Harrison Chadwick | February 25, 1903 | |
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Perlie Dyar Chase | July 31, 1905 | |
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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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Thomas Francis Coady Jr. | May 8, 1905 | |
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Beryl Cohen | September 18, 1934 | |
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Keith E. Collins | April 24, 1929 | |
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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 | 7th Berkshire |
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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 | 9th Worcester |
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Joseph Del Grosso | July 25, 1904 | |
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James DeNormandie | November 10, 1907 | |
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Arthur Leo Desrocher | January 25, 1930 | |
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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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Thomas Francis Donohue | December 6, 1902 | |
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John F. Donovan Jr. | August 21, 1931 | |
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Harold Lawrence Dower | September 16, 1908 | |
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James P. Downey | January 9, 1911 | |
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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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Michael Dukakis | November 3, 1933 | |
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Joseph D. Early | January 31, 1933 | |
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John Marshall Eaton Jr. | March 26, 1918 | |
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Arnold Irving Epstein | April 5, 1920 | |
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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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Cornelius T. Finnegan Jr. | December 13, 1918 | |
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William H. Finnegan | March 29, 1926 | |
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Irving Fishman | March 29, 1921 | |
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John Joseph Fitzgerald | February 28, 1918 | |
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Charles L. Flannery | March 22, 1920 | |
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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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Albert A. Gammal Jr. | 1928 | |
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Julie Gilligan | August 5, 1911 | |
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Ernest L. Goff Jr. | October 10, 1907 | |
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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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David E. Harrison | June 19, 1933 | |
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Francis W. Hatch Jr. | May 6, 1925 | |
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Winston Healy | October 20, 1937 | |
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Timothy William Hickey | February 14, 1938 | |
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Herbert B. Hollis | September 10, 1899 | |
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William P. Homans Jr. | March 18, 1921 | |
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Charles Iannello | April 25, 1906 | |
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John Peter Ivascyn | October 19, 1909 | |
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John Janas | September 4, 1910 | |
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Carl R. Johnson Jr. | August 22, 1926 | |
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William F. Joyce | July 26, 1909 | |
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Joseph M. Kearney | February 23, 1927 | |
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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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John P. Kennedy | February 24, 1918 | |
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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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Benjamin Klebanow | November 2, 1900 | |
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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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Mitsie T. Kulig | May 18, 1921 | |
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Matthew J. Kuss | December 5, 1915 | |
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Richard E. Landry | May 29, 1936 | |
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Joseph A. Langone, III | January 25, 1917 | |
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Frank F. Lemos | January 6, 1901 | |
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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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Joseph F. McEvoy Jr. | April 27, 1918 | |
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Thomas W. McGee | May 24, 1924 | |
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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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Arthur James McKenna | October 29, 1914 | |
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George G. Mendonca | March 26, 1924 | |
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Paul C. Menton | April 15, 1925 | |
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William James Moran | June 24, 1921 | |
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William H. Mork | May 13, 1895 | |
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Gerald J. Morrissey | May 20, 1927 | |
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Edward S. Morrow | March 20, 1921 | |
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Edwin Herbert Morse | January 7, 1902 | |
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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 F. Murphy | October 14, 1932 | |
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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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Patrick William Nee | November 22, 1938 | |
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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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James Anthony O'Brien, Jr | June 22, 1919 | |
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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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William F. Otis | October 12, 1903 | |
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Domenick S. Pasciucco | August 1, 1921 | |
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Albert P. Pettoruto | September 29, 1915 | |
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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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Philip Andrew Quinn | February 21, 1910 | |
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Robert H. Quinn | January 30, 1928 | 12th Suffolk |
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William I. Randall | September 13, 1915 | |
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Paul de Hoff Reed Jr. | ||
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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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J. Hilary Rockett | January 16, 1935 | |
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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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George Sacco | July 19, 1936 | |
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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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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 | 3rd Plymouth |
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Andre Rives Sigourney | June 30, 1927 | |
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Milton Raymond Silva | June 16, 1923 | |
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Michael John Simonelli | May 9, 1913 | |
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Saul Simons | February 5, 1906 | |
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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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Janet Kirkland Starr | October 11, 1918 | |
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C. Clifford Stone | August 20, 1897 | |
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Joseph A. Sylvia | August 19, 1892 | |
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Frank Daniel Tanner | February 3, 1888 | |
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John F. Thompson | May 20, 1920 | 2nd Hampden |
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George Breed Thomson | January 10, 1921 | |
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John Joseph Toomey | March 25, 1909 | |
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Joseph Thomas Travaline | ||
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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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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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Stephen Weekes | February 1, 1925 | |
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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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John W. Whittemore | January 30, 1906 | |
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Harold H. Wicher | ||
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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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Edward S. Zelazo | May 27, 1924 | |
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Paul G. Zollo | August 26, 1904 |
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 1963–1964 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1963 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Massachusetts Speaker and 25 Indicted in Corruption Inquiry", New York Times, May 9, 1964
- ^ Feldberg, Michael (2015). UMass Boston at 50: A Fiftieth-Anniversary History of the University of Massachusetts Boston. Amherst, Massachusetts: University of Massachusetts Press. pp. 10–15. ISBN 978-1625341693.
- ^ a b c d "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1963" (PDF), Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via State Library of Massachusetts
- ^ Black Legislators in the Massachusetts General Court: 1867-Present, State Library of Massachusetts, 2010, hdl:2452/48905
- ^ State Library of Massachusetts, "Massachusetts State Legislator's Papers Collections at the State Library", Mass.gov, retrieved September 3, 2020
Further reading edit
- Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1963. hdl:2452/40796.
External links edit
- Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1963 – via State Library of Massachusetts
- Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1963
- Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1964
- Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1964
- Reports of the Legislative Research Council, Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via New England School of Law (1964-1994)