The 165th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1967 and 1968 during the governorship of John Volpe. Maurice A. Donahue served as president of the Senate and Robert H. Quinn served as speaker of the House.[4]
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| Overview | |||||
| Legislative body | General Court | ||||
| Election | November 8, 1966 | ||||
| Senate | |||||
| Members | 40 | ||||
| President | Maurice A. Donahue | ||||
| Majority Leader | Kevin B. Harrington | ||||
| Majority Whip | Mario Umana | ||||
| Minority Leader | John Francis Parker | ||||
| Minority Whip | William D. Weeks | ||||
| Party control | Democrat[1] | ||||
| House | |||||
| Members | 240 | ||||
| Speaker | Robert H. Quinn | ||||
| Majority Leader | Thomas W. McGee | ||||
| Majority Whip | John Cornelius Bresnahan | ||||
| Minority Leader | Sidney Curtiss | ||||
| Minority Whip | Thomas M. Newth | ||||
| Party control | Democrat[2] | ||||
| Sessions | |||||
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Maurice Donahue, Senate president.
Robert Quinn, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1967.
Senators edit
| portrait | name [5] | date of birth [6] | district [6] |
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Oliver F. Ames | December 13, 1920 | 3rd Suffolk |
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John Dowkontt Barrus | August 19, 1924 | |
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James F. Burke | September 7, 1914 | |
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Harold Clasky | March 2, 1896 | |
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Beryl Cohen | September 18, 1934 | |
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John J. Conte | May 3, 1930 | |
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Leslie Bradley Cutler | March 24, 1890 | |
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Stephen Davenport | June 27, 1924 | |
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James DeNormandie | November 10, 1907 | |
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Maurice A. Donahue | September 12, 1918 | |
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George D. Hammond | October 29, 1906 | |
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Samuel Harmon | April 29, 1911 | |
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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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Charles V. Hogan | April 12, 1897 | |
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Allan Francis Jones | June 29, 1921 | |
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James A. Kelly Jr. | May 11, 1926 | |
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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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Ronald MacKenzie | May 3, 1934 | |
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Francis X. McCann | September 2, 1912 | |
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James McIntyre (politician) | May 25, 1930 | |
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Denis L. Mckenna | August 14, 1922 | |
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Andrea F. Nuciforo Sr. | July 14, 1927 | |
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John Francis Parker | May 29, 1907 | |
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Philibert L. Pellegrini | September 4, 1918 | |
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Vite Pigaga | ||
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John M. Quinlan | July 11, 1935 | |
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Philip Andrew Quinn | February 21, 1910 | |
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William I. Randall | September 13, 1915 | |
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James Paul Rurak | November 9, 1911 | |
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Harry Della Russo | May 26, 1907 | |
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Donald N. Ryan | January 27, 1930 | |
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William L. Saltonstall | May 14, 1927 | |
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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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William D. Weeks | May 9, 1926 |
Representatives edit
| portrait | name [5] | date of birth [6] | district [6] |
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Antone S. Aguiar Jr. | January 2, 1930 | 5th Bristol |
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David C. Ahearn | July 28, 1929 | |
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Robert B. Ambler [7] | 1927 | |
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John A. Armstrong | June 12, 1901 | |
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Peter George Asiaf | August 15, 1905 | |
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Jack Backman[7] | April 26, 1922 | |
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Wilfred E. Balthazar | July 17, 1914 | |
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David M. Bartley | February 9, 1935 | |
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Robert A. Belmonte | July 2, 1930 | |
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Roger L. Bernashe | September 9, 1927 | |
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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 Sr.[8] | June 19, 1920 | |
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John Jerome Bowes | February 25, 1917 | |
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James John Bowler | July 18, 1923 | |
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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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John R. Buckley | 1932 | |
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Charles J. Buffone | 1919 | |
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Anthony Joseph Burke | July 17, 1931 | |
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Walter T. Burke | August 5, 1911 | |
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Thomas Bussone | September 20, 1912 | |
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Fred F. Cain | November 5, 1909 | |
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Eleanor Campobasso | August 10, 1923 | |
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Raymond Edward Carey | January 6, 1899 | |
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William A. Carey | September 2, 1899 | |
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Philip N. Carney | June 6, 1919 | |
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Daniel William Carney [7] | August 17, 1925 | |
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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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Amelio Della Chiesa | July 31, 1901 | |
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Stephen Thomas Chmura | August 25, 1916 | |
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Steve T. Chmura | March 29, 1928 | |
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John George Clark | February 26, 1902 | |
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John F. Coffey | February 7, 1918 | |
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Lincoln P. Cole, Jr. | September 18, 1918 | |
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Andrew Collaro | March 21, 1910 | |
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H. Thomas Colo | December 27, 1929 | |
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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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George Thomas Contalonis | ||
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Paul J. Corriveau | July 3, 1930 | |
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Edward P. Coury | October 19, 1927 | |
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Russell H. Craig | February 4, 1924 | |
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James J. Craven, Jr. | March 24, 1919 | |
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Sidney Curtiss | September 4, 1917 | |
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Michael A. D'Avolio | ||
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Michael John Daly | July 18, 1940 | |
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Alan Paul Danovitch | September 17, 1940 | |
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John Davoren | July 27, 1915 | |
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John Joseph Desmond | July 1, 1930 | |
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Arthur Leo Desrocher | January 25, 1930 | |
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Edward J. Dever, Jr | June 21, 1936 | |
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Joseph DiCarlo | March 21, 1936 | |
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Edward M. Dickson | March 12, 1912 | |
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Anthony R. DiFruscia | June 5, 1940 | |
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George DiLorenzo | March 24, 1919 | |
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Thomas Henry Doherty Jr. | August 8, 1930 | |
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John F. Dolan | September 7, 1922 | |
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John F. Donovan Jr. | August 21, 1931 | |
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James P. Downey | January 9, 1911 | |
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Charles Robert Doyle | September 24, 1925 | |
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Wilfred C. Driscoll | December 31, 1926 | |
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Richard J. Dwinell | August 5, 1917 | |
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Joseph D. Early | January 31, 1933 | |
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Arnold Irving Epstein | April 5, 1920 | |
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Thomas Francis Fallon | December 4, 1929 | |
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Vernon R. Farnsworth, Jr | April 18, 1934 | |
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Thomas F. Farrell | October 10, 1897 | |
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Michael Paul Feeney | March 26, 1907 | |
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John J. Finnegan | July 21, 1938 | |
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Irving Fishman | March 29, 1921 | |
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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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Edward M. Flanagan | January 9, 1929 | |
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Charles L. Flannery | March 22, 1920 | |
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David Lawrence Flynn | February 5, 1933 | |
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Maurice E. Frye, Jr | February 6, 1921 | |
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Albert A. Gammal Jr. | 1928 | |
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Donald R. Gaudette | December 16, 1926 | |
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T. Harold Gayron | August 31, 1914 | |
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Julie Gilligan | August 5, 1911 | |
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Harold D. Gould Jr. | May 18, 1934 | |
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Joel S. Greenberg | May 31, 1930 | |
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James L. Grimaldi | May 3, 1911 | |
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Anthony P. Grosso | October 19, 1913 | |
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Gerard A. Guilmette | October 22, 1911 | |
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Barry T. Hannon | November 21, 1935 | |
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Walter J. Hannon | September 4, 1931 | |
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Michael J. Harrington | September 2, 1936 | |
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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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Michael E. Haynes[8] | May 9, 1927 | |
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Winston Healy | October 20, 1937 | |
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Timothy William Hickey | February 14, 1938 | |
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William Francis Hogan | June 6, 1925 | |
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Franklin W. Holgate [8] | May 3, 1929 | |
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Herbert B. Hollis | September 10, 1899 | |
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Marie Elizabeth Howe | June 13, 1939 | |
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James P. Hurrell | March 1, 1944 | |
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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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Katherine Kane | April 12, 1935 | |
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Joseph M. Kearney | February 23, 1927 | |
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F. Leo Kenney | November 15, 1902 | |
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Walter T. Kerr | May 20, 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 I. Kitterman | July 19, 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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Mitsie T. Kulig | May 18, 1921 | |
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Matthew J. Kuss | December 5, 1915 | |
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Raymond M. LaFontaine | May 18, 1927 | |
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Richard E. Landry | May 29, 1936 | |
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J. Louis Leblanc | January 6, 1940 | |
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Peter John Levanti | March 19, 1903 | |
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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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Alexander Lolas | July 9, 1932 | |
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Gerald P. Lombard | January 4, 1916 | |
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Michael J. Lombardi | May 27, 1917 | |
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Charles W. Long | August 14, 1940 | |
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John J. Long | December 10, 1927 | |
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William Longworth | August 17, 1914 | |
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Joseph S. Loughman | January 11, 1928 | |
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Charles A. MacKenzie, Jr | February 4, 1919 | |
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William Q. MacLean Jr. | November 4, 1934 | |
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Donald Warren Madsen | July 13, 1924 | |
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J. Robert Mahan | December 14, 1903 | |
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Paul F. Malloy | April 29, 1940 | |
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Theodore D. Mann | May 13, 1922 | |
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Charles Mann | April 27, 1935 | |
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M. Joseph Manning | September 23, 1924 | |
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Donald J. Manning | June 23, 1929 | |
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Benjamin C. Mayhew Jr. | October 28, 1909 | |
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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 Austin Shaw McGlennon | August 10, 1935 | |
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John J. McGlynn | February 26, 1922 | |
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Allan McGuane | July 26, 1928 | |
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Arthur James McKenna | October 29, 1914 | |
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John F. Melia | June 5, 1915 | |
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Paul C. Menton | April 15, 1925 | |
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William James Moran | June 24, 1921 | |
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Hugh J. Morgan Jr. | April 4, 1921 | |
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Louis J. Morini | October 8, 1907 | |
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Gerald J. Morrissey | May 20, 1927 | |
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Paul F. Murphy | October 14, 1932 | |
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Paul Maurice Murphy | February 24, 1932 | |
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Albert L. Nash | May 13, 1921 | |
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John J. Navin | September 9, 1915 | |
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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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Karl S. Nordin | September 10, 1906 | |
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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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Norton Cornelius O'Brien | April 9, 1907 | |
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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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Philip Conroy O'Donnell | July 29, 1915 | |
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George Henry O'Farrell | November 15, 1910 | |
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Gerald O'Leary | August 7, 1933 | |
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Charles Ohanian | September 2, 1936 | |
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Bernard Paquette | February 2, 1919 | |
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Raymond S. Peck | December 10, 1922 | |
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Felix Perrault | October 27, 1915 | |
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Robert H. Quinn | January 30, 1928 | |
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Manuel Raposa, Jr. | May 13, 1915 | |
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Harry A. S. Read | November 18, 1936 | |
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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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William G. Robinson | March 10, 1926 | |
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J. Hilary Rockett | January 16, 1935 | |
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George Rogers (Massachusetts politician) | August 2, 1933 | |
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Maurice E. Ronayne, Jr | November 16, 1917 | |
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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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Duane Thomas Sargisson | ||
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Joseph Douglas Saulnier | April 14, 1906 | |
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Anthony James Scalli | November 11, 1914 | |
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Frederic W. Schlosstein, Jr | March 17, 1923 | |
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Anthony M. Scibelli | October 16, 1911 | |
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John W. Sears | December 18, 1930 | |
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Jerome A. Segal | June 3, 1931 | |
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Joseph J. Semensi | March 6, 1923 | |
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I. Edward Serlin | August 21, 1912 | |
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George W. Shattuck | July 17, 1916 | |
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C. Vincent Shea | November 20, 1916 | |
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Paul J. Sheehy | November 1, 1934 | |
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Aaron M. I. Shinberg | ||
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Alfred R. Shrigley | June 6, 1914 | |
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Andre Rives Sigourney | June 30, 1927 | |
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Michael John Simonelli | May 9, 1913 | |
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Ralph E. Sirianni Jr. | 1923 | |
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Lawrence Philip Smith | December 4, 1919 | |
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George I. Spatcher | February 2, 1902 | |
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John F. St. Cyr | January 8, 1936 | |
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Janet Kirkland Starr | October 11, 1918 | |
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Chandler Harrison Stevens | ||
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A. Edward Talbot | January 24, 1915 | |
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Frank Daniel Tanner | February 3, 1888 | |
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Arthur Tobin | May 22, 1930 | |
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David Spence Tobin | March 16, 1939 | |
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John Joseph Toomey | March 25, 1909 | |
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Joseph Thomas Travaline | ||
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Warren A. Turner | January 25, 1905 | |
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Elbert Tuttle | August 19, 1931 | |
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George E. Twomey | February 3, 1920 | |
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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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Stephen Weekes | February 1, 1925 | |
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Norman S. Weinberg | 1919 | |
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Robert D. Wetmore | July 24, 1930 | |
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Frederick McClellan Whitney Jr. | December 12, 1922 | |
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Arthur Williams | December 14, 1915 | |
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Thomas Casmere Wojtkowski | September 18, 1926 | |
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George Chester Young | September 18, 1912 | |
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Edward S. Zelazo | May 27, 1924 | |
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Samuel Zoll | June 20, 1934 |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "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+.
- ^ a b Norman L. Pidgeon and William C. Maiers. 1967–1968 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
- ^ a b c d "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1967", Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1967, hdl:2452/796352
- ^ a b c State Library of Massachusetts, "Massachusetts State Legislator's Papers Collections at the State Library", Mass.gov, retrieved September 3, 2020
- ^ a b c 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 (1966), Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1967, hdl:2452/43458
- "The New Legislature", Boston Globe, January 4, 1967
- Court, Massachusetts General (1967). Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. hdl:2452/40798.
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External links edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1967–1968 Massachusetts legislature.
- Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1967, hdl:2452/265595
- Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1968, hdl:2452/303860
- Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1967, hdl:2452/2671
- Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1968, hdl:2452/2672
- Reports of the Legislative Research Council, Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via New England School of Law (1964-1994)